The Omega Constellation was once the firm’s flagship model, an immediate blockbuster since the moment of its launch in 1952. Featuring unique diamond-shaped hour markers and further fitted with dauphine hands on a pie-pan dial, the Constellation was immediately recognizable. The case as well was as peculiar as it was identifiable thanks to its unusually shaped lugs - which in fact present an evolution: early examples such as the present one feature rounded sides to the lugs, which later become more straight.

The present example is obviously and immediately set apart from the rest due to its bespoken dial bearing the effigy of the King of Saudi Arabia. Clearly a special order, this watch is an example of bespoken royal timepiece, a custom relatively widespread among middle-eastern crowned heads.