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omega1994
·also the crosshair right through the L of constellation. hour marker dots are huge. MOY test might not apply here, not sure of ref. but its a very thick crosshair.
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omega1994
·See my two tone connies :
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersWhy do you say that?
The redialler made the mistake of placing the middle of the space between the words on the central vertical line, when in fact the positioning should take into account the space between the words and the vertical cross hair should kiss the right hand side of the second S in SWISS.
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MtV
·Also, there's no such thing as a brushed dial surface like this one that early. That was introduced later with 5-digit Constellations.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersNo, MOY test passes through the first peak of the M, centrally through the O and clips the right hand branch of the Y.
Except when it doesn't 😉
Except when it doesn't 😉
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omega1994
·Definitely not.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers@Spoonta66
if you compare the script to an original example, you will see that the font is just slightly off on pretty much all counts.
Look at Desmond's blog for the crossed-t example.
if you compare the script to an original example, you will see that the font is just slightly off on pretty much all counts.
Look at Desmond's blog for the crossed-t example.
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omega1994
·You have to have seen 100s of these dials before you start to see patterns across references.
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Spoonta66
·The most immediate tell is the position of SWISS MADE.
The redialler made the mistake of placing the middle of the space between the words on the central vertical line, when in fact the positioning should take into account the space between the words and the vertical cross hair should kiss the right hand side of the second S in SWISS.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersit was that watch I was referring to.
If you count the elements in SWISS MADE including the space, there are 10 elements.
Therefore, to centre the wording, the central vertical should be between the second S and the open space - i.e. kissing the right hand side of the second S.
If you count the elements in SWISS MADE including the space, there are 10 elements.
Therefore, to centre the wording, the central vertical should be between the second S and the open space - i.e. kissing the right hand side of the second S.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersI'm very confused because most of the early 1950's dials on here all have slightly different alignments. Does that mean a lot of the ones in this thread are redials?
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plus waffle (or hobnail) dials are the worst to look at for continuity - but of course your central plane isn't 'waffled' so it is easier to tell.
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Spoonta66
·not necessarily - as @omega1994 says, you have to know your reference to know what is correct regarding the MOY test. (unfortunately)
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plus waffle (or hobnail) dials are the worst to look at for continuity - but of course your central plane isn't 'waffled' so it is easier to tell.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersIts a 2652-8
However, as mentioned by the guys above, your dial has multiple 'tells' that it isn't correct.
I'll refer you again to Desmond's blog - there is a particular section on crossed-t dials but all of the info there is useful to anyone interested in Constellations.
https://omega-constellation-collectors.blogspot.com/
try the section on Constellation dials and look at Part 2.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersBrushed finishes were an available custom order from the very first constellation as far as I was aware, is this not correct?
(although they did appear later - perhaps to replicate the look of a gold dial)
It would be interesting to see any source that suggests brushed finished were available from the very first Constellation.
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