It appears that at one point there may have been an obstruction in the threads and the caseback was forced on. I don't see any evidence of cross threading on either case or caseback. It's also difficult to see through the gasket gunk that is nearly impossible to get off. The watchmaker mentioned that under his scope it almost looked like a dab of superglue. If I can get the movement out and clean up the case I'm thinking maybe I can heat up the area and clean it out. That is all way too much than I would like to do with this watch as I have never done anything like that with a watch before let alone an important timepeice
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