Hi,

I should have joined OF long time ago, but I only used watchuseek forum till now.
However, I found out that there are so much good information, and members have so much knowledge in OF especially in vintage omega watches.
So, I decided to join and ask some help from you guys!
I have been looking for an orignal connie piepan for years and finally I won an auction on ebay.
I observed many original connies and studied a lot to get an authentic one, but I really need some expert's opinion now since I am about to send payment.
The seller mentioned that the watch is 5X signed and in very good condition.
Please take a look at the link and photos to give me some advice.

Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-OME...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

Hi & welcome!

Nice watch you got there

 

Holy moly. I want one, but it's hard for me to justify spending more than $600 dollars on a single purchase. Looks like somebody was careless with the case opener on the back. Unfortunate, but it's the back. Dial is immaculate.

 

Nfw congrats!

 

Bezel has been polished a bit much and no more bevel edges, crown is of incorrect style and colour. Otherwise a clean and nice watch.

 

Thanks for your advice!
I am thinking about changing the crown to 10 sided crown, so trying to find one on ebay.
Is bevel edge would be a problem?
Can I also restore this part?

 

Thank you guys for welcoming!

 

Upper case has been polished, but IMO not overpolished
I´m not sure I can agree that the beveled edges is gone, but if it cannot be restored without a new case job performed by a skilled casemaker. And it´s not worth it on a watch like this. I cannot see the need for it either

 

Stainless steel bezel is discontinued, but the Extranet does show a pink gold plated bezel available - 082CE14393. You could possibly remove the plating on it.

Cheers, Al

 

The OP's watch has a gold capped case with the bezel in 14K solid gold, which is soft and usually gets worn out through wear or polishing, but quite costly to replace new and hard to buy used. The bezel above looks very flat and much more worn out than the lugs so it may have possibly come from another watch model or be a non-genuine item altogether. The pictures are too flashy to see any details there.

 

Thank

So you believe that the watch is in a condition that I can wear it for a period of time?
It is so confusing for me.
Vintage watches are too hard to understand there qualities...

 

Thanks for your information!
I requested the seller to provide me some more pictures.
But he told me that the watch does not need any restoration and the watch is in mint conditon.
I will post the pictures when I get them from him.
I really need your advice on this!

 

Everything is so confusing now.
I have been looking for a good condition piepan and I am fraid that it is not what I have been looking for...
I am willing to wear the watch for a long period of time.
Should I get this? or pass for the better one in good condition?

 

It's just the bezel, either worn out or incorrect replacement, so don't worry too much. If it were better or correct, the price would've been much higher in an open auction for a nice watch like that. You can still wear the watch without replacing anything, if you don't mind. But if you care about correct vintage, then the bezel issue has to be worked out eventually.

The current crown is more usable than the 10-sided one, so you can just keep using it until when you want to replace it. The crown on Mike's watch is also correct and more usable, which I'd prefer for this watch, but replacement is hard to come by.

 

To be honest, I didn´t notice the lack of bevel on the bezel....

I still don´t think it´s a big issue though.

It all come down to how anal you are about originality. And if you aim at getting a specimen that would be approved of by the hardcore Connie collectors, then it´s a NOS specimen, or close to, that you shall have.

Place a WTB ad here, and see what someone would be willing to part with, and what it will cost you

 

Don't beat yourself up, the watch is a very nice example, the polished bezel wouldn't be a deal killer for me, especially for something you intend to wear daily.

 

I was going to question whether the cases were the same, but if I look closer it appears they are. The edges on this black one are sharper. If you look on the lower part of the bezel I think you see a little hint of that edge in the 6 o'clock area, but this could also be a reflection.

 

I recall making this same statement about 2 years ago.