Very well done picture Paul
Here is the easy way of getting rid of the reflections.
In Photoshop click the clone stamp tool and set it to 12 pixels with the hardness set to zero.
Then enlarge the picture to 200% and alt click on a neutral spot close to the object, then clone that over the halo.
I think you might already know about the clone tool or just didn't use it?
Here is the picture done with the clone tool.