So, coming full circle, how does the OP watch look for $2k by comparison? If we all waited for the excellent dial pie pan with unpolished case on a bracelet for $2k or less none of us would have very many watches.
I'd be interested to read that thread, I vote you start it!
If Chrono24 is anything to go by there has been a considerable uptick in Constellation interest recently and I have it on very, very good authority that Omega will be releasing a dedicated book about the Constellation this year, not sure if it coincides with a specific anniversary though.
Anyway here’s a photo of my Türler 14902 for no other reason than to share more watch photos…
I almost want to start a thread: "What IS the value of a pie pan these days?".
Would love to find a SS dogleg case and pie pan dial for the 564 movement I cleaned up the year before last.
I went through my last few months of saved auction results and found the very bottom end of decent pie-pan examples to be about $1200, but more typically $1500-$2000. Lots of nuance in the pricing, though, lyre vs dog-leg, SS vs gold-capped, etc. It seems to be a very trendy style at the moment, one of every three new OF members seems to want one. Maybe it's a social media thing.
Of course, it could be a good opportunity to load up on lyre-lug dome-dial Constellations, which I happen to prefer.
From my understanding, differences between 14902s and 168.005s are nearly imperceptible, so the number doesn’t affect the value for me
Not imperceptible, it is the same watch except for the reference number.
Omega moved to a more uniform system of case number designation around 1963.
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It’s a decent piece, but not at that price. Be patient, there are better examples that pop up for cheaper.
I don't think it's bad. Agree with most of what has already been said.
Here's my wife's 14902 for comparison. I think it's pretty good, although not mint. Over the years I've watched others for sale and have yet to see one for sale as nice as ours. I think you could wait awhile before finding one as nice as what you found. But compare yours to ours to see if you'd be happy with it. Again, I think yours is one of the nicer ones that have come up.
