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Omega Constellation - Holy Grail?
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iamvr
·Congrats to the OP 👍. Very stunning piece!
And so much knowledge shared in this thread alone. Love it!
May I ask what makes this serial number, particularly the „5“ special?
And so much knowledge shared in this thread alone. Love it!
May I ask what makes this serial number, particularly the „5“ special?
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersCongrats to the OP 👍. Very stunning piece!
And so much knowledge shared in this thread alone. Love it!
May I ask what makes this serial number, particularly the „5“ special?
Example:
Regular Omega reference would be 168.004
French cased watches would be 168.3004
English cased watches would be 168.5004
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Robbyman
·Beautiful watch. Didn't realise just how special the serial number was until I spotted it in one of your pictures... 😀
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cristos71
·The serial number of the movement ending in 1967 Is nothing more than lucky coincidence.
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Robbyman
·I just wanted to say thank you to all for your knowledge and input, plus the kind words. It is a very special watch that is probable wasted on me as I don’t wear it that much! That way it avoids the negative comments from my wife who does not like it!
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Robbyman
·The serial number of the movement ending in 1967 Is nothing more than lucky coincidence.
Are you telling me the person putting the serial number on this watch at the factory did not see how close it was to 1967 at the end and decide to make the effort to put the right year on! I reckon something like that happened but yes it is very ‘coincidental’
if it was a Rolex it would probably add 10k to the price!
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iamvr
·Example:
Regular Omega reference would be 168.004
French cased watches would be 168.3004
English cased watches would be 168.5004
Thanks for the info. Great to start a Sunday with new Connie knowledge.
The confusion on my part was also because reference was made to a „5“ in the serial number rather than the reference number. When the serial number actually also had a „5“ I was focusing on that scratching my head and not seeing the 1967 😁.
So, both a special ref and serial number, very nice.
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Screwbacks
·what is the
what is the question? it looks like gold plated.
The dial is unmarked, it’s beautiful with silver/blue colour, original papers, buckle, unpolished. The strap is old but not sure if original as it is Omega, the owners family said it had never been changed. The envelope for the papers has the correct serial number for the watch on it that matches the papers. Incidentally it was sold in 1967 on Kensington High Street in London, the height of the swinging sixties.
what is the question? it looks like gold plated.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersThe serial number of the movement ending in 1967 Is nothing more than lucky coincidence.
You may be right but given the amount of watches Omega sold in 1967 I would say it is very coincidental.
Are you telling me the person putting the serial number on this watch at the factory did not see how close it was to 1967 at the end and decide to make the effort to put the right year on! I reckon something like that happened but yes it is very ‘coincidental’
if it was a Rolex it would probably add 10k to the price!
I was going to say the same as @cristos71
A rather lovely but entirely accidental coincidence.
movements were shipped separately for local casing.
Serial numbers are only a rough guide to the year of production.
(24,5xxm puts it in the correct ‘66/‘67 era)
An extract would give you the delivery date to England.
The sale of the watch (especially in locally cases watches) could be years after the movt was produced.
The English hallmark will give you a 12 month window (spanning 2 years) for when the case was produced.
So, you have:
Movt Production date
Movt Delivery date
Case manufacture date
Movt Housing date
Full watch Sale date.
the Omega production line (where the serial was applied) only had control over one of these elements.
None of this detracts from a rather lovely watch.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersPerhaps of more interest @Robbyman is that the movt falls within the ‘third milestone’ batch of consecutive movts attaining ‘especially good results’.
(Which by chance places it pre Feb 1966)
http://download850.mediafire.com/nepspgg12hfg/j62tp0t79p66ubj/Omega+History+Making+Movement.pdf
(Which by chance places it pre Feb 1966)
http://download850.mediafire.com/nepspgg12hfg/j62tp0t79p66ubj/Omega+History+Making+Movement.pdf
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ConElPueblo
·Funny - if it is an English case, was it really hallmarks I spotted on the rear of the lugs? Are English hallmarks placed there?
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersFunny - if it is an English case, was it really hallmarks I spotted on the rear of the lugs? Are English hallmarks placed there?
looks like a Crown - English hallmark for gold.
All separate pieces of precious metal have to be hallmarked in the UK
So it could be correct.
Not sure what the other marks are.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersI’ve never absorbed that Feb 1966 cut-off date before. I’ve got one of these 100,000 and always liked to think it was a 1967 model - my birth year ....... bugger!
I suppose it could have been sold in 67 so I’ll just cling on to that.😀
it could easily have been delivered and/or sold in ‘67
That’s why the whole birth-year-watch thing is such a moveable feast.
