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It's funny how things like colour can turn you off. My regrets are usually around vintage pieces where the movement isn't what it should be or everything looks great but once you get it under the magnifier you start to see the problems.
My most recent regret is a mecha quartz chrono I bought that a friend designed and built. Solid specs on the watch and a great caseback and the dial's red colour, matches my car. Which makes it a fun piece to wear to the track. It's a VK68 movement, so no small seconds hand. Instead it's got a 24 hr indicator (one of the more useless subdials and the hands are blacked out and they tend to get lost on the face of the watch. I kind of wish they were high polish steel, which I think would just work better.
In bright sunlight, the watch works fine but if the light falls, it kind of drives me nuts.
On any vintage watch, it's pretty much a given that the WR is non existent. In the case of a mechanical, you can have the watch serviced and the lubrication brought up to spec. In the case of a quartz movement, you're a bit more limited as the person working on it needs to understand the movement they're working on so you might be a bit limited on watchmakers you can go to. As far as dial patina goes though, it doesn't always speak to damage on the movement side as different coatings react differently over time to UV exposure, moisture (even in microscopic amounts) and chemical interaction with the underlying metal of the dial.
You like it and it's still working within spec. I'd keep an eye on any rapid changes with wear otherwise, just enjoy it.
Much as I love Omega, I'm still going to go for the Rolex on this one.
Usually three. A G-Shock on the wrist and two in the travel pouch, a Diver and a dress. Nothing too expensive though
I like to work within a light box, pretty critical if you're doing macro work. There's also the adjustable camera mount that help to really line up and focus the shots when you're working with such shallow depth of field.