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gatorcpa
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Please tell me the difference between these two dials please:

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Other than the patina, of course.
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It may be shadow but is the second star askew?
 
Dan S
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gatorcpa gatorcpa
Please tell me the difference between these two dials please:
Other than the patina, of course.

Larger shadows under the applied "OMEGA" in the SS example. 😀
 
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padders padders
It may be shadow but is the second star askew?

That's true! The star is drunk.
 
gatorcpa
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padders padders
It may be shadow but is the second star askew?
Yes, this happens on occasion.
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What made it wonk?
 
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gatorcpa gatorcpa
Please tell me the difference between these two dials please:

592969-d2dd0cb36b0e1a8f5689baffee9d3689.jpg
593014-5961779d9f1a6dc3bb3a8925e140dac0.jpg

Other than the patina, of course.
gatorcpa
Hard to Compare with such different light but regarding the first. I think the hair Cross is thick and the space between minute indices and the outer sector of the dial seems to be different around the dial. Also I think the general finish in the dial is a bit "dead". Together with a wrong crown, ghost hands and a quite polished case, a redial kind of makes sense.

Regarding the differences, the text below the applies Omega seems to be at different hights?

Again though, I am by no means an expert so I don't claim that it is a redial, but those are the things that made me believe so. I suppose it is not however as many of you seems to think it is correct! 😀
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U
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The "dead" finish might be because the top coat has been removed (from cleaning with acid or chemicals) or is dull.

felsby felsby
What made it wonk?

That's a good question.
 
Sherbie
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Wrt the original ebay auction watch, has anyone ever seen instances before where the case back medallion has really been worn away/been polished, but the rolled gold on the lugs has remained in fantastic condition?

This seems at odds to me

Anyone else?
 
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Sherbie Sherbie
Wrt the original ebay auction watch, has anyone ever seen instances before where the case back medallion has really been worn away/been polished, but the rolled gold on the lugs has remained in fantastic condition?

This seems at odds to me

Anyone else?

Do you think that the gold capping on the watch in the OP is in fantastic condition? It seems a bit worn to me.
 
Sherbie
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From what i can see from the blown up image from the listing, i thought the gold capping on the lugs was in pretty nice condition cf the worn medallion - as there seemed to me to be a lot of gold still coving the undersides of the lugs
 
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ANALOGUE ANALOGUE
Regarding the differences, the text below the applies Omega seems to be at different hights?
The pictures are taken at slightly different angles. Also, some of the space on the 2nd watch is taken up by the shadow. The dials look identical to me.

Sherbie Sherbie
Wrt the original ebay auction watch, has anyone ever seen instances before where the case back medallion has really been worn away/been polished, but the rolled gold on the lugs has remained in fantastic condition?
ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
Do you think that the gold capping on the watch in the OP is in fantastic condition? It seems a bit worn to me.

Here is a cropped picture of the back of the watch:

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The watch has been lightly polished. What you are seeing on the back of the lugs is the gold capping from the front of the lugs that was hand hammered over to the back. That's how my 2 gold capped Omega Constellations were made.

The medallion seems to be in pretty good condition. The glare is hiding the "Constellation" engraving, but if you look closely, it is there.

On the front of the watch, gold capped models never have as strong of a fold in the bezel as solid gold or steel models. Not sure why that is, but go look them up and tell me what you find.

Look, the watch sold for $600. If it had sold for $1,600, I wouldn't have called it a bargain.
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ConElPueblo
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Not sure what the point of the last post was, @gatorcpa? I agree fully that it's a bargain, but not that the capping is in fantastic condition anywhere. Not bad by any measure either. Agree on the bezel fold; for some reason I've found that on capped 2852s this is particularly evident, at least the ones I've handled.

Hope I didn't come across as brash, by no means my intention 😀
 
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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
Not sure what the point of the last post was, @gatorcpa?
This is not a "perfect" specimen by any measure. My point was that it was a great buy for the price, and that you can still get good value on eBay if you know what you are doing. @ulackfocus is 100% correct. If this had the "normal" fonts, it would have sold for double the price, if not more.

I'm finding that some members are nit-picking the watch, rather than looking at the big picture.
gatorcpa
 
U
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Had a bad day at work? Wife bitching at you? Teenage kids being typical teenage assholes?

Go on the internet and argue with a complete stranger over trivial nonsense! Feel free to act offended, be a jerk, or just cause a problem by reading things into posts that aren't there, or deliberately misinterpret / exaggerate everything and then go off!

@gatorcpa - as I said in another thread: "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown."
 
Sherbie
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Had a bad day at work? Wife bitching at you? Teenage kids being typical teenage assholes?

Go on the internet and argue with a complete stranger over trivial nonsense! Feel free to act offended, be a jerk, or just cause a problem by reading things into posts that aren't there, or deliberately misinterpret / exaggerate everything and then go off!

@gatorcpa - as I said in another thread: "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown."

! Really not sure this is warranted, or directed at me, but hey ho

“Trivial nonsense?” Isnt every little thing we discuss on here trivial nonsense, in the grand scheme of things?

All i was trying to point out was that i thought that there was a disconnnect between condition of the medallion and the condition of the rolled gold around the lugs - medallions on SS connies can be removed and replaced after all

Others didnt think so - so fair enough, case closed

No one was ever doubting that this was a nice pick up - a coverted watch at @ 2010 prices
 
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Beautiful watch. One of those in rose gold is on my want to buy list... one day I'l find one!
 
gatorcpa
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Sherbie Sherbie
No one was ever doubting that this was a nice pick up
You weren't, but at least one other member was insisting it was a redial despite my showing two other examples with the same fonts.

Here's a Seamaster Chronometre of the same vintage with that font that was posted by @pmontoyap today:

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Somedays it doesn't pay to get out of bed.
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