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A blog about vintage watches especially Omega Constellations and Omega Seamasters
2022-10-25 02:23
2020-01-05 01:36
In a recent national survey on consumer behaviour it was
found that nearly eighty percent of respondents admitted acquiring certain
material goods, whether they could afford them or not, so… Read More
2019-12-17 09:29
Every now and then I update the database I developed some
years ago to register all known examples of the Omega Constellation
collection. The database covers 47 years
from 1952 and has… Read More
2019-12-02 03:10
With the
reintroduction of the Omega Deville Tresor line in 2014 and the latest series
of 125th Anniversary offerings like the example shown above, there
has been renewed interest in the ori… Read More
2019-11-06 05:42
I’ve long been interested in Omega’s practice of
remaindering their superseded 1950s calibres in Japan with larger, so-called ‘Jumbo’
cases and have spent many hours… Read More
2017-12-09 11:02
Constellation
Skeleton BC 166.1204.060. Elegantly skeletonised with blackened gold hands
Chances
are - no matter how long you have collected Omega vintage watches - you haven’t
stum… Read More
2017-09-06 04:05
In the Nineteen-Fifties and Sixties, most Omega
Constellations were marketed through jewellery and specialty outlets, and so
when one encounters a bespoke, solid white gold Constellation tha… Read More
2016-08-12 06:03
Any first issue 30.10 JUB Centenary model 2500 is uncommon
because only 4000 pieces were produced. Factor in natural attrition through
loss, wear, scrapping for gold value and the occasional… Read More
2016-06-28 09:12
I launched this blog on June 28th, 2006. At the
time, eBay and other on-line markets were, largely, an unregulated frontier more
closely resembling a mercantile variant of Dodge City, circa… Read More
2016-03-21 07:39
Original watch catalogues are very useful in identifying and
discovering information about particular lines of vintage watches, especially when
accompanied with price lists of the time. They… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
If you see an Omega Constellation model 14747 in the wild, stalk
and run it down because you'll be one of the few people ever to hold this rare
species in captivity. If you find two,
c… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Over the years I have seen countless watch enthusiasts pass
through the ‘accumulation phase’ of watch collecting. With the intemperance of a
flock of Gormands at an All You Can E… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
If you want to know anything about British cased solid gold Omega Constellations of the nineteen-fifties and sixties, there is no point asking the Omega Museum because they have not kept com… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
From the advent of the Bretton Woods monetary system in 1944,
and indeed before, some countries required solid gold watch cases to be
manufactured within their borders. France, A… Read More
2014-12-05 22:51
For some particularly strange and inexplicable reason, given
that Oriental wrists are noticeably smaller than their European counterparts,
Omega released a series of “Jumbo” Cons… Read More
2014-12-05 03:25
Rare model 14382 Omega Constellation De Luxe with trenched chapter ring
About eight years ago I compiled a database of all Omega Constellation models produced during the vintage era and in… Read More
2014-11-26 05:12
For those who enjoy the heady rush of the chase, the ‘Jumbo’
model 14777 Omega Constellation has the potential to have your adrenal glands a-gushing.
Be prepared to endure the in… Read More
2014-11-17 12:11
2014-11-09 23:28
There are basically two schools of thought in respect to
servicing a vintage watch - if we eliminate the ‘Don’t Know’ or ‘Don’t Care’ contingents.
The fir… Read More
2014-11-02 03:15
The Omega Constellation pie pan dial was so named because of
its similarity to an up-turned pie pan. Sounds fairly plausible, doesn’t
it?
But, if something is said
often enoug… Read More
2013-10-08 23:25
Any 14900 Omega Constellation case needs careful scrutiny because it is one of the most ubiquitous of the faked dog-leg lugged cases around. There was a bit of a lull on eBay for a while but… Read More
2013-09-15 14:17
French 18 karat gold Constellations were cased in-country
until the abandonment of the gold standard in the nineteen seventies, and the earliest models will always
have the “Fab Suisse… Read More
2013-09-10 23:29
Omega Constellation de Luxe models are much sought-after by
collectors. (See here for a comprehensive review of all models). A cut above ordinary 18 karat solid gold
versions, they wer… Read More
2013-08-16 10:17
People throw around the term ‘rare’
with as much zeal as a Matsusaka beef connoisseur, but rarely does the nomenclature
live up to the timepiece so described. The word “rar… Read More
2013-08-15 23:15
The 168.0055 (watch head), also known as the 368.0850, is one of the less common calibre 1011
integrated bracelet models to be produced in the earlier nineteen-seventies. While they're… Read More
2013-08-13 02:46
It’s amazing, but understandable, how important a loving
father’s watch is when bequeathed to his son. I say “loving father” because over the years I have received
co… Read More
2013-07-11 04:59
There’s evidence that some British cased gold Constellations
and also some imported Constellations were presented in boxes that were
manufactured locally and differed from the standard… Read More
2013-06-14 05:57
After a fifty year
relationship with Omega U.K. Dennison was replaced as Omega’s principle
precious metals case maker by David Shackman & Sons of Chesham in
1968. Shackman co… Read More
2013-02-21 03:09
Over the past three years values for pie pan Omega Constellations and other
notable Omega vintage watches have increased by up to fifty percent,
particularly 18k gold models. On the
su… Read More
2013-02-13 04:08
It is well known that the Constellation line was developed
in response to the enthusiastic take-up of the limited edition Omega Centenary
2499 and 2500 models. Featuring
high-grade chr… Read More
2013-01-17 00:09
Genuine black dialed vintage Omega Constellations of the
nineteen-fifties and sixties are decidedly uncommon: about as uncommon as the
practice of good manners on public transport systems th… Read More
2012-11-12 00:35
I guess the Omega Constellation collecting fraternity can be divided into three
main camps: those who collect timepieces for their aesthetic appeal and
external design; those who collect wat… Read More
2012-09-12 13:38
Lovely, if somewhat fanciful fairy story, David and Goliath.
The idea that large threatening hulks of any form or character can be felled by
a well-aimed projectile that strikes at its targe… Read More
2012-08-15 07:14
When currencies are weak or unstable; when stock markets look
as though they’re ready to collapse in their never-ending cycles of boom and
bust, people flock to gold much like flies fl… Read More
2012-08-15 05:28
Some time ago I wrote a review (here) of the TV dialled
368.0852 Constellation and commended it as a hell of a lot of watch for not a
lot of money. The review evoked some
interest in w… Read More
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