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BartH
·I do have the feeling that different teams were working on 'Constellation' and 'automatic chronometre officially certified'
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François Pépin
·Actually, the people who did that are pretty good to make a bad thing.
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Giff2577
·My similar Seamaster:
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François Pépin
·Well, these watches are X-master. "And nothing else matters".
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iluvconnie
·well, for what it's worth and as promised, a few more shots of this...
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ulackfocus
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Vicke
·well, for what it's worth and as promised, a few more shots of this...
Hey, look, it's still the same strange dial "Conmaster" 🤨🤮
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TNTwatch
·Dear forum members,
Hi! I am new here. Joined a few days ago, took one look through the vintage section and was immediately hooked. Almost like porn!
As for me personally, I am fascinated with all 1950s and '60s Constellations. They are, to my eyes, the best watch designs ever.
So, coming to the matter at hand. The other day, I came across this watch and i have never seen one with this dial before. I searched the internet and couldn't find a single photo or any kind of information. Please take a look.
I am going to stop talking (typing) and let the pictures speak for themselves. Any thoughts will be really appreciated 😀
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TNTwatch
·The dials actually have different indices, I think the one thing in common with them all is that they are coming out of, or have been through, Indonesia/Jakarta.
The early "Constellation" printing is very convincing though, especially with the double crossed t's
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·Here's another one from Asia, but not Indo/Philippines. Don't think any of them are redial, but possibly custom ordered or national/regional concoctions.
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ulackfocus
·.... or possibly done in a batch once they arrived from Omega by a local jeweler.
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Privateday7
·The cases are different too. OP's is solid gold while the older one is good cap. Same ref 2782 and very close serials though.
Here's another one from Asia, but not Indo/Philippines. Don't think any of them are redial, but possibly custom ordered or national/regional concoctions.
While we need to maintain healthy skepticism, a bit of open mind may actually help us discover what story really happened to these Seamaster Constellation. Just my 2 cents
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Privateday7
·.... or possibly done in a batch once they arrived from Omega by a local jeweler.
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iluvconnie
·Is there any significance to there being more than just one of these out there?
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Privateday7
·Is there any significance to there being more than just one of these out there?
They will need 3 or more similar pattern base dials with complex pattern which I imagine was difficult to source or create/fake .
They will also need high quality ink and print screen to create 3 or more consistent printing. Note that most of us agree that at least Constellation text is high quality, almost like original quality. AFAIK not until recently, recreating factory quality vintage dial printing that able to fool OF experts is almost impossible. (hoipolloi recent Connie Vietnam special redials might be an exception)
So there is possibility that these dial was a special order rather than fake or redial.
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Willem023
·So there is possibility that these dial was a special order rather than fake or redial.
Might think it differs of course with 'specials' like Turler or the pic of a Sjiek for the Omega dials.
Curious as to were those thin lines will be / would have been: what would still have been acceptable for Omega...
Again: unlikely that this will fall within their 'acceptable' brackets.
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iluvconnie
·This is probably a stupid question.
Is there anything different one sees when looking at a watch through a loupe, as against seeing online a high magnification photo of the same watch taken in good lighting with a macro lens using a DSLR? lets assume the person who views online doesn't have access to the real thing, and that the person who holds the watch and looks at it through a loupe isn't going to see the hugely magnified online image.
Is there anything different one sees when looking at a watch through a loupe, as against seeing online a high magnification photo of the same watch taken in good lighting with a macro lens using a DSLR? lets assume the person who views online doesn't have access to the real thing, and that the person who holds the watch and looks at it through a loupe isn't going to see the hugely magnified online image.
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ulackfocus
·Yes - the person handling the watch can move it around and check to see if the ink has depth to it.
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