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This one goes all the way back to 1950 - 18kt solid gold large-sized case with bullet-proof cal 283 movement. Cheers

I only undid a few screws and look what happened!!! And what's this thing do?? Don't worry, it's just been to the spa I assume this means it is working Anyway, it seems to be ticking along merrily now so it should be good for a few years yet. Cheers

I still have one of these but am deliberating moving it on. It's very odd but whilst I love vintage Connies, the C shape just doesn't do it for me. I'm sure I'm in the minority though. Glad you like yours. Cheers

... I'm not going to say where I've seen it for obvious reasons. It is a real shame that such an example with a good clean movement and a virtually unmarked case should have a dial which is not original to the watch. The Extract of Archives states that the movement and case have always been together

A lovely crackle finish. The gold one has a case made by Huguenin so that's lovely too

and so nice to see a vintage piece on this forum. I was starting to think the site had been taken over by 'modernists'. Cheers

.... Both are late 1960s and cal 564 Constellations in solid 18kt gold - I'm not sure who the casemaker was but they are both of Swiss manufacture:- Firstly a 168.005 Dogleg case and secondly, a hidden crown 168.004 case Both of these 18kt Swiss cases seem to have 'applied' medallions and not 'cast

... a gold capped example is that the medallions are of a different design - the observatory is plain with no 'bricks' and the stars are different. Desmond has a very interesting essay on his blog about the different medallions. I need to see a few more examples (both UK and Swiss) to determine if t

..I have some more photos of the medallions. First a mid 1960s Dennsion made 168.(5)004 hidden crown Connie and a late 1950s Swiss cased by SERVA Both appear to be medallions which are cast into the caseback and with a machined groove to finish off Then in the late 1960s/early 1970s the medallion se

Hi Gatorcpa, The example I showed is indeed the same model (probably the same year - 1968) as your one. It's a Shackman cased 168.(5)004 and here are some more pictures:- FYI, Omega used to send bare movements to the UK for casing and their default casemaker was Dennison's - the quality of those cas