a crack in Oyster case?

[timelord]

Hi to all,

I was wondering if anyone has ever experienced problems with a hairline crack in their oyster case? I have a 16014 DJ which has a very fine hairline crack on the back lip/rim of the case where the case back joins the seal. I cannot photograph it properly, but I noticed that it has been there ever since the watch was new which I thought was only a minor scratch. I had it serviced by the RSC about 15 months ago and had raised it to their attention at the time of service but they were more concerned about offering me the option of replacing the immaculate yellow dial and hands which are still on there now. What boggles my mind is that they had said that it passed the pressure test for 100 meters, when this model was actually designed for 50 meters according to the manual that came with the watch. Sounds too good to be true but I wont question this. However, this year before going to my swimming centre , I took the precaution of having it pressure tested by a local watchmaker and surprise surprise, he said to me that he saw some very small bubbles come from that very same section I have been worried about. I am annoyed about this because as a peace of mind I was willing to pay the RSC extra to replace the inner case for me but didn't. I was thinking of buying a new inner case as a spare in the event mine gets worse or even becomes unavailable from stock supplies in future when getting it replaced, but from where to find one is the real problem???. I found one second hand one but it is worse than mine with crevice corrision. This might be a long shot but I may never know my luck in asking if anyone knows where I could buy a new inner case from as I know Rolex will not sell anything but a full service?