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 smile

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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...  

Most of it is covered by the retaining ring, which is why the parts of dial peeled.

 
 By: Jakub M : July 25th, 2022-07:26
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 ...  

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. ...  

Terrific shot!

 
 By: amanico : July 25th, 2022-08:08

Thanks for sharing this shot …

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : July 25th, 2022-09:01
Very cool.

This probably deserves its own thread but…

 
 By: myles721 : July 25th, 2022-12:31
If the watch is circa 1970’s does the lume still function?…what do people do if restoring and using as designed?

Depends on brand, back then tritium was used to excite the luminous material.

 
 By: Jakub M : July 25th, 2022-12:53
70s Doxas still glow a little bit same for the ploprof above, 80s-90s Rolexes were utterly dead in my experience.

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... 

I had to do some hand painting myself.

 
 By: Jakub M : July 26th, 2022-07:03
Doxa bezel paint does not tend to last