{"product_id":"omega-constellation-gold-capped-14900-1960","title":"Omega Constellation Gold-Capped Ref. 14900, ca. 1960","description":"\u003ch3\u003eIdentity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOmega Constellation in gold cap, Ref. 14900, ca. 1960. Automatic movement, chronometer-certified calibre 551, no date. Gold-capped case with steel back, 35 mm diameter, observatory medallion on the back, monogrammed crown. Champagne dial on two levels, a flat central plate and a sloping flange carrying the applied gold baton markers, gold dauphine hands and centre seconds. Plexiglas crystal. Black leather strap, monogrammed gold-plated pin buckle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHorological context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOmega has its origins in 1848 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the workshop founded by Louis Brandt. His sons industrialised production and moved the manufacture to Bienne. In 1894 the \u003cem\u003eOmega\u003c\/em\u003e calibre — a precision movement wound and set by the crown — met with such success that the \u003cem\u003emaison\u003c\/em\u003e took it as its name. From then on Omega built its reputation on chronometry and carefully executed series production. The Constellation appeared in 1952: the series watch the \u003cem\u003emaison\u003c\/em\u003e held to its own chronometer standard. Its name comes from the eight stars on the caseback medallion, counting eight precision records set at the Kew-Teddington and Geneva observatories, beneath the Geneva cupola. The pie-pan dial — a flat central plate, a twelve-sided sloping flange carrying the applied indexes — was its signature for fifteen years. At the end of the 1950s came the 500 series, automatics with twenty-four jewels and chronometer certification: the 551 without date, the 561 with. The line then changed its face without changing its principle: angular cases at the turn of the 1970s, then in 1982 the Manhattan and its four claws gripping the crystal — the design it carries still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCharacter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dial takes the light on two planes: the central plate flat, and the sloping flange where the markers sit at an angle. The original champagne carries old moisture marks, now stabilised. Opened, the watch reveals a back struck 168.005, a reference that appeared later than the Ref. 14900: the back has been replaced, a substitution well known and common between these references, whose case middles are all but identical. The case is stainless steel raised with a gold cap, a true layer of solid gold, not to be confused with electroplating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServiced. Patina and marks of age. Delivered with the Contre-Temps box and the Contre-Temps 24-month warranty certificate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Contre-Temps Paris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55029827240274,"sku":"TP0689","price":3950.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/4639\/7522\/files\/Omega_Constellation_Chape_d_Or_Ref._14900_01.jpg?v=1792114988","url":"https:\/\/contretempsparis.com\/en-eu\/products\/omega-constellation-gold-capped-14900-1960","provider":"Contre-Temps Paris","version":"1.0","type":"link"}