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Your Thoughts On This Constellation 551

  1. Roel

    Roel Jan 26, 2013

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    I am looking at thisPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network Constellation 551 and I thought the hour hands, Omega sign and star all look darker (i.e. they look rose gold to me) than the hour markers (yellow gold). I thought the original dial should have all the above mentioned elements of the same shade of gold. Could this be real?

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  2. kyle L Ω 2

    kyle L Grasshopper Staff Member Jan 26, 2013

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    Very real. Sometimes hands age differently than the markers - I have one Globemaster that has the same affect. I also have had Seamasters where the hands have turned blackish while the markers look like new. My guess is this is due to oxidation...

    That is a really crisp and clean example, and will not go cheaply!
     
  3. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Jan 27, 2013

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    Agree with Kyle. probably just differential oxidizing of the gold alloys
     
  4. Dablitzer

    Dablitzer Jan 28, 2013

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    Is that the correct crown? :thumbsdown:
     
  5. kyle L Ω 2

    kyle L Grasshopper Staff Member Jan 28, 2013

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    I believe it's correct for these 14381/14393s.
     
  6. Dablitzer

    Dablitzer Jan 28, 2013

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    That looks like the one I sold but 100 times nicer! :(