Omega 168009 18k bracelet advice

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@sirtaifun if you still have doubts about the originality of the mesh bracelet, I wanna show something interesting I have found yesterday:



Best wishes!
 
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@sirtaifun if you still have doubts about the originality of the mesh bracelet, I wanna show something interesting I have found yesterday:



Best wishes!

Good shout finding the advert but that’s not a standard mesh bracelet.
It is however likely another option for @sirtaifun to consider.
 
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@sirtaifun if you still have doubts about the originality of the mesh bracelet, I wanna show something interesting I have found yesterday:



Best wishes!
Wow!
Thank you very much!
 
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By chance, this Constellation is up for auction in early August and it has the same style of bracelet as the one that @Rudi99 posted above.
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link

This is a 1966/7 English (Dennison) de-luxe model replicating earlier lyre-lugged Constellations (hence the odd 168.5416 ref no.) but bang on for time wise for early C-cases.
It also has a fixed bracelet (i.e. welded to the watch - which was a common feature of these English gold case/gold bracelet watches for some reason)
It also would have been one of the last watches produced by Dennison as they went belly-up in '67 IIRC.
Shackman bought up Dennison's tooling equipment and continued producing precious metal Omegas for a while.

The C-cases didn't generally have fixed bracelets but the mesh versions usually didn't have end links either (like the one pictured)

 
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I`m a little late but thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!
 
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[I have a 1967 Connie with this same bracelet in 18 k. It was permanently attached to the watch buy the Omega dealer in Zurich. The abstract said it was delivered to the dealer on a strap, then the bracelet was added as a request from my dad. The bracelet was not an Omega but the abstract had a Swiss registered serial number.
 
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It also has a fixed bracelet (i.e. welded to the watch - which was a common feature of these English gold case/gold bracelet watches for some reason)
Soldered, not welded. Different process. Welding temperatures would melt the gold!

Solder is a dissimilar material that melts at a lower temperature that won't damage the piece and can be unsoldered. Welding melts the metal together using welding wire of similar or identical composition and the metal is then considered one piece and it's not coming apart unless you cut it.
 
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Soldered, not welded. Different process. Welding temperatures would melt the gold!

Solder is a dissimilar material that melts at a lower temperature that won't damage the piece and can be unsoldered. Welding melts the metal together using welding wire of similar or identical composition and the metal is then considered one piece and it's not coming apart unless you cut it.

well, I was using the term in the common rather technical sense of ‘joined together’ but your technical clarification is welcome all the same.