Picked up today Owned from new and worn everyday Dial had some sort of stain on it so decided to have a bash at cleaning it. It was either a new dial or it cleaned off Came out not too bad Has been serviced recently as its had some water ingress around the HE crown looks like it was left unscrewed which explains the dial
Yes its had some water ingress from where the HE crown was movement has been completely stripped down and cleaned running pretty good
Perhaps the water damage adds a "war story" to the watch? Besides, it is a lovely watch. The water damage might hurt resale value, but if you don't ever sell the watch, what does it matter?
Did some more dial cleaning today mostly gone Ordered new set of hands and its off to the watch repairers on Monday to have them fitted