Decent first watch? 168.0056

Rogerg · Jun 4, 2023

Hi guys, My daughter's fiancé is looking for a first watch to wear for the wedding and future business meetings. He has settled on a c case Connie as the desired model and I thought this looked ok but would like informed opinions.
His "initiation fee" to the club would be $795 all in. Thanks very much!

EDIT: more shots

Spruce · Jun 4, 2023

Rogerg
Hi guys, My daughter's fiancé is looking for a first watch to wear for the wedding and future business meetings. He has settled on a c case Connie as the desired model and I thought this looked ok but would like informed opinions.
His "initiation fee" to the club would be $795 all in. Thanks very much!

At a glance it looks very nice. The price is good and this is mine, which I was wearing yesterday ….. and, I’m planning on wearing mine to a wedding (as a guest) later this month 😀

Foo2rama · Jun 4, 2023

Only question I have is that why isn’t the dial marked “T”?

dsio · Jun 4, 2023

Foo2rama
Only question I have is that why isn’t the dial marked “T”?

They just don’t on a lot of Constellations and Seamasters of that era, I don’t understand it either but it’s the way they are

Rogerg · Jun 4, 2023

Foo2rama
Only question I have is that why isn’t the dial marked “T”?

Good question. I checked after you posted and the images I found all had this dial without the "T" so I guess at some point they stopped??

nicks · Jun 4, 2023

Full steam ahead. Nice choice, good looking example and congratulations on the wedding.

Rogerg · Jun 4, 2023

nicks
Full steam ahead. Nice choice, good looking example and congratulations on the wedding.

Thank you! I just re-read and corrected the title to "first" watch! lol

SOG53 · Jun 4, 2023

Nice watch on a nice bracelet. Congrats

Aroxx · Jun 4, 2023

Maybe I’m being a bit of a c-case snob but for that price and condition I’d prefer a better condition 168.017/27 with caliber 564 on a 1040 bracelet. That case looks pretty chewed up in the close up. I’d be interested to see more close up images of the rest of it. Has it been reliably serviced recently? If he has time to hunt I think a nicer example could be found.

For example, this gorgeous mint 168.027 just sold for about $750 USD. I thought it would go much higher.

AlexD · Jun 5, 2023

It's a very nice watch for the "start" 😀. Looking forward to see what will come next in the collection..

Decent first watch? 168.0056

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