@jurgenk! Congrats and Welcome to the club!
You're right about the dial and the strap.......to avoid this give away, change the strap right away. What makes this a Safari is the Strap! After that, its another AP ROO!
The dial BTW changes its hue depending on the lighting situation.....it gets that gen look closer to Sunset!
My recomendations:
#1: Get a diff. strap.......if you get an AP BAnd, be prepared to do some mod on their strap (filing about an 8th off of the Head tip!) koz it will not fit!
#2. Get a spare set off screws and steel connector....whatever you call it......the part that connects the strap to the head!
#3. Grease the bottom rubber o-ring (make sure to put back the screws like putting back your car tire, criss-crossed, two first and with the same equal torque applied) and
the pushers and crown........mine passed the 10ATM test good enough to go diving to 100ft!
#4. Wear it under the SUN for 6 weeks straight, this seem to have changed the color of my Dial close to the GEN! Or maybe it was the Tropical Weather/temperature of Asia
that did it?
Good luck and wear it well!