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Great stuff gents!!

Relax guys...this is just the location Joshua and Andrew moved their site hosting to...nothing to worry about

@P4GTR, Toad, Dluddy, Fidestro, b1, and jj- Thanks guys! If anyone is interested..there's a guy on TZ selling a pretty nice vintage Seamaster like P4's for around $350 (black dial...I have his email address somewhere). It may be a redial...not sure but it's a sharp looking watch (I think there's a Cal. 552 in those which (I think) is the 17 jewel unadjusted cousin of the 551)... PM me if you want his email address. He's also got another vintage SS Constellation with aftermarket sword hands...not my taste at all but for $275 or so it's a bargain for the movement alone...

Hey Lani, Not sure if you saw my review but there's a ton of pics there! http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=81349

Graduated a few years ago with a double major BS in Finance and Accounting (Honors program too Steve from NIU ), after a few years I became a Sr. Financial Analyst with a Boston-based Fortune 500 company, now I'm going back to school for an MBA/ JD degree and doing some financial/marketing consulting to GE and some other companies down in CT on the side before I have to start "really working"

Hmm, crap...I thought I put it there but I guess it's under "General Discussion" Hopefully one of the almighty Mods will do it

Vintage Calibre 564 Omega Constellation (168.015) review and pictorial Hey all, first review so forgive the horrible photos, the hairy Italian arms, and the verbose-ness of the post. Any feedback you have would be much appreciated!! Well it has been a long and painful journey to find the latest gen piece- the vintage Omega Constellation I notice most Omega discussion here revolves around either the Seamaster, Planet Ocean, or Speedmaster, and (with today's trends) rightfully so- these are the most popular Omega models in modern watch fashion. When I brought my gen Seamaster 1120, I noticed an "odd" shaped Omega in the shop window: That Omega was the Constellation. "Yech" I said, and kept walking to my shiny Seamaster I thought nothing more of the Constellation before I decided that I wanted a really great in-house movement. The gen Glashutte I brought from POTR has a great movement (albeit a simple, yet sturdy, handwind) and my gen Datejust and Sub have in-house movements but...so does every Rolex. I wanted something that could really blow the doors off of most gen movements but most of all, I wanted a piece of history: a truly unique movement that had a champion pedigree. I spotted an Omega Constellation online due to its low price on Ebay. I figured "entry level Omega, ho hum..." and then I read a series of articles by Desmond Guilfoyle who also authors the extremely helpful Omega Constellation Collector's Blog . If you do a little reading, you'll find Guilfoyle's movement essays in which he mentions that the mid 500 series Calibres from Omega are regarded as some of, if not the, most reliable, accurate, and beautiful movements from Omega or any other watchmaker of that time period. Guilfoyle holds the 551, 561, 564, and 750 calibres as, bar none, the greatest movements ever produced by Omega. I did some more research and was absolutely fascinated by the legend of the Constellation. Around the time of the mid-500 series, the last member of the founding Brandt family had died, leaving the company unsure of its future. The Constellation was designed as the "Flagship" Omega brand and, interestingly enough, all of its models were Chronometer certified. Now, some of you may be saying, "So what, Chronometer doesn't mean anything, it's a $50 test." Today, you'd be (in some ways) correct, almost any decently made movement can be "tuned" to test within Chronometer specs, but a watch that can STAY within Chronometer specs is a "fine watch." In order to ensure that they kept their reputation for quality, Omega rolled out the Constellation Chronometer series with a unique twist: They only put movements in the Constellation that had earned an "Exceeds Expectations" rating from the Observatory. In plain English: That means that these movements took the standard and maintained at 50% greater tolerances than the already strict Chronometer standards of the day. A bit of history on this: The watch was found in a desk in an attic in Punta Gorda, Florida. Apparently, it had been given to a prominent marketing executive as a congratulatory gift. The gentleman did not believe in wearing/purchasing

Robbie has some sweet UN watches that I want!!!

Very nice!

^ Agreed with Pho...what a shitty company and shitty watch.

I'm with ^... I'm free Thursday for part of the day but I'm heading back to Fairfield on Friday

Great review Ztech...nice watch!!

CBR is a true gentleman who always speaks his mind, stands by his principals, friends, and RWG and truly works in front of and behind the scenes with reviews, advice, and good ole' fashioned giving. He helped me out today with a few much needed parts for my SSD and has given so much to the forums monetarily and intellectually. :1a: :1a: :1a: EDIT: Damnit TT stop posting so quickly!!!! (Although, the majority of the above applies to Mike)

Ugh I'm so mad I couldn't be there... next NY / CT / MA G2G for sure though...we'll have to grab UncleJay (anyone seen him lately?)

Welcome back...glad to hear that everything worked out as best it could...

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Wish I could help...Hopefully someone will chime in.

Explorer I... I think that'd look great! Explorer I... I think that'd look great!

Ugh... PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET for Chrissakes...jeeze, I cannot understand the allure of this sort of thing... If a bunch of people online can figure out it's a rep just by looking at it, anyone who actually handles it will be able to tell even sooner (just shake a rep rolex and listen for the rotor).

Hmm I thought I posted here before but for some reason it didn't show up... If you click PeerGuardian, select "List Manager" and uncheck "Educational" and keep "Government", "Spyware" and "P2P" blocked it should stop blocking NIU (Unless for some reason you'd need other .edu domains blocked).

A bit late... This (Semi ) vintage gen (See my topics for the face) for today since it goes back tomorrow and will (hopefully) be replaced by a 564 version!

No engraving on mine and it's a V2

I just had my SSD Modded (CG's, new insert, pearl) and once you've done that (and a lume) you're about as close as you can get! Wear it well!!

I'm about 20 mins West of the city so I'll may be able to do something this coming week...

Hey you'll be in my city! Wave to me too!!