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Constellation Pie Pan 168004 - minute hand to short?

  1. triton59 Mar 25, 2019

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    Hello,

    want to buy this Constellation. It looks fine for me, but i'm not sure about the minute hand,- is it too short, maybe only for 1 or 2 mm?
    On other 168.004 Pie Pan's i've seen the hand touching the minute index, here is a small gap.
    I'm not sure, but would be good to know if this is original and okay?

    Thanks
    Herbert
     
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  2. Peemacgee Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers Mar 25, 2019

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    Looks correct to me.
    Nice dial, decent case.
    Would like to see more of the watch.

    My fairly recently acquired168.004 pie pan for comparison.

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  3. triton59 Mar 25, 2019

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    Thanks for your photo, looks the same :)
     
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  4. Edward53 Mar 26, 2019

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    I think the hands are ok. I know that in theory the minute hand should align exactly with the markers but I'm not convinced this was always so. Others may know better, I can only offer my own opinion. The hands do not look obviously newer than the rest of the watch. And even if they aren't original to it, which I doubt can ever be proved either way, under looks better than over.
     
  5. Hnansen Mar 26, 2019

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    I would say its correct :)
    I have owned a similar reference where the hands had the same length.
     
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