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Panjo
·lyre lugs for me. 2852,14381,14393 are the favourites
My 14393
My 14393
Constellation Pie Pan Collectability
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Eclipse39
·Very elegant and beautiful on the wrist, but the octagon crowns really are a pain to adjust.
The Arabic numerals and lack of "Officially Certified" on the dial makes your watch that much more distinctive and fun to own. Enjoy.
Thanks ... I always wanted an octagon crown, but after several people mentioned that it's somewhat hard to adjust kinda makes me glad I didn't get it.
But I still will definitely try to obtain one if one day I came accross a good one (on a good day hehe).
The arabic dial kinda make the watch looks not that old, and a welcome addition to my collection.
TBH looking at my watches, none of them have arabic 😟 .... hahahha
All my vintage omegas are on stick, my birth year datejust 16014 also on stick, my tag heuer carrera cv2010 (graduation gift) also on stick ...
And my go to modern dress watch (Junghans meister calendar) is a bauhaus design.
It's just a weird coincidence that I just notice today 😁
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Edward53
·Thanks ... I always wanted an octagon crown, but after several people mentioned that it's somewhat hard to adjust kinda makes me glad I didn't get it.
But I still will definitely try to obtain one if one day I came accross a good one (on a good day hehe).
The crown on your watch is almost certainly original to it. If it were mine I wouldn't change it.
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Edward53
·@Eclipse39 If you haven't already discovered it, the definitive source of information on Omega Constellations is here: http://omega-constellation-collectors.blogspot.com/, which I "blame" 😉 for much of the interest in pie pan dials. This is the site that got me interested in, and appreciative of the beauty of, this dial design. Further searching led me to this forum and these are the only two vintage watch sites I bother with now.
I'm a fan of the lyre lug shape. I like the elegant continuation of the case curvature more than the transition to the angular dogleg shape, but others might say there's more happening with a dogleg lugs case. They certainly seem to be more commercial at present than the lyre lugs.
I'm a fan of the lyre lug shape. I like the elegant continuation of the case curvature more than the transition to the angular dogleg shape, but others might say there's more happening with a dogleg lugs case. They certainly seem to be more commercial at present than the lyre lugs.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers@Eclipse39
I'm a fan of the lyre lug shape. I like the elegant continuation of the case curvature more than the transition to the angular dogleg shape, but others might say there's more happening with a dogleg lugs case. They certainly seem to be more commercial at present than the lyre lugs.
Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.
I like almost all Constellations (except those aberrant .015/025s)
When I did my will, I was allotting watches to nieces and nephews and asked Mrs P to chose what she would like (should I join the choir ethereal)
There are a selection of lyre lugs, doglegs and hidden crowns to chose from, in gold, gold cap and SS (plus an exquisite gold 320 chronograph)
She chose a SS cross-hair dome dial and a gold pie-pan - both with dogleg cases.
Now, quite why it should appeal to the ladies I do not know - but there is just something particular about the angular nature of the dogleg case that sets it apart from the crowd - there are other quite angular-lugged watches out there but nothing quite like it.
Perhaps that is why it has such a devoted following (with subsequent collectibility and value)
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers
it was those I was thinking of 👍
- they are somewhat reminiscent of cubist 'cornes de vache' lugs
however, aesthetically, the design is significantly more challenging and 'aggressive' than the more streamlined dogleg lug, which is far easier on the eye and more 'accessible’ to the man (or woman) in the street
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hoipolloi
·...and this is the only Seamaster that goes with decagonal crown 👍
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Philip Crabtree
·I have exactly the same watch apart from my winder is different. It was purchased by my uncle in the late 1950’s in the far east.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersI have exactly the same watch apart from my winder is different. It was purchased by my uncle in the late 1950’s in the far east.
Welcome @Philip Crabtree
Your watch is a 14902 or 168.005 dogleg-lug constellation. (essentially they are the same watch but the latter with updated reference number around 1963)
The 14902 was first produced in 1960, so likely early 60s rather than late 50s.
The winder is different because it has been replaced at some point.
- the case has seen a life but is in pretty good condition with all the facets showing.
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