My $100 Omega Constellation Pie Pan

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Spartcom5

·Sep 8, 2022

I found this Pie Pan for $100 and am unsure what to do with it. It doesn't work, needs crown, has been redialed, and the minute marker and star need reattaching. My watchmaker can get it working and get the markers reattached but is it worth it? Not a huge fan of redials myself tbh I tried to get the best pictures I could of the dial but the crystal is scratched up pretty bad! Thoughts?

 

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TexOmega

·Sep 8, 2022

Worth it for a parts watch


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Peemacgee

·Sep 8, 2022·Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers

This is brilliant

 

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Davidt

·Sep 8, 2022

Yeah I’d keep it for parts or part of our and out the proceeds towards a better example. It will be a money out to get it working and will still have a terrible dial.

 

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perks713

·Sep 8, 2022

If i had all the money to dump into it, i'd send it to Omega and let them re-redial it and clean it up

 

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SkunkPrince

·Sep 8, 2022

perks713

If i had all the money to dump into it, i'd send it to Omega and let them re-redial it and clean it up

I would as well. It wouldn't cost more than $1500.

 

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UncleBuck

·Sep 8, 2022·understands the decision making hierarchy

What would you pay for a new looking piepan to use as a wearer, not as a collectible?

The Watchco 300's prove there is a market for such a thing.

I would be very interested in seeing what Omega would do with this. My guess is bail out but I still wonder.

 

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gbesq

·Sep 8, 2022

I think that the OP has received good advice. Either resell it or sell it piecemeal for parts and he'll get more than his $100 back or send it to Omega for a complete makeover. It will still be a redial, but it will be a good redial and when Omega is finished with it, it will look like new.

 

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X350 XJR

·Sep 8, 2022·Vintage Omega Aficionado

perks713

If i had all the money to dump into it, i'd send it to Omega and let them re-redial it and clean it up

Omega would definitely not be my first choice for a redial. I've seen some pretty bad "restorations" come from them.

 

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gbesq

·Sep 8, 2022

UncleBuck

What would you pay for a new looking piepan to use as a wearer, not as a collectible?

The Watchco 300's prove there is a market for such a thing.

I would be very interested in seeing what Omega would do with this. My guess is bail out but I still wonder.

I don't think that Omega will bail out. They've certainly seen watches as bad as this if not worse. The question is how much will it cost to rehabilitate it.

 

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gbesq

·Sep 8, 2022

X350 XJR

Omega would definitely not be my first choice for a redial. I've seen some pretty bad "restorations" come from them.

Not my first choice either, but given the other work that the watch needs, Omega might be the most efficient choice for getting everything done to a satisfactory standard in one place.

 

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perks713

·Sep 8, 2022

X350 XJR

Omega would definitely not be my first choice for a redial. I've seen some pretty bad "restorations" come from them.

I was thinking about this one that looked pretty nice: https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-2505-31-before-after.148902/#post-2029511

 

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UncleBuck

·Sep 8, 2022·understands the decision making hierarchy

gbesq

Omega might be the most efficient choice for getting everything done to a satisfactory standard in one place.

I agree, I have heard about exquisite redialers in Viet Nam and elsewhere but have not been privy to access. Obviously, others have sources worked long and hard to establish that are sacred.

We all have a redial that needs to be redialed and these sacred contacts would be busier than Al.
Omega is an option for everyone.

My redialled redial candidate.

Note+ The AJTT example may also be a redial.

 

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Olhenry56

·Sep 8, 2022

perks713

I was thinking about this one that looked pretty nice: https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-2505-31-before-after.148902/#post-2029511

It seems that Omega repainted that dial (very nicely). I bet the OP's watch could be repaired and repainted, too. I wonder what you get when the dial is too far gone, though.

 

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janice&fred

·Sep 8, 2022

If I were the OP I would have the independent watchmaker go ahead and get it cleaned up and running, then simply keep an eye out for a decent replacement dial. For $100 purchase price it's worth doing that rather than cut it up for parts.

 

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Spartcom5

·Sep 11, 2022

I was offered $500 for the watch. Is this a fair offer? I have never sold a Constellation pie pan before! I am debating between taking the $500 or giving it to my watchmaker and putting another $150 (quoted this price) into it to get it looking good again and running.

 

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Davidt

·Sep 11, 2022

150 is not going to get that looking good again.

Didn’t you pay 100 for it? If someone offered me 500 I’d bite their hand off and put it towards a decent watch.

 

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WilyB

·Sep 11, 2022

UncleBuck

... I have heard about exquisite redialers in Viet Nam and elsewhere ...

I would indeed make sense that countries with hot and humid climate have experienced re-dialers.