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We’re all so different and no one here but you knows your relationship to your dad and to his (now your) watch.
But here are my thoughts...
If this watch just “fell into your lap” with no personal history attached, then perhaps it might be a good “fixer-upper.” And if that option were unreasonable financially, then perhaps you might sell it to fund the watch you want.
However, as a watch that was worn by your father on adventures, subsequently damaged, repaired and gifted to you, his son, I feel the watch now has it’s own personality, you might say.
The watch looks great to my untrained eye, and probably to most average people, as well. If it were damaged, malfunctioning or unsightly, I could see having work done. But it isn’t. Your watch is a great piece with loads of personality and memories.
I’d leave it as is.
And if I still wanted a more “proper” Rolex, I’d pursue that separately.
I’d love to have a watch like this, gifted from my dad, who passed many years ago. What a fine keepsake this would be!
Just my thoughts...
Michael
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