Omega Constellation 1946 Charging and maintenance

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Hi, I inherited this watch and would like to know how normal it is to lose the correct time and when it is normal for it to lose its charge. I hope I have been clear but before taking it for a review I wanted some more information. thanks so much Alex

 
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When was it last serviced?
 
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Probably time for a new one
 
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Use your iPhone for time, put that on your wrist and wear it.
thanks for the advice, it's already on my wrist but I noticed that after a day or so it loses both the charge and the time tends to not be precise, so I was interested to understand what tolerances there are in general.

p.s I prefer the watch to the iPhone which sometimes I don't even take with me 😉
 
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A watch like this which was serviced in 2020 should not lose much more than 30 seconds per day. So when wearing it, you’ll have a good estimate of the actual time. 😁
About losing it’s charge: just wind it every morning before strapping it on your wrist. It shouldn’t stop before the next day.
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A watch like this which was serviced should not lose much more than 30 seconds per day. So when wearing it, you’ll have a good estimate of the actual time. 😁
About losing it’s charge: just wind it every morning before strapping it on your wrist. It shouldn’t stop before the next day.
that's exactly what I wanted to understand! thank you very much! one question...I looked in other forums and searched a bit on the web, the fact that there is no Swiss made writing on the dial does not necessarily mean that part is not original, right?
 
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In principle, the power reserve should be in the neighborhood of 36 hours, but as long as it is keeping good time day to day, you don't need to worry too much about it.

These dials do usually have SWISS or SWISS MADE at the bottom, so it's possible that the dial was repainted at some point. We'd need better photos to determine that.
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Could I just note that your watch isn’t a Constellation as mentioned in your thread title.
If you can show the inside caseback we would get an idea of the actual reference
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Could I just note that your watch isn’t a Constellation as mentioned in your thread title.
If you can show the inside caseback we would get an idea of the actual referenced
 
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here is the photo, strange because I had searched on the site and it gave me that but I also had some doubts about it

 
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In principle, the power reserve should be in the neighborhood of 36 hours, but as long as it is keeping good time day to day, you don't need to worry too much about it.

These dials do usually have SWISS or SWISS MADE at the bottom, so it's possible that the dial was repainted at some point. We'd need better photos to determine that.
mmm interesting looking at it carefully I don't see it written but I also noticed looking around that it is not always written the photo doesn't really do justice to the colour which is more of a "champagne" colour
 
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We would usually make a judgement based on the correctness and fine-ness of the printing. For example, looking at the font and the accuracy o the tick marks. Sloppy fonts and misaligned and uneven tick marks are signatures of a repainted dial

 
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If you tell us where you're located you may get suggestions for a watchmaker.
 
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We would usually make a judgement based on the correctness and fine-ness of the printing. For example, looking at the font and the accuracy o the tick marks. Sloppy fonts and misaligned and uneven tick marks are signatures of a repainted dial

I did some research but found conflicting opinions, so you assume that it was just repainted and not that the dial is not original? The omega symbol seems consistent with the vintage of the watch (always based on my research) thanks