Hi all,

I have just purchased this piece from a local seller. An odd piece IMO but was tempted to take the risk as it has many figures I am after: black dial, rose gold capped, cross hair,3 6 9 12 dial...
Here it is when it arrived, have not opened the back to check movement so I share some of sellers pictures.

Dial looks good but it failed the MOY test, case looks good too except left lower lug a bit dented. Observatory color matchs the dial, hands with 8 stars clearly visible. Crown of course not original but again, color matches.
Can I have your opinions about this piece? Did I do good?

 

Hi Steve, which gave away "refinished" apart from MOY test? Yes it is a nice watch to wear even there are some uncertainties about the originality.

 

Looks like the font from a 168.005 with crosshair to me.


The M in Chronometer should be straight M to be correct for ref 2887.

 

that is scarily well done font
am I correct in thinking that the cross hairs should always go through the quarters -whether indices or numerals?

 

So it is refinished or dial from a 168.005 (franke)? oh my vintage constellation is quite tricky. Stil nice to wear though. Movement is running strong at the moment.

 

UPDATED: I just had a local watchmaker to open the back.
Cal 501 with serie # 16247898 working fine a the moment, abit adjustment.
The mystery is the case back stamped 2887. I have checked and never seen any 2887 with this style of caseback???
Its style looks exactly like the 14747-1 in Desmond blog:
http://omega-constellation-collecto...03/the-elusive-omega-constellation-14747.html

well at least the local watchmaker confirmed it is truly a pink gold capped, not dipped in pink gold color...

 

You actually have great eyes concerning the auto bridge. The caseback looks like a genuine back, but it has a completely different shape to all the 2887 watches known to date. Those would also have either subfix -1 or -2 engraved after 2887 on the back while this one does not. Could be a rare variant of a rare watch. Pitty about the redial though.

 

Thank you Gatorcpa,
Yes I think it is a cal 505 since the serie is too high and I will check again and sort a 505 bridge which is not very hard. My local watchmaker has these available.
about the caseback actually I found one with 2887 only as well but the stamp style of mine is the same as the rare ref 14747 as in Desmond blog.

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Interesting! Is that the whole watch or just the back? If whole, any more pictures available?

 

You mean the one with 2887 caseback I found on the net? here is the link:
http://www.watchprosite.com/?page=w...72678&pzt=&dv=true&wf.responses.open_bLoB_s=0

the movement is cal 505 with serie 15.8
millions so mine should be a cal 505 with serie 16.2 million. Its movement looks a bit tired with honeycomb dial.