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Omega Constellation 18K Gold 35mm Cal 505 Watch Solid Gold Pie Pan Dial

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It is often said that the dial is worth 50% of the watch - more so with a special dial (but perhaps offset somewhat by a precious metal case)
Collectors are the ones that pay 'top dollar' for special watches and unfortunately not many (if any) collectors will be interested in your watch.
This may sound harsh but it is true.

Your buyer will be someone who just wants a 'nice old watch' - but that isn't going to bring you top prices I'm afraid.
The value of your watch is in the melt value of the 18k case and 18k dial.
 
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Peemacgee Peemacgee
It is often said that the dial is worth 50% of the watch - more so with a special dial (but perhaps offset somewhat by a precious metal case)
Collectors are the ones that pay 'top dollar' for special watches and unfortunately not many (if any) collectors will be interested in your watch.
This may sound harsh but it is true.

Your buyer will be someone who just wants a 'nice old watch' - but that isn't going to bring you top prices I'm afraid.
The value of your watch is in the melt value of the 18k case and 18k dial.
 
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I disagree with your comment, I looked at my repair watches through a magnifying glass, the letters given are really bad and especially the OMEGA letters you gave are really rough and not sharp
 
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I disagree with your comment, I looked at my repair watches through a magnifying glass, the letters given are really bad and especially the OMEGA letters you gave are really rough and not sharp

I think we may be talking at cross-purposes.
The photo you added the green ring to here is the pic of your watch, the pics below the first two in my post above are the correct example watch.
However, it is the black writing we are talking about having been re-done not the applied metal 'OMEGA' that you ringed above.
Omega fonts for Constellations are quite specific.
There are some variations but they are repeated variations if you understand what I mean.
They do not look like your watch.

Following your last post:
This is not sharp writing and the letters are not the correct shape.
- and the fact that on a 15,xx M serial number watch where chronometer is spelled 'chronometer' and not 'chronometre' is enough of a give away for it to be a redialled watch.

I'm sorry if this is bad news and a disappointment for you but at least you have learned something about your watch.
The good news is that we are told some of the best rediallers in the business reside in Vietnam, so you may be able to have redone more accurately (but it will always be a redial to collectors)

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you are confusing it with someone else's, look closely this is my word
 
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I'm afraid it is you who are confused.
These pictures are ALL of the same watch - the ones you posted.
The upper writing is shaky and badly done - and incorrectly spelled.
The lower Constellation shaping is entirely wrong
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Well, I work on the principle that @PTNGAN is working in a second language and has just been told his $4000 watch is perhaps worth $2000.

So perhaps a little patience is ok to offset the disappointment.
 
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In case you think there is any doubt or confusion here @PTNGAN, there is none. The watch you show has had the dial repainted at some point and has some obvious tells that it is not original. Posting extra pics is not going to change that I am afraid to say. It is a nice watch, just perhaps not worth the $4K you suggest, and certainly not all original in a way collectors like.
 
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Somewhat related, aren’t there fake stepped pie pan dials around? Is that a possibility here? Beyond the dial, what caught my attention was the crown - in my experience that specific elongated decagonal crown correlates often with fake Constellations.
 
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Somewhat related, aren’t there fake stepped pie pan dials around? Is that a possibility here? Beyond the dial, what caught my attention was the crown - in my experience that specific elongated decagonal crown correlates often with fake Constellations.

I think it was @hoipolloi who raised the issue of fake stepped dials but I don't recall how good (or bad) the fonts were.
The 'fat' crown is correct for a 2852/3 case reference - but it is a modern replacement crown on @PTNGAN 's watch (it has the larger, rounder Omega symbol)
 
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seekingseaquest seekingseaquest
Somewhat related, aren’t there fake stepped pie pan dials around? Is that a possibility here? Beyond the dial, what caught my attention was the crown - in my experience that specific elongated decagonal crown correlates often with fake Constellations.

The fakes that Hoi posted were of a disturbingly high quality which this one isn't.
 
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Title say 18k constellation .. and its 18k the pic 😁

The title also says cal 505 - but you’ll not find one of those in a dogleg Constellation 😉
 
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