Featured (looking for advice) how to restore "crinkled" nickle plating?

So I bought a watchmakers lathe off of ebay recently, in good condition functionally, but the nickle plating is not in such great shape. Ive been able to fix some areas that were just stained or dirty, but the main body has all these crinkley veins on it, and I cant find any method for fixing this. Any advice?

The plating is silver, just under yellow light

The whole thing, not in terrible condition, but needs some work

 

could be a part that was formed by hot swaging.

 

Now, Fid! That just doesn't sound very nice!!

 

might sound gruesome but is a technique for precision items.

 

Hmm Perhaps, but it dosent really look like the same type of pattern to me.

 

Sand the plating off and spray paint it with .... https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Ol...k-Wrinkle-Finish-Spray-Paint-251576/205756110

 

Or you could always nickel plate it yourself..... https://www.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-and-safe-Nickel-Plating/