Water ingress?

[alistair1234]

I haven’t worn my Oris Divers 65 for a month or 2, I picked it up and wound it on and noticed that it wasn’t very smooth as I turned more and more, very catchy.

Then I noticed what looked liked rust underneath the crown, pic below.



I wore it a lot on holiday back in July but probably stopped wearing it in September for a while.

I bought the watch second hand originally but it’s still in its warranty period.

I called the local Oris AD and they said it would be £40 to send off for a warranty inspection as they didn’t sell it originally. Don’t have a goldsmiths in my city, should I take it to one when things reopen? Or is it worth getting a local watchmaker to open the back first to see what has happened?

[mikeveal]

Unless under warranty, take it to a decent watchmaker.

[hilly10]

I bet you they will say Crown not tight enough so water got in.

[mikeveal]

hilly10 said:

I bet you they will say Crown not tight enough so water got in.

That rust (?) appears to be on the exposed part of the crown. As in exposed even when the crown in correctly screwed in.