Restoration of 1968 Omega Constellation cal.751 vintage mens watch
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- Опубликовано: 14 дек 2022
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The Constellation family has been around for 66 years and is currently one of Omega’s oldest collections. What started out as a chronometer for men in 1952 has undergone countless aesthetic transformations, from the pie-pan dials of the 1950s to the ultra-thin quartz watches of the 1970s leading to the consolidation of the collection in 1982 with the Constellation Manhattan and its hallmark claws. Today many Constellation models are equipped with Master Chronometer movements respecting the original vocation of this family to combine luxury and precision. Let’s take a look at how the Constellation got its star power and its claws.
celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1948, Omega released the Centenary, its first limited-edition chronometer-certified wristwatch with an automatic movement. Given the positive reaction to this unrivalled combination of precision and practicality, Omega decided the time was ripe for a collection of automatic wristwatches with chronometry status.
1952, Omega unveiled the series-produced Constellation, a family of watches originally destined for men fitted with calibre 354. Two salient features distinguished the first members of the Constellation family: a star and the name of the watch above the 6 o’clock marker and a sealed caseback with a medallion featuring the Observatory of Geneva crowned by a constellation of eight stars. The image of the observatory was designed to evoke Omega’s exploits in chronometry and its world precision records set in 1933 and 1936 at Kew-Teddington
The first models were fitted with calibres 351, 352, and 354 with bumper rotors and replaced four years later by calibres 500, 501, 505 and subsequently, in 1966 with calibre 561 for the date model, and eventually calibre 564. The early automatic bumper movements got their name from the slight thud the owner could perceive when the rotor hit a spring and bumped back. Unlike modern automatics that perform a full 360-degree spin, the rotor of these bumper movements moved back and forth at roughly 120 degrees ‘bumping off’ a pair of springs on the opposite sides of the watch…an effective way of accumulating kinetic energy invented by English watchmaker John Harwood in 1923.
PIE-PAN DIALS
An unusual feature of many Constellation watches in the 1950s and 1960s was the domed dial, colloquially referred to as a pie-pan dial. With its raised central area and sloping peripheral chapter ring for the hour markers, the dial looked just like an upside-down pie-pan investing the watch with depth and originality. Described as a ’12-sided’ dial, the pie-pan models are hotly contested among vintage watch collectors and inspired the dial of the current Globemaster. Available in steel and luxurious gold models, the case shape remained round but the lugs, hour markers and bracelets varied extensively.
FLAT DIALS, INTEGRATED BRACELETS AND CASES
By the mid-1960s, the pie-pan dial slowly gave way to flat dials and more interesting shapes and sizes for the case. In fact, the first integrated bracelet/case made its debut in 1969. These streamlined watches, presented in both his and her format, were touted as the “first watches in the world to be equipped with bracelets truly integrated with the case… a system invented in 1964 by Pierre Moinat” and protected by a patent, with the Reference BA 768.0803 as ladies’ watch and BA 368.0847 as gents’ model below
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Although I had doubts about buying a replica watch, gussl dispelled my doubts. The watch has an authentic look and feel.
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Excellent job! I’ve bookmarked this video so I can rewatch it. Thank you!
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I had a Omega Seamaster Quartz I purchased back in 2000. Fantastic timepiece. The most I've personally had to do to it was change the battery, making sure to clean the gasket and contact surfaces. Your skill is incredible. I thoroughly enjoyed the video.
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Very Nice service done on a classic Omega. Kudos to you.
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Very nice timepiece to have indeed.
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I watched this to try to work out why the calendar on my 751 wasn't working after reassembling the mechanism. I thought I must have made a mistake in the assembly, but in fact I was just turning the crown the wrong way! 😆 When the hands aren't fitted that isn't particularly obvious and you tend to think that the forwards direction (as for winding) if forwards for the hands, but in this watch it's not..
Excellent video man! Love it! I’ve been waiting a long time for someone to do a restoration on this caliber as I have one myself that might need a service down the line. Will definately use your video for reference 😊
hello, thank you I'm glad you like my material. in my older videos you will find another with a similar caliber 752 omega dynamic more detailed reassembly of the movement
@@Karol235 I know, I have seen that video many times ;-) I really liked that you showed the day change adjusment in this new video👍🏻 That helps a lot😬
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How do you clean the movement parts? ultrasonic or spinning 4 stage machine like Elma?
hello to rotary cleaner, 3 steps and drying, machine like elma. escape wheel, pallet, balance spring extra stage. parts should not be washed in ultrasonic, they may be damaged
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Do you have to have any idea what would cause one of these to have the rotor ever so slightly rubbing the bridge in one spot?
the rotor axis may be crooked or worn. either one or two of the three screws are unscrewed. They are on the bottom, under the automatic bridge
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@@Karol235 Thank you for that. I'll look into that. The watch has one more very strange issue, maybe you can help with this also. It runs basically perfectly, except for some reason when SAT becomes SUN it loses 1 minute in that process and when FRI becomes SAT it loses 1 minute in that process. All other days it loses about 2 seconds each day.
Thank you for this great video! I have a similar model and as in your case there seems to be a problem with the crown, I cannot adjust the date. Can you please tell me, what was wrong with your watch? Anyway, I will have it serviced by a professional rather than do it myself 😊
Watch was dirty and completely dry
@@Karol235 Thank you! Meanwhile I have been to an authorized Omega dealer. They said, a service will be between 1100 and 1500 Euros! Wow, did not expect this much!
How much is to put an original omega plexiglass on a similar c-shape connie? Thanks
60£
@@Karol235 Thanks - does it include the plexiglass itself? I have a 168.029 ref
@@georgiosyiannakou5537 yes, this is the price of glass plus installation
So the C-case Constellation watches are the hardest to service?
hello, the shape of the case does not matter. the caliber of the movement is important, this one has a double date and can be changed quickly. there were constellations without a date, with a day of the month and a fast date change, and a double date with a fast change
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Karol
@@Karol235 So movements without the day are better to service? Thank you.
@@dd-dd2co Easier, faster to make them because the mechanism has a few less parts
@@Karol235 Ah thank you! I am looking to get my vintage Omega. Good to have skilled people like you in the community!
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She's crying for a new stem!
that's right, sometimes a client doesn't want to spend a penny more than necessary. there are even those who want to install old worn out main springs, and in a few days a complaint because the watch does not keep time
@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 If crying it is she.