My new purchase

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Dave Bennett

·Sep 1, 2022

Picked up these two today I am buying by instalment but was allowed to bring them home! The hands are there for the Constellation should I leave for now or reattach for safety?

 

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MtV

·Sep 1, 2022

Are these steel hands and gold indices on the Connie? Either way, I’d move it as little as possible and carefully hand it over to the watchmaker to sort it out. You’ll need a new second hand I’m afraid, and there might be another issue - the hands are probably loose for a reason. Still, original black dial. 😀

 

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seekingseaquest

·Sep 1, 2022

The Connie dial looks like it’s in an incorrect case as well.

 

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MtV

·Sep 1, 2022

seekingseaquest

The Connie dial looks like it’s in an incorrect case as well.

Absolutely, didnt even look at it. Looks like a 60s Seamaster 600 case, possibly?

 

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Olhenry56

·Sep 1, 2022

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Still, original black dial. 😀

Unfortunate that it's missing the index at 9 (and 3?). I suppose a watchmaker who works with Omegas might have spares lying around. But between that, the hands, and the case, I think you're looking at a money pit on that one if you intend to get it into correct shape.

edit: I suppose actually the problem re: correctness is probably not the case and hands, but the dial.

 

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dsio

·Sep 1, 2022·Ash @ ΩF

Those are some very rough watches that have both seen much better days

 

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iamvr

·Sep 1, 2022

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Absolutely, didnt even look at it. Looks like a 60s Seamaster 600 case, possibly?

I put my chips on 166.037

 

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Dave Bennett

·Sep 10, 2022

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Absolutely, didnt even look at it. Looks like a 60s Seamaster 600 case, possibly?

Case is 166.002 and a Cal 561 movement.

 

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MtV

·Sep 10, 2022

Dave Bennett

Case is 166.002 and a Cal 561 movement.

Well, at least the movement belongs to the dial. 😀

 

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gbesq

·Sep 10, 2022

No offense intended, but unless you either purchased these watches for very little money or intend to restore them and money is no object, I would return both if you can. There are much better fully correct examples available at reasonable prices that won’t require any work other than a routine service. I think that you’re likely to enjoy these watches less and less as you put more $ into them.