Sea Dweller - 1665 Great White (repair consequences)

[pabennett]

Hello,

I received a Sea Dweller as a gift from a family member in the 90s. He was a big scuba diver and traveled around the world diving with it. I didn't wear watches so it just sat in my house for years.

Later, in 2006, my mom decided to get it refurbished and give me the "cleaned up" working watch for my birthday.

During the repair, Rolex removed the mk1 tritium dial and put on a service replacement luminova dial.

A few weeks ago someone offered to buy the watch from me and I come to find out 1665 "Great Whites" are collector's items and valuable, yada yada yada.

My mom obviously knew nothing about this and Rolex never bothered to mention it to her before removing the original dial and hands.

Curious what you rolex experts think of this situation. How mad should I be? And why didn't Rolex mention the value of the watch in its original condition, and what do you think it's worth post repairs?

I tried to attached a picture of the watch.

The serial number is:

1665

5746182

Thanks in advance!