Vintage Constellations. Show and tell

davidswiss

168.010 1966 (I think)

Peemacgee

19mm BoR? (End links)

TNTwatch

As bought condition, SS dog-leg piepans only, in line for a trip to the spa. 2 references, 3 different case manufacturers, 3 calibres and 7 dial variants. A few other non doglegs or non piepans not shown, and still many more dogleg piepans variants not owned yet.

BartH

Hi @TNTwatch little late, but 3 different case manufacturers you mention... Can you elaborate on that a bit?

I noticed one your watches (and I've noticed this before with other dog legs) that the 'slope' of the bevel on the lugs is at a sharper angle on some lugs (see watches on the second row on the zoom in below), are there perhaps more tell tale signs?

TNTwatch

3 case makers are CB, HF and SGR. There are slight variations even within the same makers that can only be seen more clearly on hand than in pictures. Perhaps I need a few dozens more examples to document them all 😉

All of them have that slope at an angle on the lugs - the main differentiation to counterfeit cases.

BartH

Thanks, I didn't know about the 3.

What I meant to say (with my perhaps crappy English) is that this angle seems to differ a bit on the watches:

TNTwatch

I understood what you meant. That angle varies slightly even within the same maker - CB in this case 😉 Camera angle can make it look different also, but all are at an angle, not perpendicular to the 12 o'clock axis.

Allen Dreadmon

Happy to report I recently joined the Connie club.