First PiePan. Need help to determine if it is a fake.

Canuck · Thurs. 10:49pm

Not solid gold, not gold plated, it is a gold shell case. If the seller is touting this to be solid gold alloy, and is asking a commensurate price, he’s either totally misguided or otherwise (can’t use the word I’d like to use)!

Peemacgee · 2026-07-03T00:59:23-0500

Even if a tip top example, $3800 would be a ludicrous price.

However, I would just like to reiterate that there is every chance that this watch has a fake case (and possibly dial).

@pedraox3 it would be useful if you provide a link to the watch for sale so that we can see what the seller claims for the watch.

TexOmega · 2026-07-03T09:33:39-0500

chrisinohio
A lot of good advice here. 2,000 would be about right for an outatanding example of this reference.

For starters, dial appears to have been refinished and the case is way too polished.

Keep learning, take a break, and proceed with caution.

"appears" is carrying lots of water here....

Lapis · 2026-07-03T11:08:46-0500

pedraox3
Hello everyone,

I would really appreciate your opinions regarding the originality of a vintage watch I am considering buying.

I have some vintage omegas, but this one would be my first piepan (a watch I’ve always dreamt of).

It is an Omega Constellation Pie Pan from 1963, reference 168.005 solid gold case. Overall, the watch looks very interesting to me, but I do have a few doubts, especially regarding the crystal. It appears to have a magnifier over the date window, and I do not recall seeing this feature on other examples of this reference before.

I have attached some photos of the watch for reference.

Any thoughts, comments, or advice would be very welcome.

Thank you very much in advance.

I agree with most here, to me the visibly poor state of the movement given the lovely dial condition is a red flag, pass, plenty more out there

watchyouwant · 2026-07-04T02:34:03-0500

Not a Prototype , where Omega tried a new Approach in Understatement ; Classy Style - in covering the Underside of a Solid 18 Carat Watch with a Stainless Steel Shell to fool future Thieves and Collectors?