That’s the biggest kick in the nuts, that with all the other details and attention to detail (I positively raved about that!), you’d think it’s all done to death, everything dotted and crossed, etc., only to find out that the biggest and most obvious opening is completely unprotected!
I’m hoping yours is just an exception. I don’t even want to try dunking mine in DW (0 residue), but now I’m paranoid to even pocket it if it might be raining out.
Biggest irony, my cheap-ass EDC ’502B I KNOW is fully protected and water-tight, because I put it together myself.
I found out about the VG10/VG10S because the front bezel isn’t glued (front glass just drops into it), and I could order O-rings to fit and make it water-tight. The second kick in the nuts is that I can’t do that to the F1 because it’s glued shut! Aaaauugh!