Is $500 a good price for this constellation piepan?

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Milo0904

·Dec 19, 2024

I am looking to buy my first watch and love the constellation piepans. I know the condition is rough but I don't mind it. I just want to know if I would be over paying at $500. It is listed at $850 and has been serviced. Thanks

 

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hant26

·Dec 19, 2024

No, pass it. Looks like a bending-leg 168.010

 

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Milo0904

·Dec 19, 2024

 

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Milo0904

·Dec 19, 2024

hant26

No, pass it. Looks like a bending-leg 168.010

Im new to watches so I am not exactly sure what this means

 

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hant26

·Dec 19, 2024

I mean you should get away from that watch. Don't buy it. With that money, you can buy a good working watch

 

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drpaul

·Dec 19, 2024

$500 is never a good price for a constellation pie pan. There was somebody recently who scored a good one for that amount but that’s like winning the lottery. The chances that you will be sold a lemon is high at that price point. If your budget is 500 look at other models.

 

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prokudin

·Dec 19, 2024

Whoever lists it as serviced is not telling the truth. Look at the date wheel. The dial is damaged and far gone. The case is not attractive. If you buy it for any sum, you will realize that you made a mistake fairly soon. If I were you, I would keep looking and would save more for a better watch.

 

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Dan S

·Dec 19, 2024

I would not buy it at any price unless I needed the movement for parts. It is a total piece of junk.

 

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SOG53

·Dec 19, 2024

Emergency mandatory reading:

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X350 XJR

·Dec 19, 2024·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Absolutely no redeeming qualities on this one, like really!

 

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cristos71

·Dec 20, 2024

The only thing I could ever like about that watch would be it's absence from my collection. Avoid!

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Davidt

·Dec 20, 2024

The dial is ruined, the case is overpolished, the crown is wrong. There is absolutely nothing to suggest this watch is worth looking twice at, at any price.
$500 is not going to get you a pie pan Connie worth having. You’ll either need to add more money to your kitty or look at Geneves or maybe Seamasters.