Constellation 168.005 without calendar?

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Sa Calobra

·Feb 21, 2022

Hi everyone,
I came across this 168.005. When checking Desmond's Constellation database, it appears that this model was supposed to have a calendar function - or I must have misread the file. Any folks here that know of a version without calendar? A quick search on chrono lists 1 or 2 out of many.

I'm not considering to buy the watch, but hope to learn more from it. Looking at this example, would the dial be correct? The star seems to sit very close to the Constellation text. Furthermore the crown seems wrong and the case quite polished?

 

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Caliber561

·Feb 21, 2022

It's a Franken. Possibly a dial swap or total put-together piece.

 

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iamvr

·Feb 21, 2022

168.005 always has a date and the calibre 561 (which is correct for the ref) has a date complication. So as @Caliber561 already mentioned, Franken alert.

 

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JimInOz

·Feb 21, 2022·Melbourne Australia

1 = Gents Watch
6 = Self-winding centre second
8 = Water-resistant chronometer calendar

I'd say above comments are spot on.

 

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tamura

·Feb 21, 2022

Yves86

Any folks here that know of a version without calendar?

167.005 😉

 

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Sa Calobra

·Feb 22, 2022

Thanks everyone! Learned a lot again.

 

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MtV

·Feb 22, 2022

This might help for the future, it’s what @JimInOz refers to:

Note that it’s only valid for the references in the format xxx.xxx

 

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Sa Calobra

·Feb 22, 2022

MtV

This might help for the future, it’s what @JimInOz refers to:

Note that it’s only valid for the references in the format xxx.xxx

Great, thanks!

 

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khangct

·Feb 23, 2022

It’s a frankenstein watch. Run away. Also, no-calendar ref. should be 167.005