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jjen
·Can you be more specific? The criticisms seem pretty valid to me. They're also not unique to this forum, check the Reddit launch thread for instance.
New 2026 Pie-Pan Constellation Observatory Model Out Now (Pics / Video)
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Vinz Clortho
·Even more ridiculous is a Patek 6119 is cheaper than the gold Constellation! In what world would a a gold dress watch from Omega be priced higher than a gold dress watch from Patek?
Take price out of the equation and put these three dress watches up against each other:
Patek 6619, Vacheron Fiftysix, Omega Constellation Observatory
Which one would you choose? If it's not the Omega right from the go, the question then becomes Why?
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Gubbo
·Exactly. The 6619 is 39mm x 8mm for $37.5K. When looking at this type of money, you're now into the higher horology side of watchmaking. Sorry, Omega is not on the same level.
Take price out of the equation and put these three dress watches up against each other:
Patek 6619, Vacheron Fiftysix, Omega Constellation Observatory
Which one would you choose? If it's not the Omega right from the go, the question then becomes Why?
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BrunoCodispoti
·perfect idea, poor result. Size is crazy 🥲
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aprax
·As others have said, the lugs just look wrong, and I’d also like to point out how the minute hands substantially overshoot the minute track—Something that has always been a tell-tale sign of incorrect hands on a vintage Constellation (Precision, remember?)
Constellation minute hands used to reach up to the minute hashes which on pie pan dials were painted along the twelve edges of the flat central surface. For good reason, because the tip of the minute hand was showing you exactly where between minutes you were. Here, they left the hashes in place (unlike with the Globemaster), but you have the tip of the minute hand (which is an epee hand with a tip - why??) point into the void - literally, since the dial slopes downwards behind the edge of the flat central surface where the minute hashes are located. One might wonder what the length of the seconds hand would have been if they had fitted one. It’s likely that no one at Omega would have been able to answer this question, so they probably left out the second hand for that reason alone. Why bother.
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorRolex doesn't have a directly comparable watch to the steel one because the 1908 doesn't come in steel but the new constellation in steel is about the same as a plain jane 41 mm datejust.
A closer comparison might be to an all steel Oyster Perpetual, although there is a size difference. Is a Co-Axial escapement without a seconds hand and without a bracelet really worth almost $4,000 more?
You also are buying into a Rolex ecosystem that has a track record of protecting the value of your investment as much as possible vs. Omega’s short term pump and dump treatment (except for the classic Speedmaster).
The numbers don’t work here.
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Wooden_spoon
·Why didn’t they use spirate technology here? What’s the latest on that?
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!Why didn’t they use spirate technology here? What’s the latest on that?
It’s vapourware.
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Sherrill
·This is the only model that I’m aware of that has the spirate. It’s still available on their website, but I’ve only seen it up for sale on the used market a few times. It must be either too large, or not as good as advertised. Who knows?
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reggie_v
·This is the only model that I’m aware of that has the spirate. It’s still available on their website, but I’ve only seen it up for sale on the used market a few times. It must be either too large, or not as good as advertised. Who knows?
I’m not sure this sporty design really suited the spirate movement. I’d have launched it in something a bit more elegant
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Jakeys
·I’m not sure this sporty design really suited the spirate movement. I’d have launched it in something a bit more elegant
I think they were going for the black and yellow aesthetic they used when they launched 15k gauss tech on the AT, as in like it's a prototype of a new technology they want to implement.
Unfortunately it's been over three years and they've yet to put it on a mainstream model so I'd guess it isn't performing as they hoped. It's a shame, it sounded pretty awesome and would have given Omega a real edge over the competition.
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jjen
·I think the consistency and effectiveness of Rolex's marketing over the years has made it so that the vast majority of people ooh and aah over whatever they put out, admittedly excellent and consistent quality mass produced watches at scale with a well thought out catalogue and nice design language for the most part. Omega is calling back now to one of their most iconic designs and remedying a flaw in their history and in their catalogue IMHO. I give them credit for that. If they fix the hands.
I remember when the 39 mm Rolex Explorer come out with a short minutes hand and the response was "let's call it the Mark I and buy it because it will be rare when they come out with a proper sized hand!"
Omega just can't catch a break.
I remember when the 39 mm Rolex Explorer come out with a short minutes hand and the response was "let's call it the Mark I and buy it because it will be rare when they come out with a proper sized hand!"
Omega just can't catch a break.
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jjen
·Maybe someone can explain to me what this "new acoustic testing method" means. Isn't that how a timegrapher normally works? Is it just a timegrapher that is left on for a few days at a time?
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersI remember when the 39 mm Rolex Explorer come out with a short minutes hand and the response was "let's call it the Mark I and buy it because it will be rare when they come out with a proper sized hand!"
Omega just can't catch a break.
Rolex collectors are just weird about anomalies.
If the 220 bezel error was found on a Rolex there would be queues from here to the moon to acquire one.
In Omega-world collectors just went 'yeah, that's funny" and moved on.
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Wooden_spoon
·I’m not sure this sporty design really suited the spirate movement. I’d have launched it in something a bit more elegant
