Optimistically advertised by a German auction house

Spider dial - on a Constellation? - oh good grief.....

Can we agree right now that we keep this kind of crappy description out of the vintage Constellation market please


just call it for what it is - fd!

and since a rant is no good without pics.....

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link

 

"Dial with beautiful patina...." !!

 

I would say this is one of the worst original Omega dials in 2017!

 

How the hell can you get a "egg shell dial" mixed up with a "spider dial"

 

"Dropped Egg Shell Dial" ?

 

When you’re trying to sell a piece of crap as being ‘special’

 

All the kings horses and all the kings men....

 

Funny and unusual cracking.

 

So is a Connie described as having a spiderweb dial actually just a dial that has badly aged and is therefore undesirable, an acceptable form of patination, or even a desirable result of aging? There’s a black dial Connie for sale on eBay at the moment described as such. The spiderwebbing is not particularly heavy, but it seems to be being presented as a desireable feature.

Where are serious collectors on this?

 

Spiderweb dial comes from the crazy stuff Rolex went to years ago.

But truthfully most serious collectors think it’s damage and not worth the premium many think it is worth.

Give me a choice of a pristine dial and a cracked dial it’s a no brainer, pristine every day.

 

This.

If patinated dials or vintage watches that show their age float your boat then that’s great.
It’s desirable if you like it but “condition, condition, condition” is far more desirable and should always command a premium over watches with degradation.
As I intimated in my original post we can well do without this batshit crazy Rolex nonsense creeping into Omega collecting.

@Engee, I hope that helps your deliberations.

 

Connies are dress watches.. patina on a dress watch isn’t the same as patina on a tool watch. That said, I love some of my patinated Connies. Not sure about the cracking, though..

 

Patination as the natural colour change over time on a properly used watch has some charm for me but I wouldn't pay a premium for it and I wouldn't look for it. I just wouldn't mind owning a watch with it, and in fact I do. My post was really because I was not sure if this crazing I see on some dials is some sort of deliberate effect created by the manufacturers as a design option. The way some sellers promote it I honestly wasn't sure. This thread has helped me to understand that is not the case. I don't particularly like it, and so from now on "spider web" dials will be categorised by me as "poor condition dials".