FOR SALE IS A BADASS 1969 OMEGA CONSTELLATOIN CHRONOMETER.
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CASE: C-SHAPED SOLID STEEL CASE MEASURING IN AT 35mm NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN BY 41mm LUG TO LUG. SCRATCHES AND WEAR APPROPRIATE FOR A 50 YEAR OLD WATCH. NICE CHUNKY FEEL ON THIS ONE ESPECIALLY ON THAT ORIGINAL BRACELET. CHECK OUT THAT GNARLY INSCRIPTION ON THE CASEBACK.......OH YEAH, AND THE CONSTELLATION OBSERVATORY IN VERY SHARP UNPOLISHED CONDITION.
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DIAL: THIS DIAL IS AGED TO PERFECTION LIKE AN OLD FLANNEL SHIRT THAT'S BEEN WASHED A THOUSAND TIMES AND IS WELL BROKEN-IN. I LOVE THE TONING AND PATINA ON THIS SUPER COOL BRUSHED METALLIC LINEN DIAL. THE TEXT HAS WORN IN PLACES WHICH GIVES THIS ONE A COOL VINTAGE VIBE. YOU GOTTA DIG THAT CONSTELLATION APPLIED STAR AND THE OMEGA LOGO ADDING SOME NICE DEPTH TO THIS DIAL. THOSE THIN DAGGER HANDS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE AND MATCH NICELY WITH THOSE APPLIED STEEL/ONYX MARKERS. A NICE SUBTLE DETAIL IS THAT MIRRORED INDEX RING THAT SITS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE DIAL.
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MOVEMENT: THIS CONNIE RUNS ON A CLEAN IN-HOUSE CHRONOMETER GRADE 24J OMEGA CAL.751 AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN KEEPING GOOD TIME AND WINDING EFFORTLESSLY. QUICKSET IS ACHIEVED BY PULLING OUT THE CROWN TO ADVANCE THE DATE. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN BUT THE MARKS ON THE INSIDE CASEBACK INDICATE THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY CLEANED/OILED IN 2015.
THIS OMEGA COMES ON ITS ORIGINAL OMEGA REF.1122 FITTED FIX-O-FLEX EXPANSION BRACELET WITH SIGNED CLASP IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS IS THE KIND OF VINTAGE WATCH YOU WANNA SLAP ON WITH SOME SWEAT PANTS AND PONCHO. IT JUST HAS THAT CASUAL FEEL, BUT HAS THE GRAVITAS OF A MUTHA-FUCKIN' CONSTELLATION......IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. THIS REMINDS ME OF THE KIND OF WATCH MY BRAWLER AUTOBODY MECHANIC GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE SPORTED......MADE TO BE WORN AND ABUSED YET MAINTAINS ITS CLASS AND COMPOSURE, NO MATTER WHAT.
