The C-Cased Constellation Thread

kaplan · Apr 17, 2022

MrFriday*
The time has come to join this club!

Finally I was able to pick up my new and freshly serviced C-case 168.029 in steel with WG bezel and silver linen dial. Special thanks to @kaplan and @MtV for all of your support!

I just loved this watch from the first moment! For the future I might need to hunt for a new crystal (PZ 5118).

I am pleased to share some pictures of this beauty:

Looks awesome I hope you enjoy it for a long long long time but that garden though? Stunning! 😀

kaplan · Apr 18, 2022

Roses are gold and violets are yellow

MrFriday* · Apr 18, 2022

kaplan
Roses are gold and violets are yellow

..due to this thread I turned into a c-case fellow

Rex123 · Apr 18, 2022

MrFriday*
The time has come to join this club!

Finally I was able to pick up my new and freshly serviced C-case 168.029 in steel with WG bezel and silver linen dial. Special thanks to @kaplan and @MtV for all of your support!

I just loved this watch from the first moment! For the future I might need to hunt for a new crystal (PZ 5118).

I am pleased to share some pictures of this beauty:

May I ask where did you get the strap? or did it come with the watch?

MrFriday* · Apr 18, 2022

R Rex123
May I ask where did you get the strap? or did it come with the watch?

It somehow came with the watch. The inside says: Kvarnsjö leather sweden.

Rex123 · Apr 19, 2022

MrFriday*
It somehow came with the watch. The inside says: Kvarnsjö leather sweden.

Thanks!!

so i got this thread about the strap brand, mixed reviews.

https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/kvarnsjö-leather-straps-cheapestnatostraps-opinions.4814485/

Redwes25 · Apr 19, 2022

I recently purchased a 168.0056 and was hoping to get folks thoughts on the bracelet. The watch is in very nice condition but it was on a bracelet I am not familiar with - 2036 with 056 end links.

I thought these always came on a 1040 or 1172 so when I bought it I figured it was not on an Omega bracelet so was a bit surprised when it arrived. Tried google and didn’t really find many examples of my bracelet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here are a few pics of watch and bracelet.

Thanks

kaplan · Apr 19, 2022

056 represents 168.056’s .056 - it’s a special bracelet made for that model

There are other examples, like 017 for 135.017 or 741 for 198.741

It’s a genuine bracelet

Redwes25 · Apr 19, 2022

kaplan
056 represents 168.056’s .056 - it’s a special bracelet made for that model

There are other examples, like 017 for 135.017 or 741 for 198.741

It’s a genuine bracelet

Thank you for the help as it is a nice surprise as I purchased assuming the need to buy a bracelet. I mostly bought it as I thought the condition looked good from a few poor pictures and it looked like it had the remains of the protective gel on the case (which it does have).

Figure I will try it with this bracelet and see how it feels but I may still keep my eye out for a 1040 bracelet since they pair so well with the watch.

I will also try to posts some nicer pictures when I have some sunlight.

Boojumhunter · Apr 19, 2022

Comes down to personal taste. My favourite is the 1172 riveted, although that may change when the 1125 I've bought turns up. All work, even the later bracelets on the earlier .017s, because of the end-links completing the look. IMHO at least!

ken_hodson · Apr 20, 2022

My 168.029 also came on the same 2036 bracelet and I also wondered whether the bracelet was genuine, but have been assured by @kaplan that it is (thanks!). It's a nice bracelet and comfortable to wear. The 1172 (2nd photo) also goes well...

noless · Apr 20, 2022

everyone is taking sun shots with their c-cases.

Not wanting to be left out here is my 058 on a 3011.

I will probably cry when I put the first scratch into this one... but it would be even more of a shame to not wear it.

Redwes25 · Apr 22, 2022

Wrist shot of my new watch. Again thanks for the help.

Rex123 · Apr 25, 2022

I have a question, does each bracelet only take specific end links, or can it fit other end links as well, for example, bracelet 1040, which type end links does it take? reason is I saw a bracelet for sale but without end links, and i figure it would be hard and expensive to find one. TIA

Boojumhunter · Apr 25, 2022

518 end links for the 1040 for the c-case. Available, but uncommon; much better to get a bracelet with the endlinks included. (What's your time worth?)

Rex123 · Apr 25, 2022

Boojumhunter
518 end links for the 1040 for the c-case. Available, but uncommon; much better to get a bracelet with the endlinks included. (What's your time worth?)

Thanks! I have also seen bracelet 1040 with 19mm end links, but the links included is 539, i mean is that for constellation as well?

kaplan · Apr 25, 2022

R Rex123
I have a question, does each bracelet only take specific end links, or can it fit other end links as well, for example, bracelet 1040, which type end links does it take? reason is I saw a bracelet for sale but without end links, and i figure it would be hard and expensive to find one. TIA

1040 fits 518, 593, 539 - and maybe more - if anyone has steel 593's, I'm buying too, they are a bit more elusive than the gold ones 😀

Very few bracelets only fit a single endlink type

Boojumhunter · Apr 30, 2022

This finally turned up today, after a layover with my parents-in-law. Instantly paired with the 1125 bracelet I bought thinking it would go nicely. My third moiré dial variant (missing the elusive burgundy version). I’m still puzzled by the different logo, but under a loupe it matches completely the Omega writing, no damage around dial, so I think it left the factory this way.

Needless to say: I love it.

padders · May 4, 2022

I've joined the club, and I am not disappointed. Just picked up a seemingly all original 1966 168.017 with the skinny jet line indices and matching hands using the non-quicket 561 movement. The silver dial is very clean, though the grey light today makes it look flat and white. The case has a couple of battle scars but it is running well and looking good with the original finishes faintly in place.

@Boojumhunter The 1125 bracelet shown above looks good, what end links are those? Presumably not the 617 ones that fit the Straight lug speedmaster?

dsio · May 4, 2022

I figured I’d post this here as its an interesting example of a clean 751 grey dial C-Case in original condition with the purple snot on the caseback which you don’t see too often these days. The price is entirely unreasonable but hopefully it will be one of those that gets re-listed for a couple hundred less every 10 days until they give up and let it run no reserve.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115370193590?hash=item1adc9972b6:g:5Q0AAOSwHSxibe9J&LH_Auction=1