These references should probably be mentioned more
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link out in 1972, was perhaps more overtly a "luxury sports watch" with its sky-high (for steel) pricing and aggressive contours, but the idea of an integrated watch certainly precedes it. If the Constellation weren't firmly established in people's minds as a dress watch, it might be better remembered as an innovator in the integrated bracelet
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