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update on my JLC master compressor

hi guys, i thought i'd second update on the progress of my watch. Although i had hoped it to be my last and a happy update, it wasn't to be.

If you recall, i had purchased a brand new master compressor chrono 1 from an AD and found that it had two issues.
Loss of time and the second hand of the chronograph not lining up at 12 o'clock were the two issues.

well, it has finally been returned to me after being sent to Switzerland.
It's taken about 3 months. Mildly unhappy at the fact that i was without a brand new watch having just purchased it.
But then again, 1000 hours control testing will eat up that much time anyway.

So, has it been fixed?
The second hand lines up.
The watch runs about 5 seconds faster per day. Still faster than my daytona but i can live with faster running watches than the one that runs slow.
But then again,  why can't it run better than a daytona if the JLC markets itself to be a more boutique, REAL watch company....hmmm...

If all the original problem was fixed, i should be happy.

BUT.........

It's come back with another problem.

There is a smear of black material over the 1 O'clock luminescence, easily seen with a naked eye.
I have a slit-lamp biomicroscope at work so i had a good look at it under lights and magnification to see what it was.
It's not a dust that can be simply blown away, although i can see few dust particles inside the face.
It's some kind of black carbon or oily stuff smeared and embedded into the luminescence.

A bit annoyed, at the fact that this should have occurred to a new watch, and even worse, it was sent out having passing the quality control.
WHY?

I took it back to my AD yesterday.
He was speechless and apologetic. He said he didn't check it because he wanted to present it to me still packed.
He has spoken to Richmond and has sent it off yesterday.
Richmond's standard, understandably, response - "we can't comment until we have seen the watch"
I am waiting on a call today to hear what they have to say about it.

Seriously, i'm getting over JLC.
Maybe i should just stick to my daytona...

any ideas on what the black smudge might be and what they might do?
any experiences from memebers?

Cheers
I