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My first jumbo 168.001

river9
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Hello
I have just acquired locally this jumbo (37mm diameter) for roughly USD$ 1,000. Thank to this knowledgeable community I have learnt a lot on spotting 'good' item. Hopping I did well this time although the crown is wrong one.
One other thing that worries me is that cross-hair dial. Do you think all checks except the crown. Thank you.
Ref#168.001 Val 561 Serial 24m range.
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Aludic
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For a Constellation Jumbo in this good a condition, I think you've made an absolutely amazing buy. No red flags at all on this one. Looks perfect. Congratulations, @river9 !

Enjoy it!
 
Geezer
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Beautiful watch and good price. 👍

Apart from the crown, I think the second hand might be a replacement.
 
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Looks great. Crown is a replacement, not 100% sure about the seconds hand. Crosshair dial on a jumbo model for $1K is a good deal any day of the week.
 
iamvr
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Hard to find these with a clean dial and a sharp case, and at this price it‘s a steal. Well done!
 
river9
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Wrist shot with date adjusted 😀
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@Shabbaz Thank you for pointing me to the dedicated thread for jumbo. Pic added over there 👍
 
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river9 river9
acquired locally
If locally means Saigon then you should be very careful.
The crown and the second hand are not original to the watch, the minute markers are not consistent and cross hair dial on a 001 (?).
AUTOMATIC is a bit too large compared to OFFICIALLY CERTIFED don't you think?.

Regards.
 
river9
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hoipolloi hoipolloi
If locally means Saigon then you should be very careful.
The crown and the second hand are not original to the watch, the minute markers are not consistent and cross hair dial on a 001 (?).
AUTOMATIC is a bit too large compared to OFFICIALLY CERTIFED don't you think?.

Regards.
Yes watch bought in Saigon. Could you work out in detail "minute markers not consistent" for my education.

About cross-hair on 168.001 dial: It is true that I found on the net only one example!

Thanks
 
Shabbaz
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river9 river9
Yes watch bought in Saigon. Could you work out in detail "minute markers not consistent" for my education.

About cross-hair on 168.001 dial: It is true that I found on the net only one example!

Thanks
Can you share that example?

I think the 14777 do come in crosshair.
 
river9
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Shabbaz Shabbaz
Can you share that example?

I think the 14777 do come in crosshair.

It was OF member watch's. A gold plate one

omegaforums.net/threads/show-me-your-jumbo-connie-only-168-001-14777-14778-14395-and-14396-allowed.109416/page-3#post-1585989
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river9
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Shabbaz Shabbaz
Interesting. Crosshair go all the way to the outerrim of this dial. Yours dont. Hmmm
His dont have markers at 3 ...
 
Peemacgee
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Shabbaz Shabbaz
Interesting. Crosshair go all the way to the outerrim of this dial. Yours dont. Hmmm

The normal rule for Constellations is that cross hairs on a pie pan stop at the index / numeral but with a dome dial they go all the way to the edge of the dial.
However, I would suggest that all bets are off with jumbo dials as, given the variations in text styles, they are essentially ‘specials’.
 
khangct
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river9 river9
Yes watch bought in Saigon. Could you work out in detail "minute markers not consistent" for my education.

About cross-hair on 168.001 dial: It is true that I found on the net only one example!

Thanks
Some of the minute markers look smaller than the other.
 
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