kaplan
路The yellow gaskets you see were actually o-rings assumably, and the yellow material was very pleasant as I've never seen it flake, only sometimes break in easy to clean chunks, I mostly leave yellow gasketed watches alone and wish I could buy the same material now
Omega then replaced these yellow o-rings/gaskets with regular black o-rings, maybe 20% of the time I get a flaking black o-ring, I make a habit of removing/cleaning black o-rings for this reason, and they are EXTREMELY challenging to remove when hardened, several cycles in ultrasonic
I don't use watches and intend to store them in my collection for a long time - lately I've been leaving the gasket area empty
Now my question is, is there an advantage/reason to installing new black o-rings?
I'd say 50% of watches have rust in the gasket area, so installing an o-ring could seal those potentially growing pits, but since these watches won't interact with humidity, would it make a difference?
Omega then replaced these yellow o-rings/gaskets with regular black o-rings, maybe 20% of the time I get a flaking black o-ring, I make a habit of removing/cleaning black o-rings for this reason, and they are EXTREMELY challenging to remove when hardened, several cycles in ultrasonic
I don't use watches and intend to store them in my collection for a long time - lately I've been leaving the gasket area empty
Now my question is, is there an advantage/reason to installing new black o-rings?
I'd say 50% of watches have rust in the gasket area, so installing an o-ring could seal those potentially growing pits, but since these watches won't interact with humidity, would it make a difference?