Bezel Separation?

Hello Omega Forums,

Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer. I'm currently looking to purchase a 1978 Speedy, its definitely quite the used watch, but what concerns me is what looks to be a separating bezel, and what looks like gunk and potentiallly corrosion (YIKES!) underneath the bezel. See picture please! This extends from below 6'o'clock and up next to 3 and 9- half the dial. Interestingly I've been looking online and checking out vintage 145.022's and it seems quite common!

Any thoughts? Abandon ship asap or go ahead and buy? Its a great price!

A good cleaning might make a difference....
With " normal every-day " use bezel separation on an Omega Speedmaster is very rare. I have worn mine since 1994 and never experienced it.
Spaceflight-wise, NASA photographs show that the bezels came loose and the astronauts never bothered to add it on a gain, as a Tachymètre is useless in aviation/spaceflight. Then again, they also wore their Speedmaster during water egress and jungle survival training.
That being sad, of the approx first 100 Speedies delivered to NASA, we know of only 4 that lost the bezel:
Slayton & Schirra (personal CK2998), Borman, Lovell and on the Gold BA145.022-69 as the Gold case was softer then the aluminum bezel.
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