Figured it out. Waiting for a slightly better condition bezel to arrive...

 

Joe, is the only problem that the paint is missing from the numbers? Are they engraved so you could fill it with Testor's black enamel?

 

The paint is missing, but this is not engraved. The markings were printed onto the flat surface of the bezel.
I tried sourcing a new bezel from various sources but these are NLA. The solution IMO is to sources a donor watch.

 

What are you afraid of... just repaint the numbers yourself, its just a little touch up job:

 

I'd say this falls in the poor quality of a redial job….

 

But it is tropical now........

 

any good dial repainter should be able to reprint on a flat surface...... kind regards. achim

 

No, it's now an Impressionist painting.