Just picked up a very nice example! Plating is nice. Dial is I assume/hope just dirty. Movement is very clean! Movement: 355. Serial: 17 mio.
Be very careful with that dial. It has lovely hour batons, by the by. Is this gold plate/gold cap/solid gold? J
Plated with a steel caseback. My watchmaker is an Omega expert and if the thinks it works he can try it. If not I'll let it!
That may explain the condition of the plating. Serial is 13.8m by the way in stead of the 17m I stated earlier.
Unfortunately, it's highly unlikely that the dial can be cleaned. Looks to me like the waterproof seals failed and moisture may have condensed under the crystal and stayed there a good long time. If that is case, make sure your watchmaker does a total disassembly of the movement as part of the service. There could be some rust inside that will need to be taken care of. Unless he is a master at removing the lacquer without taking off the printing (and very few are), might be best to leave it alone. gatorcpa
