Bid low and seller accepted



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No movement pics but looks like 168.0017, thoughts?

 

Case back looks okay

 

Never see a C-case Connie with a dial like that. Poor picture, unable to tell whether it is original or refinished dial.
You have 14 days return policy. When it arrived, take good picture of the dial and we could help you determine whether it should be kept or return it.

 

Will most certainly do so, cheers!

 

Arrived today, looks original



Naval observatory and stars



168.0017



Date window



Logo



Swiss made



Chronometer



564



Needs service

 

Yep, it's original. These coloured dials were on offer in late sixties C-Shapes and other Omega models, and the serial number indicates dial and movement have been together since birth. The air-brush 'dark fade to light' designs were on everything in the late sixties and early seventies: furniture, crockery, cookware, even toilets!

Perhaps the most striking of these dials were the burgundy fade to black or the emerald green fade to dark green. Makes a person want to go digging in the basement for their two-tone platform shoes.

Cheers

Desmond

 

Thanks Des, guess it's worth getting a service. Can the dial crazing be arrested?

 

Strange this crackling effect. It also happened in some cal 711 integrated bracelet Constellations. Essentially it's part of the ageing process of this particular lacquer which seems to be thicker than earlier lacquer on Omega dials. During this period dial makers were experimenting with non organic lacquers and moving away from the cellulose-based preparations of the past. This makes it difficult because it's hard to say if this method of lacquer removal would work.

Cheers

Desmond

 

Arrested? Call it a spider dial and double your money on VRF

 

LOL,reminds me of my first post here 3 months ago asking if a dial could be cleaned


"Not sure what is on the dial here, some kind of pitting?"



"Wonder if any member knows if or how this can be cleaned?"

Someone was kind enough to educate me on the merits of "patina"

 

I actually really like the dial, kudos for taking a chance!

 

Bargain at that price. Very nice watch.

 

Dial is what tempted me Alex, as Desmond noted its so 70's

One in 100 I bid on that actually came into my limited budget Mark, keep hope alive!

 

Cal. 564 is a beautiful movement. One of the last fully in-house made movements by omega. Does it have the quick-set date function when you pull out the crown out to the second level? It took me a few days before I found out how to quick-set it.

 

Aye, took me a bit too when I got my first 564/5, mainly since it wan't engaging well



But she's on the bench now, been tidied up and should be home soon

 

Connie came back from the shop last week and is now in rotation after a full service

 

I had to look twice at the title - thank God you don't have dyslexia or there would have been a riot!

 

He got lonely thinking about the riot so brought a big brother home for him