Hobnail Constellation arrived

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Congrats! I had bookmarked that auction but things got between. I do not like "things"...
I have not bought a watch in over a year but that one got my motor running again. The auction pictures and description had all the hallmarks of a one owner watch. Nice price in the end. Now I have to go and deal with "things" 馃槈
 
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I'm not a GC fan either but I could VERY happily live with that.
I would say it's more of an early bi-metal. Correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the pictures the sides are stainless steel and not capped. Gold capped watches give the illusion of being all gold and this does not. Makes it even better in my book.
 
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I would say it's more of an early bi-metal. Correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the pictures the sides are stainless steel and not capped. Gold capped watches give the illusion of being all gold and this does not. Makes it even better in my book.
This is exactly how Omega does "gold-capped". The bezels on some of these early Constellations are solid 14K. The gold on the rest of the case top is heat and pressure bonded (similar to the copper-nickel bonding on a US dime or quarter). Almost impossible to do this on a curved surface like the sides.

If you are wearing the watch, and looking from the top down, it is indistinguishable from solid gold.

Extremely nice piece.
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