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I realize the dial is vastly uncommon but that price for a watch with a polished case and the wrong movement???

High feedback bidder with minimal bid activity with the seller so looks like a legitimate sale.

 

I suspect the buyer bought it solely for the dial - perhaps to transplant in a grand luxe hooded lugs version of the watch. At least that's the only reason that would make sense to me - I have seen this bidder go for vintage connies in the past and I think he/she is a pretty experienced collector.

 

Are the stepped dials really that less common than the normal de lux constellation dials?

 

The stepped dials are standard equipment for the connie grand luxe hooded lugs watches. They were used very sparingly in the "regular" de luxe models - I would say maybe 5% of the deluxe dials featured the "stepped dials." Just as an example - we saw over a dozen of these deluxe connies sold by kstar and not a single one of them had this dial style. As far as how frequently do I see them sold on ebay, I would say roughly once a year you'll see a deluxe connie with this dial style.

 

I certainly agree - an awful lot of money to pay for the watch as presently constituted. But as I said it might be worth it if one had the parts to make 2 correct watches using the dial in this one in a grand luxe connie. You would need a replacement movement and dial to use in this instance though.

 

Let's just say a lot more than 7.