Be a novice that I am, are the two pictures indicating a polishing or just from use. Lug shots.
Looking at a 3573.50, the sapphire front and back are a point of interest for me.

 

The twisted lug Speedies have the center surface polished and the inner and outer surfaces are brushed. This fine detail and contrasting surfaces add interest to the case. When they are polished all of this is lost. In your photos you can see the polished surface and the brushed surfaces which indicates it has not been polished.

This assumes I understand what I am looking at, it is quite zoomed in.

 

Need to see the whole watch

 

Agree with the above assessment. An indication of polishing would be the loss of that nice defined edge you can see in the pic. This usually gets rounded when over polished, or loses it straightness due to uneven polishing.

 

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And advise or opinions are greatly appreciated

So am I just seeing normal machining of lug?

 

Looks good to me, due to the crisp line between brushed and polished, as @Stu-Silver notes.

 

The dings are pretty clear too. Wouldn’t leave those if they bothered to polish it.