: Nice story Stubblejumper and good to have you here in the forum.
: All too often, we read these and the watch has been inherited,
: so it's great that your father was able to give the watch to you
: himself.

: Scratched plexi is often easily remedied with a quick polish
: (better that than removing if at all possible on a Monaco, you
: can search for the words "gasket goop" on here to see
: what the results can be...), and you might have some luck
: finding the missing parts with a WTB post on the ChronoTrader
: forum here.