My first Omega watch

Hi all, Just a quick post. Towards the back end of last year I started to rekindle a love of wrist watches. This started when my father-in-law sadly passed away and left a few watches. Amongst them was a Rolex sub and a corterbert. The Rolex is put away for safe keeping but the Corterbert has a new strap and is currently enjoying life being worn again. I already own a modern Christopher Ward and a Seiko but i really like the vintage corterbert. I’ve always fancied an Omega so I started to browse vintage Omega’s. There are lots about but I finally plumped for a 1967 constellation chronometer 168.018.. The watch came from a professional dealer, fully serviced, guaranteed, in a nice wooden box. It probably wasn’t the bargain of the month but I was happy to pay for the peace of mind.. A few pictures below, plus the corterbert too.

Well done, love the dial on the Constellation. The corterbert is nice as well.

Yeah love the linen type dial on the Connie.nice

Welcome and congrats! I just got a C-case Constellation with the same exact dial. Very fun to look at.

Correleert is an interesting vintage watch ... part of the horological history .. here is a Cortebert Spirofix .. from late 50'ties

Two lovely watches,I particularly like the Omega.

enjoy your acquisitions and the memory of your father-in-law.

Welcome to the forum.. nice post. Enjoy your watches!

Very nice Corterbert. A manufacturer with a great pedigree but unfortunately not easy to research as I believe the factory records were destroyed by fire.... Only 10 minutes down the road from the Longines factory, I wonder how many Corterbert employees went there after the factory closed.... Yours is a beauty!, I believe mine to be from the mid 60’s but no way to verify.