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·Mechanical Watch servicing: more dilemmas than life itself?
Every time I wear this sword-handed Seamaster Professional Chronometer I remind myself that when I bought it there was a comment in the listing that it might benefit from a future service and since then I've enjoyed wearing it on rotation and growing to like it more and more.
What does it need? Well it's out of COSC spec, currently showing about -15 s/d. The bezel has a bit of looseness and the bracelet could do with a strip & refurbish.
What does it not need? The crystal is scratch free, the lume on hands and dial is amazing.
What needs thinking about? The dial has a kind of surface spottiness and the silvering of the word OMEGA is starting to look less-than perfect which I regard as "early stage patination" and the case obviously shows some age-related battering but this isn't a new watch, right?
I can't decide: replace the dial or live with patina?:
Every time I wear this sword-handed Seamaster Professional Chronometer I remind myself that when I bought it there was a comment in the listing that it might benefit from a future service and since then I've enjoyed wearing it on rotation and growing to like it more and more.
What does it need? Well it's out of COSC spec, currently showing about -15 s/d. The bezel has a bit of looseness and the bracelet could do with a strip & refurbish.
What does it not need? The crystal is scratch free, the lume on hands and dial is amazing.
What needs thinking about? The dial has a kind of surface spottiness and the silvering of the word OMEGA is starting to look less-than perfect which I regard as "early stage patination" and the case obviously shows some age-related battering but this isn't a new watch, right?
I can't decide: replace the dial or live with patina?:
