Also happy to read that you have a trusted watchmaker who can help you. Rolex service centers can sometimes be a scary place for a vintage model as nice as this one.
Is the spot under the crystal on the chapter ring? Better found sooner rather than later but sorry it happened at all. Good luck with that beautiful example of a 5513!
It would have been late 80's, I think. It was fun to play with but even much younger me knew it wore too large...haha! The Francis Bacon one is my favorite.
Poor AP gets picked on a lot about those. I'm not a serious customer for one but think the CODE watches are actually very nice. Maybe not all to my styling but their efforts show and quality is there. Thanks for the laugh!