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Constellation or seamster conversion
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kaplan
·168.017 caseback is good news - the crown also looks like a correct C-Case crown, I'll be up for buying the upper case and the crown with stem if you decide to split them
Worth would be $80
Caseback is I guess $50 in a long sale
You can sell the movement / dial / hands combo for $200 ish easy if you communicate that it's a valid 168.005 serial, Omega did you a solid favor there
Worth would be $80
Caseback is I guess $50 in a long sale
You can sell the movement / dial / hands combo for $200 ish easy if you communicate that it's a valid 168.005 serial, Omega did you a solid favor there
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersThe dial has:
a painted Omega
Mixed Ms
Straight Ns
A painted star.
it might be from some random 70s c-case but it’s not from any constellation I recognise.
a painted Omega
Mixed Ms
Straight Ns
A painted star.
it might be from some random 70s c-case but it’s not from any constellation I recognise.
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Olhenry56
·Hard to tell without a straight on dial photo, but the minute track might be slightly misaligned. Could it be a service dial? Either way, none of the 4 components began their lives together.
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Milog
·Hmmm. the thing at the top and the star are both embossed silver does that mean they are still painted ?
I see the mixed ms , would someone really have replaced one?
I see the mixed ms , would someone really have replaced one?
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersthe OMEGA and the star should be three-dimensional applied metal furniture as per this example below
(Photo from c-case thread)
It may be your photos but both look flat and painted on your example.
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Milog
·Theyre both 3d but the star is not as raised as the pic above
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers3D and made of applied metal ?
They should prominently stand up from the dial surface.
(Like the Omega symbol)
Neither look particularly 3D from your photos.
The OMEGA looks completely flat.
Both look painted on rather than applied pieces of metal.
Again, the photos may be misleading but they don’t look right from what we can see.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersAlso just seen this in the c case thread.
Splendid bit of photography by @BrunoCodispoti wonderfully illustrates the applied furniture on a constellation dial.
Splendid bit of photography by @BrunoCodispoti wonderfully illustrates the applied furniture on a constellation dial.
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Milog
·I see what you mean, so the symbol is raised but the rest is not. I really do have a bit of a turd here.
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··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungerswell, @Milog , there’s no point sugar coating it, if not an actual turd - the mongrel that might produce one.
it’s often the case that when one thing is wrong, then multiple things could be wrong.
This was why we asked for pictures of your watch as it was a fair bet that something was up.
( I’d like to know who at Omega mistook an obvious c-case mid-case for a Seamaster case)
Generally called a ‘frankenwatch’ your watch really is made up of parts from a number of donors.
I know it’s going to bug you because it’s not correct but as ‘bitsa’ watches go, you have a very wearable watch, which looks good and has a great engine under the hood.
I’ll go back to my original advice an suggest that you come to terms with owning a mongrel and enjoy the watch for what it is.
- and then look for a correct watch of whatever reference takes your fancy after you’ve delved into the details of what makes it correct of course …..
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Milog
·well, @Milog , there’s no point sugar coating it, if not an actual turd - the mongrel that might produce one.
it’s often the case that when one thing is wrong, then multiple things could be wrong.
This was why we asked for pictures of your watch as it was a fair bet that something was up.
( I’d like to know who at Omega mistook an obvious c-case mid-case for a Seamaster case)
Generally called a ‘frankenwatch’ your watch really is made up of parts from a number of donors.
I know it’s going to bug you because it’s not correct but as ‘bitsa’ watches go, you have a very wearable watch, which looks good and has a great engine under the hood.
I’ll go back to my original advice an suggest that you come to terms with owning a mongrel and enjoy the watch for what it is.
- and then look for a correct watch of whatever reference takes your fancy after you’ve delved into the details of what makes it correct of course …..
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Dan S
·Personally, I think it's quite a remarkable watch. It's not easy to assemble something from multiple references that fits together so well and looks quite appealing.
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Milog
·😀🤪
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Davidt
·It’s yours now anyway. Personally I’d keep it and wear it as a beater, but set aside some time and money to buy an original example and take this as part of the learning curve.
