My apologies if this seems a daft question, but how can you tell whether a watch has onyx or black paint markers? I read that the onyx markers are on older constellations whilst the paint is on the newer ones. Is it a simple as that? If so when did this change happen? Thanks for your help.

 

On vintage constellations it changed at 24 mil.

 

Thanks. Nice and simple.

 

Hoi for President!

 

How fortuitous, I just received a 14900 in the post and was admiring the inlays. Interesting to know they painted them on later.

 

A 168.005 with black painted markers powered by a 564 in 24 mil serial.

 

Interesting - here's my 26 mil serial 168.005 with what I would say is onyx inserts:

 

The movement may come from a C case.

 

I don't think so. It's a one-owner watch and had apparently been in a drawer for the last 20 years, unused. Here's a link for an auction with a pretty similar case: http://www.lauritz.com/da/auktion/vintage-omega-constellation/i3972346/#

It's also a watch delivered to Denmark originally and has a serial number only 70 away from mine and also has a onyx marker dial. Of course, both dials may be service replacements, who knows?

 

10 years ago I did not see any 168.005 powered by 564 in 26, 27 mil with onyx markers.
Now I see some.
Ten years later, there will be a lot of them and who knows?

 

Unless you where the one owner that put it in a draw you can not use the above as a defence of anything ( not that you need it)


I don't know enough as the constellation guru,s that I look up to for help on here, but no can't be bloke that sold it said it was.......

Find 20 with the same and I am,maybe with you but a seller and one other I'm with the GURU,s

 

No disrespect to you in any way @ConElPueblo

 

Wow, that watch and picture looks familiar!

 

Hi Hoi

did you mean that the change was during 24 million or at 24 million?
I have a 24,79xxx 168.010 564 dome dial that (I'm fairly sure) has Onyx inserts -the gold is wrapped around the black insert
-and all pink to match the gold-cap case and hands -so unlikely to be a matched case/dial

 

I mean during 24.xxx.xxx mil.
Yours is ok

 

Hurrah for Hoi!

 

Was more the

No officer the bloke at the pub said it wasn't stolen......

 

Oh, none taken at all! All I tried to point out was that swapping movements and such would probably be more likely in the later years of a watch's lifetime, where parts are harder to come by. I do, however, think that it is notable that two 168.005s with serials just 70 (!) apart share the same anamoly.