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dra43b
·Can anyone confirm if Omega produced these Constellations with a hidden crown? The logo on the crown as well is awfully suspicious because of the huge Omega logo size. Case ref is 168.004
Omega Connie with hidden crown?
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerWhat did your own research tell you?
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Peemacgee
·What did your own research tell you?
not an unreasonable comment @dra43b
if you Google ‘constellation hidden crown 168.004’ you will get lots of hits.
the watch in question is an all correct early 168.004 but I dont think I’ve ever seen that much corrosion inside a constellation case back.
Edit: but the lack of case back seal might explain a lot
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFThat’s a very grubby watch but yea the hidden crowns are legit and somewhat larger than the average constellation too.
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesI've always thought that that styling feature was attractive. I don't know if it'd be practical to use as I've never seen one, but only viewed photographs.
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Dan S
·I've always thought that that styling feature was attractive. I don't know if it'd be practical to use as I've never seen one, but only viewed photographs.
I've had non-Omega hidden crown watches, and I can't really wind them manually, so I usually just jiggle them around for a few minutes to get them going. One of them is a Seiko that doesn't hand-wind anyway. It's an interesting look. My sense is that it was a bit of a flex for the auto-winding movements, "our movements auto-wind so efficiently, you don't even need to be able to wind them."
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Peemacgee
·D dra43bSaw some but a very tiny portion of the crown is sticking out a bit. The one i posted is totally hidden
The 168.004 is known as the ‘hidden crown Connie’ and an original crown should be flush as you see.
The 168.010 is also known as a hidden crown Connie but in actuality the original crown protrudes by about 1mm
Neither of theses crowns are available new, so having the original is a bonus.
The (same) replacement crowns for both ( there are two - one flat ended, one dome ended) project by a couple of mm but don’t actually look that bad on the watch.
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFlooks great
Bleeding’ awful to use
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!I find mine a PITA to man wind, setting isn't too bad since mine sticks out a mm but winding is best done by wrist shaking. The OP watch looks very grotty. I'd steer clear of that one personally.
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ConElPueblo
·I've always thought that that styling feature was attractive. I don't know if it'd be practical to use as I've never seen one, but only viewed photographs.
The hidden crown on the 168.004 is the result of decades of research by Omega into the most useless crown design possible on a wrist watch. After the initial succes of the clover Seamaster crown was followed up by the decagonal Constellation crown, this was the crowning glory of the design team.
@dra43b note that the BoR bracelet on this example is incorrect.
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TexOmega
·Have the severe rotor wear addressed at service.
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TexOmega
·And always keep an eye out for the 168.004's that were fitted with the cal. 564
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johnireland
·This little tool made winding my Constellation crown easy.
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Dan S
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Your link doesn't work. In any case, the type of tool to which you are referring is unlikely to work for a recessed/hidden crown because of the lack of clearance.
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gbesq
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johnireland
·Respectfully, that tool would be useless for winding a hidden crown Constellation. Please give a little more thought to what you post before you post it.
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ALEJANDRO BOVONE
·any pic of outside caseback?
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gbesq
·I read the OP and all the comments. I should have been more specific that the tool was not for the hidden crown but for the more common ten sided crown. Comments on the ten sided crown began to pop up in the thread so I was addressing those. As for the value of the tool...it works really well...much easier and faster than standing there waving the watch back and forth.
