Last Tradhican,
Forgetting for a moment the large-scale changes to the Holy Week liturgy, I don't see how the 1962 missal leads, in any way, to the novus ordo or modernist rome. I'm a big fan of Fr Wathen (and it seems you are too) and he 'wrote the book' (pun intended) on the evils of the novus ordo, yet he didn't have any (major) problems with the 1962 missal. Even one of his 'email sermons' covered this direct topic: Is the 1962 missal wrong to use? He said, basically, no. It's not perfect but it's not a danger to the Faith, as there are bigger things to worry about.
If you disagree, why? I'm curious.