Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Chronometer

Here is one I bought not too long ago, neither collectible nor valuable, but still pretty neat. It turns out that it is a non-factory-cased example (by a jobber, most probably) in a base metal or nickeloid case (still in pretty good shape, with some mostly inobtrusive wear on the case back). I like it for the excellent dial, high-quality 3/0 movement, and very substantial 32 mm size (wears larger because of the cushion shape, even larger than my 3/0 size Guardsman). It needed a new crystal and ........

I only spent $41 on this one. It looked better on the Bay, then when I got it today. So I decided that I this would be a watch I'd disassemble (of course not the movement) and clean up and see what happens. Unfortunately, the caseback had a number of gouges in the rolled gold (thankfully Elgin layered it on thick) as if someone it the past was trying to make a spot to pry the caseback off. There also was a small, but deep gouge on the bezel.Once I took it apart, I used my Dremel on the bezel........