Omega Constellation Megaquartz 2.4 Mhz Star Dial

[timebroker]

Hi,

This is the one I wear almost every day besides a 'Zenith Defy' automatic, Ref 7652, Cal 2562 PC from the 70's, a 'Hamilton Estoril' from the 50's and a 'Jean Perret' 18K dial.
Only saw it a few times on the internet and loved it that much that when I found one ...
The Omega Constellation Marine Chronometer is based on this caliber (1510 and some prototypes).
Bad pictures but the dots you see on the dial are diamond bits, together with the dark blue dial in the sun makes it look like the stars at night.
Some may say this is an euhm f@gg@t watch but I'm not

[Robb]

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[Robb]

Ok. There they are! Who cares what other people think. If you like it that is all that matters!

I have never seen this one before. I like it!

[timebroker]

Yeah not that easy to find, only saw one in real life, couple on the internet, several sold on Omegamania Antiquorum some months ago.

Very big and very heavy, 32 mm wide, 48 mm high and 13 mm thick. The spin off Marine is the most accurate (1/500 of a second a day) watch ever made as far as I know. Used a slightly modified 1510.

Don't think I'll ever sell this one, real beauty IMO and actually the ONLY quartz I would ever buy to wear myself besides the Marine one.

[JJ Irani]

Hi Filip,

That's an all time classic. Still considered by many to be one of the world's most accurate watches, this one was very popular in the mid-'70s at the height of the QUARTZ revolution.

They were going quite cheap at the time (I happened to be in Teheran, Iran then). Today, I think they would be worth quite a lot to a collector.

The resonance in the watch is absolutely phenomenal to give an extremely high-beat and superbly exceptional degree of accuracy.

JJ

[timebroker]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Hi Filip,

That's an all time classic. Still considered by many to be one of the world's most accurate watches, this one was very popular in the mid-'70s at the height of the QUARTZ revolution.

They were going quite cheap at the time (I happened to be in Teheran, Iran then). Today, I think they would be worth quite a lot to a collector.

The resonance in the watch is absolutely phenomenal to give an extremely high-beat and superbly exceptional degree of accuracy.

JJ

Ye know yer watches it seems

Adventurine quartz with painted baton indexes, minute divisions, applied gold Omega symbol on red medallion at 12, date aperture. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 1510, diapason tuning fork for swinging element, frequency of 2.4 MHz. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 49 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.
They sold for a little less than 4000 dollar but seems a bit much, price went up 1500 dollar in a year.
To be exact :)

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by timebroker

Ye know yer watches it seems

Adventurine quartz with painted baton indexes, minute divisions, applied gold Omega symbol on red medallion at 12, date aperture. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 1510, diapason tuning fork for swinging element, frequency of 2.4 MHz. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 49 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.
They sold for a little less than 4000 dollar but seems a bit much, price went up 1500 dollar in a year.
To be exact :)

Yes, a very high frequency indeed. Pity the older style case is now out-dated and not very popular as far as fashion goes. As a watch, it's a quartz genius!!