Ok I found a good watchmaker that gave me the same suggestion and making a treatment to the case to prevent future rust he seems legit
You should take it to a watchmaker who you know is legit, not to one that only "Seems legit".
You should search for a watchmaker/shop that has experience servicing the Cal. 321 movements and have the ability to source parts if needed.
Absolutely do not have the case polished, and first inquire what type of "Treatment" he is planing for the case before giving the go-ahead to do it...
Good luck!
Nonsense. If the watch is properly sealed, it can touch water...
Sometimes you decide to not do things because of what you know, but also(and perhaps more frequently) because of what you don't know.
You can't guarantee a 50yr old watch to be sealed except on the day it was tested. Too many other variables at play from those 50yrs of life.
People keep conflating what they would personally decide to do, with actual capabilities of a watch...
Yet Omega does this every day...
So we should also just keep using the Apollo rockets to go to outer space.
Saying what you CAN do is very different from what one SHOULD do.
So nothing that is 50 years old should be used as it was originally intended then? I have a friend who races E-Types, so I guess in your view he (and the thousands of others who do the same with vintage cars) shouldn't be doing that. You had better call the vintage items "rules police" on these guys.
Yes, you are repeating exactly what I said above. It CAN touch water. If it SHOULD is up to the individual to decide. It's not up to you to impose rules on how vintage watches should be worn...
Again, Omega services vintage watches all the time and warranties them for water resistance. Contrary to your very odd analogy, this isn't rocket science.
