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·Congrats! It looks so much better in person, sellers photos were very worrying
The C-Cased Constellation Thread
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersI have my sixth c-case is on it’s way. The precieus five somehow couldn’t stick. Some stayed for years and so e for weeks, but every time I sold one I kept looking at them.
This will be my last one, I guess. Only a WG c-case on a bracelet would be better, but those cost a kidney nowadays.
yes, this one is solid 18k.
Would you mind posting your watch in this thread?
https://omegaforums.net/threads/my-father‘s-omega-constellation-late-sixties.158334/page-3
It would be good to keep this kind of info together
(ideally, for those studying C-cases, the discussion on bezels should be in this thread - would it be possible to transfer that bit of the thread here? @cicindela, @gatorcpa )
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Aroxx
·Would you mind posting your watch in this thread?
https://omegaforums.net/threads/my-father‘s-omega-constellation-late-sixties.158334/page-3
It would be good to keep this kind of info together
(ideally, for those studying C-cases, the discussion on bezels should be in this thread - would it be possible to transfer that bit of the thread here? @cicindela, @gatorcpa )
@flowert Can you please confirm the reference number of your new watch? Thanks!
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··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers
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·if you posted in a thread, go to your own profile icon, click 'profile' and then 'posts' - you can scan through your recent posts there
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·Today I wear my golden 168.019. Spend the day with 3 sick children on the couch, nothing can happen to her ;-).
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flowert
·Ah, that’s why. Thanks!
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·A lot to unpack there, but I think there's a bit more clarity now, still I wish I could find a 1964 168.009, maybe they released it but didn't actually sell them? In any case, it's time to start checking the serials of some early gold models
The dial in the photo is more interesting though, I always assumed that logo is a service dial's logo?
This one is currently on auction in eBay, again a weird fat logo:
The dial in the photo is more interesting though, I always assumed that logo is a service dial's logo?
This one is currently on auction in eBay, again a weird fat logo:
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·I have made no study, only observed those watches that have appeared in the market over the past decade or so.
I’m afraid that I have little interest in anything other than mechanically driven watches and I refer to my clarification of the references under consideration above.
Oh yeah, tout à l'arrière sans turbo.
Le puriste dixit.
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··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers
"Oh yeah, all in the back with no turbo.
The purist says."
I'm sure this means something to you.
But since I have little idea what you are talking about most of the times you post - and this occasion is no exception - you just keep on doing you.
For the record, if I derive anything from your quip, most definitely no turbo but all in the front and preferably something born out of Milan, if it's all the same to you.
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spacemission
·"Oh yeah, all in the back with no turbo.
The purist says."
I'm sure this means something to you.
But since I have little idea what you are talking about most of the times you post - and this occasion is no exception - you just keep on doing you.
For the record, if I derive anything from your quip, most definitely no turbo but all in the front and preferably something born out of Milan, if it's all the same to you.
I'm going to take a cup of portuguese tea. Have a nice day.
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··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersA couple of Constellations up for grabs at auction in May that might interest you C case devotees
18k with special dial
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link
Gold cap with black dial
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link
18k with special dial
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link
Gold cap with black dial
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link
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·A couple of Constellations up for grabs at auction in May that might interest you C case devotees
18k with special dial
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link
Gold cap with black dial
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link
On the second one, no “O” on the rotor indicating an original rotor apparently. This came up in another thread recently and now I keep looking for it. Only found one other since then. I don’t see service markings on either case back but those like to hide in pictures too.
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··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersAlso, no brickwork on the observatory on this one. Most C-cases I’ve seen have the brickwork. Does anyone know when the bricks started? I’m guessing after the early 009/017s. Or maybe it’s another gold watch only difference.
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Originally, only gold watches had brickwork observatories.
SS and gold cap had plain observatories.
Omega in their wisdom decided to switch this, around '66-ish
So later gold cases had plain observatories and SS and gold cap received brickwork observatories.
However, there are some anomalies to this rule.
This might help
http://users.tpg.com.au/mondodec//Constellation medallions.pdf
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Aroxx
·Originally, only gold watches had brickwork observatories.
SS and gold cap had plain observatories.
Omega in their wisdom decided to switch this, around '66-ish
So later gold cases had plain observatories and SS and gold cap received brickwork observatories.
However, there are some anomalies to this rule.
This might help
http://users.tpg.com.au/mondodec//Constellation medallions.pdf
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flowert
·Interesting read. The one I have incoming does have the brickwork, so there even is variaton among such small numbers.
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