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Originally Posted by Peter Toronto
The previous owner had the mineral crystal replaced along with the gasket for a sapphire one. The old gasket looked like it turned into tar. He kept the old mineral crystal and gave it to me in case of resale.
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The melting gasket thing was common on omegas from the 70s due to the type of rubber they used. I'll be doing the same sapphire crystal swap myself, of course keeping the original, as the gasket has eaten into the screen printed text on the underside of the mineral crystal.