OmegaConstellation

The Constellation is Omega's chronometer line, launched in 1952 and redrawn in 1982 into the "Manhattan" design that still defines it. This library holds 964 references, split almost exactly between quartz and mechanical.

About the Omega Constellation

The 1952 originals were round, gold-capped chronometers with domed "pie-pan" dials and an observatory medallion on the caseback, and they carried Omega's precision reputation through the 1960s. The Manhattan of 1982 changed the case entirely: an integrated bracelet, a bezel with engraved Roman numerals, and four "griffes", the claws at 3 and 9 o'clock that clamp the sapphire crystal to the case. Every Constellation since has been a variation on that shape, including the 2018 relaunch that returned the claws to prominence.

The quartz half is 482 references, dominated by the caliber 1376 in 262 of them and the caliber 4061 in 108. Those sit mostly in the 24 mm to 28 mm ladies' sizes, which is why the median case across the collection is only 28 mm. The mechanical half runs through Omega's movement history in order: the Co-Axial 2500 in 76 watches, the in-house 8500 and its 8520 and 8521 variants, and from 2018 the Master Chronometer 8700 and 8701 in the 25 mm to 29 mm cases and the 8800 and 8900 in the 39 mm and 41 mm gents' models.

Sizes run from 22.5 mm to 44 mm, but 27 mm alone accounts for 189 references and 24 mm for 125. Steel is the most common case at 251, followed by solid yellow gold, yellow gold with steel and Sedna or red gold. White and silver dials dominate; the diamond-set bezels and mother-of-pearl dials that the collection is known for appear throughout.

The Globemaster revives the 1952 pie-pan dial and fluted bezel as a separate line, and the De Ville is the dress alternative without the integrated bracelet.

All models in this collection964