The gap between crystal and crystal ring can be cleaned with a sharp pegwood. ebay usually has some acceptable parts or watch factors may be able to help. You will need some o-rings and some silicon oil on reassembly here.
There is no escaping this as this is a common area for rust. The o-ring will probably be as hard as a rock and you will probably break it when trying to remove it. Next go around the watch exterior cleaning everything. Clean them up followed by cleaning the area where the watchband goes. Next pay attention to the case, especially around the holes where the pushers and crown goes.there will be some dirt in there as well. Hot water helps and if you have access to an ultrasonic cleaner so much better. Once the parts are out give them a good scrub with soap and water (only the strap parts! not the case!). Just try to pull it apart and if it holds then its good. The clasp may have a fixed bar instead of a spring bar on the end where you pull so don't worry if you can't get it off. Seikos usually have good springbars but neglect and wear can ruin them. Next remove all the springbars from the strap and examine them and replace if they're rusty or bent. Once you've got them clean you can use some Zippo fluid or similar to flush them out followed by a final pass thru with fresh pegwood. Work on a piece of clean paper you can throw away later as it can get pretty dirty. Once you have the pushers and crown out of the case you can use some sharpened pegwood to remove bits of DNA from the recesses of the crown and pushers. A good way is to place a movement pad (or a round thingy) on the rear of the watch, flip the whole thing over and lift the case off, leaving the movement sitting on the movement pad. Once the pushers and crown are out of the watch the movement will just drop out of the case so be careful not to drop it. Once the ring is out the pushers will pull away as the movement ring is the only thing holding them in. You then have to press both pushers in a bit and while applying pressure remove the movement spacer. these should come out with the crown/stem assembly. You need to get the watchback off first, then remove the crown (if I remember correctly the button is accessible thru a hole in the plate) paying attention to the spring and gear which turns the inner ring. I don't know how capable you are with regards to watches but a general clean-up is well within the capabilities of someone with basic watchmaking tools. I would recommend a good clean of the case and pushers/crown for a start. Instead you have one with the pusher stuck halfway down. Methinks you don't have a watch with one pusher sticking too far out.
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