if you're in the US, send it to the Stern group (us distributor) for a real servicing. it will be returned factory new with factory papers. I sent them a Aquanaut a couple of years ago. it was well worth the money.
I agree with you. I sold nearly all of my modern stuff,&I now only collect vintage. as well as being chronometer grade most of the time, the vintage watches just have more panache & mystique. a vintage watch is like Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe, whereas so many modern hockey pucks on the wrist a
vintage Rolex movements are just as tough &accurate as the modern stuff,I.e.,a 1927 watch swam the English channel, &a 1953 watch climbed Everest,so to speak. IMHO, vintage Rolex have more style &panache, the smaller case size being more subtle. Rolex has now joined the dark side & produce " look at