Hi, new to the forum and am after a little help straight away.
I have a vintage constellation which my mother bought for my father in 1962. I own the watch now but cannot find anything about it on the net. As you can see it's not of the "pie pan" type and has the cross hairs on it but no date window. The Omega official site offers no help so I though I would try here. Can anyone tell me what year it was made and what the specific number is, there are no numbers on it anywhere, the back is a snap on type and the watch is waterproof, the nearest picture I can find shows it to be about 1957 vintage.

 

Welcome mj
Nice backstory
More pics please

 

Thanks for your help, looks like it is a 2852 with a 505 movement, any idea of the year of manufacture?
Can you recommend a good reliable repair centre near Bristol?

 

Ooh..very nice. Congrats on inheriting such a sweet watch!

 

Gorgeous! And dibs if you ever want to sell!!

 

Don't forget Bristol, Virginia

 

I think the op should be told how special his watch is.. And not to polish the perfect case, separate from its original bracelet.. Yada yada. Seriously, is really nice, and harder and harder to find Connie's like this Sooo don't just give it away for cheap or let anybody service it. That bracelet more than makes up for it not being a true pie pan, and the arrowhead markers are beautiful! Your mother has great taste.

 

Thanks very much for all comments, I live outside Bristol UK.
If you like this watch you might like my 1987 speedmaster MK5 with the lamania movement.

 

Well it really reminds mine of mine a lot. Mine is slightly more worn but I really love the mix of stainless steel and gold and have always just had a thing for the late 50's constellation's design.

 

I'm pretty sure that I like this one better.

 

Can anyone recommend a good watch smith to service my watch in the UK, preferably near Bristol?

 

apologies mjgt -I meant to respond - you asked this before and got a geography lesson instead

I'm told there is a guy called Rocco in Bristol who does good work
I've never used him so can't give a recommendation

a lot of us post our watches to different watchmakers in the UK (or in my case from Dubai to the UK and back again)
you just have to pack them carefully.....

In the UK the members often recommend:
STS (expensive but very good apparently) -Essex
@stefan (an OF member) don't know location -not used him but gets good reviews from members
Watchguy - Woodchester, Gloucester - not too far from Bristol (I think the guys there are also OF members)-this is who I use and they have done great work on a half a dozen Connies and and couple of other vintage watches (Omega, Tissot) this past year for me
If you check out the BHI site they have recommended watchmakers -from memory there is a least 1 other in Bristol who handle vintage watches
hope that helps
Philip

 

Gets my recommendation as well.

 

did you find the serial number to date the watch ?
here is a link to date info

http://ialreadyhaveawatch.com/watch-articles/omega/omega-serial-numbers-by-year/

let us know what you find
do you have a pic of the medallion?

re service
I can't see any service marks in the case back -and there is some slight rubbing from the rotor -so it does need a service before you wear your watch
instructions should be to do no more than clean the case -no polishing! (the scratches on the case are your father's history)
full movement service
use only genuine Omega parts
the lightest of brushing to remove any dust from the dial (no cleaning)
retain the crown if at all possible (its the Seamaster variant but often seems to appear on Connies -so could easily be original)

I can't tell if the crystal is scratched (most likely) -you can get new Omega crystals with the Omega logo in the centre -not too expensive (£50) and well worth it -if the current crystal isn't original (or even if it is) a new one makes all the difference to how the watch looks
(ask for all of the replaced serviced parts to be returned -all good watchmakers should do this automatically )

Philip

 

The only number I could see was 2852 6 52. The back was a real bugger to get back on before I realised the picture I had was crap so I don't really want to remove it again until it's serviced.