I`m happy to own this tuning fork:

 

First time seeing a dial with indices like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/294171475049Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

The 3*** serial codes seem to be produced closer to 1970 with a lot of different dial variations, nothing to drool over but intersting stuff

This watch has so many different things I haven't seen before, the crown, the caseback, the indices - sadly the case looks polished to me

 

This "fumé" effect us done with lacquer, but the downside is potential cracquing. There are members here with a grey one and a (very 1970s) brown/orange one.

 

OMG on a closer look he made it even worse
And on top of that a strap with wrong size and fake buckle!

On the other hand nothing that couldn`t be reanimated by Omega and this original crystal with lupe is rare (if its all original).

Are you noticed that it is rosegold? It`s not yellow the pics are not well made.

 

It looks gold isn't it, but indeed a listing with many red flags, it might even be a re-dial, it might be all original, I personally can't tell

I also bought a NOS 5118 crystal recently with the double-sized magnifier, it seemed to me that they are not in demand, bought a gold plated 168.029 with the magnified crystal, just for the collection value of it, and I just wished the crystal was flat, I personally think the flat crystal is the way to go - kind of the reason why I could never get myself to even look at vintage Rolex'es - I think the magnifier makes the wearer look old :/

The seller had 3 NOS crystals, and they've been on sale for a year now, with my last purchase only one left, should I buy that one too (it's on eBay if anyone wants to grab it)

 

I guess one thing you should never do with a C-Case is visit Venezuela

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Those 2 watches have seen some stuff ...

I normally add photos but in this instance, they are better left forgotten

 

There has apparently been a rash of grave robbing in Venezuela in the last couple years as their economy is in turmoil. I have seen a few that looked like the first one pop up...sure, may just be moisture damage from regular wear...or could have been strapped to a skeleton for the last 25 in a rotting grave

 

A Franken grave ...

 

What an awful thought! And a reason not to be buried with your favourite watch, even if you love it!

 

Stumbled onto 2 new types of C-Case's recently

300Hz 198.765 and 198.741 from Japan

Contrary to what it writes online, I believe these are 19mm - and their own bracelet with 741 endlinks would probably fit our 168.0* cases - however it doesn't look that good, I wondered if it's the same dimensions as the 515 endlink, but it's different - also, I believe Omega mis-used the 741 endlinks twice, because googling it brings up a 20mm LCD Speedmaster - and for some reason people who wrote about these watches before labeled it as 20mm too, but I'm 60% sure they are 19mm - my image based approximations also pointed towards 19mm

198.765 has a standard case, a boring grey linen-ish dial, no "SWISS MADE" on the dial, black baton hands

198.741 has a case with increased side edges, so we lose the edges on the lugs and instead get a sharp corner, but the dial is white and the contrast is beautiful, on the dial, it has "SWISS MADE" <- so much space, steel hands with black inlay

The purist inside me can't be sure whether I need the white dialed one to add to my collection ...

 

Did Omega ever release a C-Cased Constellation without any date feature at all?

That would be a find for me.

 

Amen... Same here as I'm now concentrating on no-date watches mainly. Others than my Seamaster divers of course... Oh and my Seamaster Calendar too

 

Interesting thought, similarly, I wondered today whether there ever was a sparkle dial version, like the Seamaster dials

 

I'm almost sure to have spotted one on this forum in the past months... If not here, I'm almost sure to have seen one somewhere. I know it doesn't help haha

 

Not that I know of, and I've looked for aeons.

Seamaster Cosmics, yes. And Genèves. But none with chronometer grade movements.

Art

 

By the way, when I bought my first 168.029 - I thought there were 2 variations, one white linen and one grey linen, then I was told it's the lighting, and it is

However, I also have one 168.029 that is considerably whiter than the rest of the flock

My potato photos don't capture much well, but the one on the top right corner is the whiter one, while the rest appear more light-greyish - this one almost appear like the white/plain dial variation

I guess the Tritium'ed ones could be darker, I have one more Tritium-less one arriving soon, I'll report when it arrives - both variations look good tho, I personally don't have a preference

 

IF you`re old then you appreciate this magnifier
But for RLX it`s a different story `cause the date position on dial is moved a little more to the hands direction.
That is the reason why it`s not possible to get rid of the magnifiere for a RLX watch `cause after that it looks wrong.

 

Newest addition to the flock, along with another 168.029 (good case, dial has minor water patina that I didn't notice, crystal is micro-cracked, the one I shared earlier, still no regrets) - absolutely love the 168.017 tho, the dauphine hands and the sunburst dial, really like the crooked star too, kinda represents how my life is right now

But the question is, is it a re-dial? The "Constellation" typography is the one the highest grade redialers use I think, but maybe they originally referenced this watch - I think it's not a re-dial, as this reference looks identical: https://omegaforums.net/threads/constellation-help-required.71857/

Edit: Actually it's identical to the one Sergeant Pluck shared on page 20 as well, but some oddities, like the shooting star and the oxidixed date window vs. the non-oxidized hands/indices

 

hi c case lover

i have made a thread regarding my 168.027 watch. these two have a slight different crown model and wondering if anyone can help?

https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-constellation-168027-crown-question.134176/#post-1829188

thank you in advance

Ray

 

Dibs for top right if you ever plan on selling it, and if not already dibs’d (dibsed? Dibbed?)

be-a-utiful stuff!