Omega Adds A Bit Of Uniqueness To The Constellation Collection: Introducing The Meteorite Dials

The Constellation has been in Omega’s collection since 1952, but it wasn’t until 1982 that it received its claws, scalloped case shape, and integrated bracelet. This Constellation “Manhattan” was designed by Carol Didisheim, who started working for Omega two years before the introduction of this watch.

Many iterations followed, with the biggest revisions being the Constellation ’95 (1995), Constellation Double Eagle (2003), Constellation Globemaster (2015), and modern Constellation Ladies (2018) and Gents (2020) watches.

The Omega Constellation Meteorite collection

Today, Omega has nearly 400 different Constellation references in its catalog in different sizes, using different movements, and with various dial colors, (precious) material combinations, diamond-set bezels and dials, bracelet combinations, straps, etc. It’s a lot, and Omega has now introduced a few more versions with beautiful meteorite dials.

Omega decided to put these meteorite dials in both quartz (25mm and 28mm) and automatic (29mm and 41mm) versions of the Constellation. Then, we’ll find them in full steel, bicolor (both yellow and rose gold combinations), and full yellow and rose gold. The 41mm yellow gold variation uses Omega’s Moonshine Gold alloy.

Muonionalusta meteorite

But it’s not about the materials for the case and bracelet or movements; it’s about the dials. Omega used the Muonionalusta meteorite, which, at over 4.5 billion years old, is possibly the oldest known meteorite on Earth. The cool thing about using meteorite for dials is that every dial will be unique. It also makes ordering based on a picture or image difficult since the dial you will receive might have a slightly different structure or pattern. To avoid disappointment, go to the Omega boutique to see the watch in real life first and check if you like the unique dial.

Available in four sizes

Omega has treated the gold-colored dials with different Moonshine and Sedna PVD coatings to match the cases. Each of the ladies’ variations (25mm, 28mm, and 29mm) has a diamond-set bezel and diamond hour markers. The 41mm Constellation Gents versions are all without diamonds.

The 227g Moonshine Gold Constellation Gents

My favorite is the Constellation Gents in full Moonshine Gold and powered by the Master Chronometer-certified caliber 8901. This is Omega’s top-of-the-line automatic movement, featuring a rose gold rotor and balance bridge and providing 60 hours of power reserve. This 41mm Constellation comes on a full-gold bracelet with a butterfly clasp. The watch features a polished finish on its bevels, slender intermediate links, and case claws (or “griffe”) among mostly brushed surfaces. The bezel, however, has a sandblasted finish with raised Roman numerals.

With the Moonshine Gold PVD meteorite dial, it simply looks like one big chunk of gold. And the price? A whopping €47,000 including sales tax. This version is also available in full Sedna Gold, Omega’s rose gold alloy, and the price stays the same. You might wonder about the weight of these watches, so we got that for you as well! The Moonshine Gold Constellation weighs 227 grams, and the Sedna Gold version weighs 221 grams.

Caliber 8900 and 8901

The 41mm Constellation Gents starts at €10,400, though, with a full stainless steel model and a beautiful blue meteorite dial. Then there’s a stainless steel version with a gray meteorite dial and a black ceramic bezel with Roman numerals in LiquidMetal. Lastly, there’s a 41mm Constellation with a green-colored meteorite dial and a green ceramic bezel. These versions come in at €10,700. The all-steel Constellation 41mm models utilize Omega’s in-house-developed caliber 8900.

Ladies’ models

Then there are the 29mm Constellation Ladies models with a meteorite dial and a self-winding caliber 8700, which start at €14,400 for the stainless steel version. There are 11 diamonds on the dial, and it has a diamond-pavé bezel. The bicolor models retail for €17,800, while the full-gold version has a price of €37,400. Since the 28mm and 25mm versions use the quartz caliber 4061 and don’t have a date window, they offer one more diamond on the dial. The 25mm stainless steel version is priced at €9,400, bicolor at €12,000, and gold at €28,100. The 28mm Constellation in steel has a retail price of €10,100, with the bicolor coming in at €13,000 and the full-gold version at €30,600. All prices include sales tax.

Adding something unique

The new Constellations with meteorite dials look amazing and offer something unique. Slimming down the collection wouldn’t hurt, though, as one can also have too many options and end up not deciding at all. That said, I would keep these meteorite dials in the Constellation family. They are simply stunning!

For more information on these new Constellation variants, visit the Omega website.