newbie omega owner needs help

I don’t for a moment disagree with your perspective (and you’re right about the calibre) and I entirely agree with about the case (although it’s not so polished as to have removed the faint scratch marks) but @nutsum has indicated that he “can live with” the dial and I think that this raises an alternative perspective.

We regularly see highly patinated but much loved vintage watches posted. I, perhaps like you, have a pretty limited tolerance of patina.

That said, photos highlight all manner of marks, scratches and wrist hairs that are negligible and barely noticeable when one’s wearing a particular watch.

70 year old 2577s, unless they’ve never been worn (more likely with solid gold rather than stainless steel) will inevitably have scratched surfaces. More often than not, they’ll have been redialled.

So, notwithstanding your post, and with my earlier caveat about the movement, I don’t think that this is a bad deal for what is arguably a reasonable watch.

I hear you. People's preferences are different. However, I would differentiate between patina and outright physical damage like scratches. But you are right, the OP mentioned that he could live with it, which I should have appreciated.

I was just thinking of my own experience when I started off and made too many compromises thinking I could live with this and that then had buyer's remorse. €400 may be a fair deal for this watch. But this money is then missing when a nicer piece comes along.