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What is "Vintage"?

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There is no pure definition of vintage when you have so many age groups and opinions here.
Being a member of a long while here I have seen many of these threads that all come to the same conclusion. It’s up to the individual.

For me it’s 1971 pre Quartz.
I have some Quartz watches, I wear them, I understand their significance in horological history. Hell I use one to set my manual and automatic watches every time I change ( as I know it’s more precise than the Speedmaster I have worn all week.
Would I buy them for part of a collection I have
https://omegaforums.net/threads/found-it-fun-without-a-date-or-a-brand.38423/
No
Do I understand @Rochete s opinion and respect it. Yes

If your asking me about vintage cars it would be when carburettors stopped.

It’s a opinion of each and everyone of us.

I’ve had my nephew call my 30G iPod brick vintage when he saw it a while back 😗
(Still works on a dock👍👍 and it’s older than him)
 
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STANDY STANDY
There is no pure definition of vintage when you have so many age groups and opinions here.
Being a member of a long while here I have seen many of these threads that all come to the same conclusion. It’s up to the individual.

For me it’s 1971 pre Quartz.
I have some Quartz watches, I wear them, I understand their significance in horological history. Hell I use one to set my manual and automatic watches every time I change ( as I know it’s more precise than the Speedmaster I have worn all week.
Would I buy them for part of a collection I have
https://omegaforums.net/threads/found-it-fun-without-a-date-or-a-brand.38423/
No
Do I understand @Rochete s opinion and respect it. Yes

If your asking me about vintage cars it would be when carburettors stopped.

It’s a opinion of each and everyone of us.

I’ve had my nephew call my 30G iPod brick vintage when he saw it a while back 😗
(Still works on a dock👍👍 and it’s older than him)

While I don't think there is an agreed upon standard for vintage status, and there will likely never be one, I also don't think that it is up to each individual to determine. If that were the case then there would be no point in calling anything vintage. I think that over time a group dynamic develops, and that is the sweet spot I am looking for. What better place than here, where watch lovers congregate? I do believe that there is a generational aspect to this. If I were to guess the average age of most members here, I would put it at 40+. The reason I say that is that it takes a bit of time to establish the resources to purchase one or more of the types of watches we are discussing. An over 40 group is more likely to have a longer view, while a younger demographic, like your nephew, thinks of everything pre-dating his young existence as ancient. In any case, I would rather have the standard set by a watch lover, than by a watch seller trying to convince me that a 1998 Speedmaster is vintage in 2019. So let the conversation continue.
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Yet again it's 25 years for customs declaration. SET There
It can't be set here when you have hundreds of different views personally.
 
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I think once Tritium stopped for me would be the end of vintage, as we don't quite know how Super Luminova will patina. Any ideas on what a watch with Super Luminova will look in 50+ years?
 
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Any ideas on what a watch with Super Luminova will look in 50+ years?

From what I heard from my friend who worked at Omega as Product Manager, it’s so stable that 50yrs later it will probably look exactly it does today. 😉
 
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Phlardge Phlardge
I think once Tritium stopped for me would be the end of vintage, as we don't quite know how Super Luminova will patina. Any ideas on what a watch with Super Luminova will look in 50+ years?

What about dress watches like Constellations and Seamasters that don’t have lume. 😉
 
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