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Discovery of a new jumbo connie model 14778? What's going on here?

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055CD14778 | 14CT CLEAR YEL. GOLD CAP CASE CAL.0551
 
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055CD14778 | 14CT CLEAR YEL. GOLD CAP CASE CAL.0551
But how did we miss this? I think this is the only known example of a 14778. Desmond did'nt write about this one (I think) and I can not find any other info about it. Very interesting.
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Also, next to the 14396 it’s the only other no-date ref (and the 14396 was already the least seen of the known jumbo refs, if I recall correctly). Quite an interesting piece, this.
 
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Also, next to the 14396 it’s the only other no-date ref (and the 14396 was already the least seen of the known jumbo refs, if I recall correctly). Quite an interesting piece, this.
Yes, even the die hard connie collectors never mentioned this model. It's a unicorn.
 
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Yes, even the die hard connie collectors never mentioned this model. It's a unicorn.

Ok, I feel sort of relieved that I didn‘t know about this ref. when I saw the sales post. I‘m wondering whether it also exists in stainless steel.
 
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Ok, I feel sort of relieved that I didn‘t know about this ref. when I saw the sales post. I‘m wondering whether it also exists in stainless steel.

Only gold capped is shown on the Omega Extranet.
 
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This is why we collect omega. You always learn something new.
 
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Any plan to get extract of archive for this example. For a longest time I have expected a no-date version of 14777 did exist so this is very exciting news for me.

Here is a pic of a 14777 case back. All of the reference images I have collected for the other jumbo's 14777/14395/14396 follow the same format. Here I see interesting differences to the members example for 14778. As this would have been concurrent with 14777 I would expect the case to be from the same source.

The reference font type and size is different and the case makers CB mark is missing.

Could this be a replacement case back?

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Found this on another thread here that discussed vintage crystal compatibility:

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https://omegaforums.net/threads/vin...ty-and-case-reference-plexi-case-list.123389/

See the last entry. The Ref. 14778 is the same case as the Ref. 167.001 (which is rare enough).

As you can see, there was a lot of changes to case reference numbers when Omega started standardizing them in the early 1960’s.

The case back looks correct, just not made by CB. Omega generally used several case manufacturers. All did things a little differently, so I’m not surprised that the fonts inside are not the same.

Hope this helps,
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Found this on another thread here that discussed vintage crystal compatibility:

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https://omegaforums.net/threads/vin...ty-and-case-reference-plexi-case-list.123389/

See the last entry. The Ref. 14778 is the same case as the Ref. 167.001 (which is rare enough).

As you can see, there was a lot of changes to case reference numbers when Omega started standardizing them in the early 1960’s.

The case back looks correct, just not made by CB. Omega generally used several case manufacturers. All did things a little differently, so I’m not surprised that the fonts inside are not the same.

Hope this helps,
gatorcpa
Thx for the info 😀
All information on this ref is new information,

would love to know more But there is very limited info ..
Asked Omega aswell if they could provide any information on how many where made and so on,
But just got the anwser
“Unfortunately we are not able to help you with the requested information, since we never communicate on production numbers externally.
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Found this on another thread here that discussed vintage crystal compatibility:

upload_2021-12-13_21-0-19.png


https://omegaforums.net/threads/vin...ty-and-case-reference-plexi-case-list.123389/

See the last entry. The Ref. 14778 is the same case as the Ref. 167.001 (which is rare enough).

As you can see, there was a lot of changes to case reference numbers when Omega started standardizing them in the early 1960’s.

The case back looks correct, just not made by CB. Omega generally used several case manufacturers. All did things a little differently, so I’m not surprised that the fonts inside are not the same.

Hope this helps,
gatorcpa

Hi, @gatorcpa ,
Have you ever seen the ref.167.001?
For me, it’s my first time hearing about that reference, also I can’t find any example using that reference?

Best,
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