Hi,

Is this Constellation's dial original or not? please share your thoughts...

 

One more..

 

lets see, final last one goes here..

 

Very not original

 

No, it's a redail.
An easy thing to spot, it should not have any T's with Swiss Made as there is no lume on it.

 

Bart, you think its a refinished dial then?

 

Absolutely

 

And the polishing of the case

 

Are you referring to the different colours? could be the light, I have another shot, wait....

 

Case bad too? just trying to learn what I should look out for..

 

Yeah case is bad. The beveled edge that's supposed to be on the bezel has been polished off. Lugs too are rounded by overpolishing

 

What he said.

 

Hang on a second please! I did a search and there is another thread right which says the T SWISS T and no lume in not conclusive evidence that the dial itself is wrong. Or to that effect!

Swiss Made T dial but no lums | Omega Forums

 

T marks are never correct on a pre-1962 (or is it 1963?) watch.

 

My spider senses still pick up some doubts whether this dial is refinished or not.

Some things that give it away (not meant to be complete or conclusive), other than the stark white dial colour,

Font is off and oneven
Chronometer instead of chonometre (on this 50's model you'd expect chronometre)
T for tritium when it isn't supposed to be there.

 

I also think the minute markers should be on the tip of the arrowheads, not under them.

 

Look at the font in Constellation
It is definitely incorrect also
The Ns should be curly not straight
Check out Desmond's blog for fonts on Connies
It will save you a lot of soul searching

 

Are you trying to tell us it is positioned in the fairly modest levels of collectibility?

 

hmm.. anything else?

No worries thanks everyone, this is turning out to be a minefield