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·I bought the watch new in 2011. Serviced in 2018 due to broken mainspring. Stopped wearing about 3 years ago. It was doing something weird at that time where it would stop if the big second hand was going sometimes with about 95% reserve left. Pulled it out of storage. Still doing it occasionally but otherwise working fine. On a flight out to Las Vegas, I noticed it had moisture under the crystal. I popped the crown out for a few days, but no improvement. Put in bowel of rice with a moisture absoring packet, no improvement.
I bought a case back opener, took the case back off. Everything looks fine. Put in bowl of rice for a week with case back off, then put it in the oven at 170 degrees for about an hour. Re-installed caseback and it's running fine with no moisture.
Does this watch need a formal service again at this point. I'm kinda bummed since I feel like I barely got any use out of it after a $750 service.
I bought a case back opener, took the case back off. Everything looks fine. Put in bowl of rice for a week with case back off, then put it in the oven at 170 degrees for about an hour. Re-installed caseback and it's running fine with no moisture.
Does this watch need a formal service again at this point. I'm kinda bummed since I feel like I barely got any use out of it after a $750 service.