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Omega Constellation Day-date — Linen Dial

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Here's a vintage Omega constellation chronometer C-case automatic daydate with a silver linen dial from the late 60s, early 70s. Keeps great time and is fully functional. Reference number: 168.029. Automatic caliber 751. Measurements include a 35mm case size and 19mm lug width. On an original Omega stamped brick bracelet that fits up to an 8 inch wrists (518 endlinks) Features include the time, day, and date function at 3 a clock. Quickset date function, but not the day. White gold bezel. Lume in the hands and lume plots aged into a yellowish patina. Brushed finishing on both the case and bracelet. The linen dial is clean and in great condition. There is a bit of speckling towards the center of the dial, as seen in the photos. The watch is free of any significant scratches or marks. Steel case and caseback. All parts are original including the signed Omega crown, dial, caseback, and movement. Both the dial and case are in great cosmetic, untouched condition.
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History

When Rolex introduced the Day-Date in 1956, it did two things no watch had done before: it displayed the day of the week spelled out in full at 12 o'clock, and it did so only in 18-karat gold or platinum — never steel, never silver. The message was clear. This was the watch for people who had arrived.

The President bracelet, created exclusively for the Day-Date, added another layer of distinction: a three-piece link design in solid precious metal that became so associated with power that the watch earned the unofficial name "the President's watch." Dwight Eisenhower was among its earliest recipients; the list of heads of state, CEOs, and cultural figures who followed runs long.

References 1803 and 18038 define the classic era — the 1803 from the late 1960s through mid-1970s, and the 18038 through the 1980s. Dial options across these years are staggering: champagne, black, onyx, diamond-set, baguette, wood, and stone dials all appeared in regular production. The Day-Date is the watch Rolex made to prove that Swiss precision and genuine luxury were not mutually exclusive. Fifty years later, that argument has never been made more convincingly