Vintage rolex hand corrosion - decrease value or no?

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Originally Posted by Mike1066

Does anyone know if a good watchmaker can "clean" the corrosion off of hands (whether it be a 1980's sub like the OP or a 1963 gilt sub)?

No cleaning. The older vintage hands are very, very fragile. Look at it wrong and it could come off, let alone touching it. I've seen tritium fall off hands after removing them from a watch!