Vintage Omega Constellation

[chuckmiller1964]

Any Connie aficionados or enthusiasts here? I have 1966 14k Connie.

[MILGAUSS88]

I have a few Constellations. Pie-pans to C-cases and the ones in between.

[chuckmiller1964]

I've had this for around 10 years, it was my turning 50 gift to myself. I wanted it to look and run it's best so I took it to a top tier watchmaker. He fully serviced the movement, replace the crystal, lightly cleaned the dial, and replaced the hands because they were flaking and didn't want that debris to continue to get into things.

How does it look to you?

[chuckmiller1964]

Was my post erased?

[chuckmiller1964]

It's there now.

[MILGAUSS88]

Here's a few.

[MILGAUSS88]

A few more.

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And a few more...

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And the best for last.

[chuckmiller1964]

Are those your photos? Do you own those watches? Do you leave each watch in it's natural state or do you "restore" them?

[MILGAUSS88]

Yes, all my photos.
Yes, I own them.
Yes, pretty much leave them original.
However....
The very first watch I bought was a two tone Pie Pan.
I paid $2 for it at a flea market in 1990.
At the time it was more important to have a clean dial than an original dial, and I had that dial redone.
I recently bought a donor watch that was missing the bezel, to replace the redone dial. Had to pay $500 for that.
Warning, never buy a Constellation missing a bezel, thinking that you can replace it. Much easier to find Speedmaster bezels.