Dear Caius
Congratulations on your catch, and a great watch has come out of your effort on changing it back to NOS condition. Great work. I also really like the strap.
You have been more "lucky" than me on the service and getting parts. I have a Seamaster that took me almost 2 years before my AD had all the parts and could repair the calibre (almost 50% of the parts where changed)
Best and keep up the interesting posts!
Hans