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Originally Posted by Tools
Cracks are tough.... If you try to weld them up, they can run further..
Are you sure it's a crack ? Sometimes corrosion can start and follow a path that looks very much like a crack...
It's possible that it is a defect in the original stamped case and is just showing up after years of thermal flexing.... although usually where there is a crack, it does mean that something flexed there at some point..
If it is really an issue, then Bob Ridley at Watchmakers can probably handle the task.. we have a very good example of him making an inner sleeve to repair an older Sub..
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=91914
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Tools, thank you for your caring reply. It is a relief to receive some information. I am fairly sure that it is not corrosion as it has been there ever since I had the watch new and also that it is in a very straight fine silver line perpendicular to the rim of back lid. It looks like a speck of tissue dust which is what I thought it was when I purchased the watch. Never the less to me it is a serious problem as it is where the bubbles show when wet pressure tested. I am inclined to agree with your latter suggestion that it is a defect in the original stamped case. So much for quality control. What angers me more is that the considering that the RSC is so strict, pedantic and to a great degree exagerated about their servicing, they did were more concerned about replacing an immaculate dial and hands which are not the problem, especially on considering that I had requested to pay extra if they would replace the inner case. Thanks also for the link to Bob Ridely as I will email him to ask what he would recommend. Once again many thanks