Vintage Constellation?

[dsio]

Originally Posted by Lisa

Dsio - your vintage Constellation looks like what I'm after: pie pan dial, steel, arrow markers, BOR bracelet (hope I'm using the terms correctly).

In a condition as good as yours, what might I expect to pay?

All up I paid $1,100 for the watch, bracelet, and a regulation to get it back within COSC specs, but I think I got a pretty good deal on it.

BTW in spite of it being SS, it has a real gold Observatory medallion on the back, not a SS impression of one.

While you're making up your mind, have a long look through Desmond's (Monodec) site: http://omega-constellation-collectors.blogspot.com/ He's got more detail on that than you would expect, including buyer's guides.

There's a PDF on the observatory logos where you can see what mine looks like (SS with a gold medallion set in, much like many modern JLC's). http://users.tpg.com.au/mondodec//Co...medallions.pdf and there are SO many good resources and guides along the right hand side of that blogspot site, you should read as much as you can before making your choice.

BTW, if you ever feel like going for an all gold, they made some amazing 18k models on these "brickwork" bracelets that look simply amazing:

http://www.watchgallery.com.au/Watch...rose-gold.aspx

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