What is the correct crown for a 14381?

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No, there are two ‘correct’ original crowns for your watch.
The thin scallop and the thin decagonal.
Earlier Constellations had thicker decagonal crowns.

Unfortunately, you can’t get new thin decagonal crowns and the correct replacement is a simple (waterproof) knurled crown, which is much easier to use but not so attractive.
Yeah it’s the “not so attractive” part I don’t like… 😀 great for waterproofing but I will never wear it in wet conditions anyway so I would much prefer it to still have the thin scallop. In my opinion the better looking one of the two for 143XX, and pretty okey for winding also.

Thin scallop also impossible to hunt down?
 
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Hello enthusiasts!

Got my 14381 back from service and wow am I happy! My watchmaker did find a NOS thin scalloped crown among the millions of omega parts in his workshop, service minded to say the least!

I do have my old original thin scalloped crown left, I know they are hard to come by. I think it’s still functional but not waterproof according to my watchmaker if maybe someone is interested? It still looks great, but maybe it belongs in the garbage? 🙁 I can post a picture if there is any interest.

have a great weekend everyone.
 
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Hello enthusiasts!

Got my 14381 back from service and wow am I happy! My watchmaker did find a NOS thin scalloped crown among the millions of omega parts in his workshop, service minded to say the least!

I do have my old original thin scalloped crown left, I know they are hard to come by. I think it’s still functional but not waterproof according to my watchmaker if maybe someone is interested? It still looks great, but maybe it belongs in the garbage? 🙁 I can post a picture if there is any interest.

Congrats! Keep the old crown, you never know...and let us see a photo of the old and new crown!
 
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Congrats! Keep the old crown, you never know...and let us see a photo of the old and new crown!
Sure, here’s a picture of the new crown fitted, and the old crown. Hard to get a good picture of the old one but here you go! 😀
 
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Unpopular opinion but I'm really like the replacement crown compared to the decagon crown. It's easy to turn and set the time. Although I love the look of the decagon crowns, they're basically unusable.

I imagine that scalloped crown is also much more practical and is probably a good alternative.

 
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The decagonal crowns aren’t difficult to wind if you have the right tool. $10 at Amazon.
 
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Unpopular opinion but I'm really like the replacement crown compared to the decagon crown. It's easy to turn and set the time. Although I love the look of the decagon crowns, they're basically unusable.

I imagine that scalloped crown is also much more practical and is probably a good alternative.

The decagon crown looks fantastic but I can’t quite get my head around the replacement crown, although it’s obviously way more convenient to use than the decagon.

Maybe I’m biased but my favorite for the ref 143XX is the scalloped crown and it’s actually very easy to wind/set time, and looks very nice in my opinion.
 
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The decagonal crowns aren’t difficult to wind if you have the right tool. $10 at Amazon.
Haha that’s just brilliant! May I ask what reference BoR and endlinks you got there?

Thank you!
 
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Haha that’s just brilliant! May I ask what reference BoR and endlinks you got there?

Thank you!
No. 12 1036/511
 
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The decagonal crowns aren’t difficult to wind if you have the right tool. $10 at Amazon.

I think you're kinda proving my point. Specialized tool needed to operate the crown? Clearly the hallmark of a practical crown. 😉
 
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I think you're kinda proving my point. Specialized tool needed to operate the crown? Clearly the hallmark of a practical crown. 😉
Oh, I agree. It’s definitely not practical, but I do think that it’s the most attractive crown for the pie pan Constellation references. I also think that the difficulty of using the crown is exaggerated. Since the Constellations which use this crown are automatics, you don’t need to use the crown for winding. A gentle shake of the watch back and forth will start the movement. After that, just wearing the watch will keep it fully wound. So you really only need the crown for setting the time and that’s not difficult at all in spite of its decagonal shape.
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