Jakub M
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Most of it is covered by the retaining ring, which is why the parts of dial peeled.
Jul 25, 2022,07:26 AM
Here it is with cleaned ring on the dial:
The crown is all good, if all works out it will be ready for scuba diving trip in September
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Ploprof 600
By: Jakub M : July 25th, 2022-06:45
Recently acquired an original 166.077, bit of a survivor from son of original owner, sadly it seems no one serviced it for a very long time and gasket turned to sludge, thought some of you would appreciate some pictures from my watchmaker! Condition on ar...
Tremendous find….
By: Cpt Scarlet : July 25th, 2022-07:46
and a good project to service and save this watch for the future. The good news is the hands have a nice original patina and the dial hasn’t reacted and bubbled. The case looks very good as does the bezel.
Yup
By: Jakub M : July 25th, 2022-07:52
It is the later dials with depth rating between Seamaster and Professional that bubble, serial number seems to be in the known Ploprof batches and EoA has been ordered :] I really like the bezel and case as well. Here is a UV shot. ...
Yes I did,
By: Mary Anny : July 25th, 2022-09:02
Thanks for sharing
Yes I agree
By: cazalea : July 25th, 2022-13:45
Your watch is not worse than many I have seen; it looks frightening and it's certainly not desirable, but it's not abnormal and will be resolved by your watchmaker. Cheers, Cazalea
Abel's Flightmaster had the same issue with a melted gasket . . .
By: Dr No : July 25th, 2022-20:32
. . . which was resolved satisfactorily initially . My watchmaker cleaned the residual goop by hand; unfortunately, he didn't have the tool required to remove the GMT crown, so when he was ready for final assembly he placed the case with the crown attache...