2652s do have their own quirks - IIRC they were the original 'crossed-t' dials.
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.
I'm not going to say that special order dials weren't available but vertically brushed dial finishes generally applied to gold dials.
(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.
Thanks for that, can you fill me in on what they are? I read the blog you sent me and it stated the font, spacing, text and line thickness was not consistent at all during the early models with multiple font variations, text and line sizes etc. How is someone supposed to work this all out
Brushed finishes were an available custom order from the very first constellation as far as I was aware, is this not correct?
You can find may 2852-8 with special finishes on the dials, including vertical brushing.
why did you delete your pic with the Constellation text comparison @Spoonta66 ? - it was extremely useful for anyone studying this topic.
I used the wrong screenshots when I put them together and I can only use the Chat GPT photo editor to merge photos twice a day so cant use it again to fix the problem 🤣
