How’s my eye developing?

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This 18k 1959 Connie has been on eBay with no bids for a few days. The start price doesn’t seem to be out of whack - it does look like it’s seen a bit of elbow grease but I still think this is a pretty nice example.

Which leads me to wonder whether the lack of interest is because it’s a redial. I’m still learning to spot redials quickly so please tell me if I’m right or wrong here.

First of all, my gut feeling from just looking at it says yes, redial.

In detail, “Officially Certified” looks small and MOY doesn’t quite look properly aligned.
Further down, “Constellation” looks ink heavy and the letter sizes look variable.

There also seem to be problems with the minute marks especially around 12.

So how’s my eye these days? Am I spotting the right problems with this watch, imagining things, or missing even more obvious problems?
 
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I’m no Constellation expect but a definite redial and polished case.
 
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Yes, definitely a (bad) redial, polished case, wrong crown
 
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Ok, so the next step for me is to be more confident about my gut feeling.

Thank you.
 
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The font is all over the place - so you were right to doubt the dial.
However, the first thing to ring alarm bells should be the hands reaching to the edge of the dial, while the minute haches are in between the indices.
This looks like a dome dial, repainted to look like a two tone dial with pie-pan characteristics

BTW the case is a Dennison, British made, case, which already makes it less collectible to some, so it might not exactly conform to a particular Swiss case reference (note the pronounced shadow gap between bezel and lugs) plus it is quite heavily polished.
Mind you, there will be a significant amount of gold in that case as the Dennison cases were very well made and equal in weight to the Swiss cases.
 
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Without looking at anything other than the word ‘automatic’ it’s possible to see this is a redial; the font is all wrong. Also notice the fact that each line of text is a slightly different font size.

If you look at enough examples of genuine ones you spot them immediately.
 
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Without looking at anything other than the word ‘automatic’ it’s possible to see this is a redial; the font is all wrong. Also notice the fact that each line of text is a slightly different font size.

If you look at enough examples of genuine ones you spot them immediately.
The vertical-sided 'M' is a dead giveaway, right? Not to mention other problems.
 
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The font is all over the place - so you were right to doubt the dial.
However, the first thing to ring alarm bells should be the hands reaching to the edge of the dial, while the minute haches are in between the indices.
This looks like a dome dial, repainted to look like a two tone dial with pie-pan characteristics

BTW the case is a Dennison, British made, case, which already makes it less collectible to some, so it might not exactly conform to a particular Swiss case reference (note the pronounced shadow gap between bezel and lugs) plus it is quite heavily polished.
Mind you, there will be a significant amount of gold in that case as the Dennison cases were very well made and equal in weight to the Swiss cases.
Thanks for this, and everyone who has pointed stuff out.
My ignorance about the reference meant I didn’t know there should be no gap between bezel and lugs.
Also, thank you for the heads up about the collectibility of Dennison Cases. I thought they were liked because they are well made good quality cases with a strong heritage with Omega. As a Brit the likelihood is that most gold cases I come 1cross are likely to be Dennison so this is something for me to think about.
 
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Thanks for this, and everyone who has pointed stuff out.
My ignorance about the reference meant I didn’t know there should be no gap between bezel and lugs.
Also, thank you for the heads up about the collectibility of Dennison Cases. I thought they were liked because they are well made good quality cases with a strong heritage with Omega. As a Brit the likelihood is that most gold cases I come 1cross are likely to be Dennison so this is something for me to think about.


You’re welcome.
Regarding the proliferation of Dennison ( and Shackman) cases in the U.K. - in the late 50s, 60s and early 70s you may have been correct - but since vintage watches have crossed borders over the decades, you’re probably more likely to come across Swiss gold cases than U.K. ones as there were many many more Swiss cases made ( you’ll occasionally come across French gold cases too. - which are as good quality as the U.K. ones))