Just a noobie trying to learn what I can about Omega watches and their history. I can see what a pie pan dial is, but why? Aside from aesthetics, did it ever serve a particular purpose and might there be any interesting story behind them? Also, I found a vintage gold constellation at a pawn shop while travelling with a skeleton back. 100% of the watch back case was clear, the sales guy was trying to convince me the watch was worth $10-15,000. He told me the story behind it was that a manager at a company purchased about 15 of these watches for his sales staff and he convinced someone at Omega to make him these watches special. Obviously sounds like he was blowing smoke, but I figured I would ask to see if there is any truth whatsoever to this story.
@citrusc Try this link for info about Constellations http://omega-constellation-collectors.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 There is a section on pie-pans You don't mention the age of the gold Connie you saw but I'd be very dubious about Omega making 15 specials for a customer
I recall these models are called "Kleerback." Unusual, but not that rare, if I remember right. @gatorcpa knows more about these, but first, we need photos!
Kleerbacks exist of course, but not on Constellations... Would be interesting to see the one the OP found
I have only seen "Kleerback" in Seamaster models. Read this thread for more information. https://omegaforums.net/threads/dis...n-vintage-display-back-kleerback-omegas.1189/
I hope to get back to that pawn shop soon and get some pictures. I'm pretty sure it was a Connie, but I could easily be wrong and it might be the seamaster.
Here it is! SN:21263859 560 Excuse the awful photos. I haven't looked into it much at all yet, but the guy at the shop said it's apparently a "salesman sample."
The watch you have posted is in very poor condition with a heavily polished case and damaged lugs. These were not salesman's samples. See above postings.
I thought some of the kleerbacks where salesman samples. Was that disproved? I agree there is no question it was available at some point to consumers
Neither proved nor disproved. In any case, these were not sold in large numbers, mostly due to the 50% premium over a regular Omega Seamaster DeVille. You really had to want to show off the movement to want to pay that much. In fact, the price on a Kleerback was close to the price of a steel Constellation back in the early 1960's. I think the OP's watch is a legitimate Kleerback, FWIW. It's hard to fake these cases, given that there is no caseback. gatorcpa
Yours look like a redialed: scripts are not sharp & thicker than original. My 6th sense tell that, too ^_^
