That's one view, and a perfectly valid one. If it was me, and I was going to wear it, I'd go for the second example. To my eyes, the first one looks tired and worn out and has none of the original colour contrast left that makes the deep blue "pop".
As to value, I'd agree that many (most?) collectors would favour the original, but the collector market is only one part of the whole potential watchbuying market should you ever decide to sell in future, a less degraded/more cosmetically appealing example may well find a wider non-collector market.
As always, it's your motivation, aesthetics and sensibilities that will decide. Good luck and have fun
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