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"The two rarest cases in the early ‘bumper’ series of Constellations are OT 2737 and OT 14.311. The combination of a 1951 batch calibre 352 RG with an OT 143.11 case indicates one of the earliest Constellations to appear on the market. The stamping of OXG on the balance cock verifies that this particular 14.311 was earmarked for the United states, and therefore confirms that the Constellation lettering would not be present because of trademark restrictions. "
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: I was aware of Desmond's article -- however, it can't be a
: Constellation until Constellations existed, now can it? You are
: claiming a watch from 1950 was a Constellation, when the
: collection didn't exist yet. Now, if you wished to say it was a
: watch with a similar face and case style as were later used in a
: Constellation, or adjust the claimed date to a later one; that
: may be possible.
: But even that was not the case (number!?), if I recall correctly,
: without reconsulting the article. Early Constellations had 4
: digit case references, not a 5 digit case references, which did
: not appear until the mid to late 1950s in ANY Omega watches.
: While the history of the early US, "non-Constellation"
: Constellations is a murky one, to call something Norman Morris
: may have put together to sell in the US before Omega decided to
: have a Constellation model at all is revisionist history at
: best.
