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I saw a few pieces at the British Museum when they had their history of timepieces exhibition (the final exhibit was a DW5600, which I thoroughly enjoyed) which were in a similar state after being used as marine chronometers for years at a time. But yeah, unlikely to get that cycling to Dulwich. More's the pity.
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If you read that thread, the owner of that watch used three or four chemical treatments to get his brass looking like that. Not sure its possible naturally.