At what point does a watch become vintage.
I have all the watches I've owned for the last thirty five years (or more). So when does a watch or how do you define that a watch is vintage.
"used to describe clothing, jewellery, etc. that is not new, especially when it is a good example of a style from the past:"
Seems the use of the word can be brand specific. A Casio can be, a Rolex can be, a Rotary quartz wouldn't be thought of as Vintage or the latest release has vintage styling.
Is the word over used in watch vocabulary. You dont hear it used with other products so much if at all. Or is watch design stuck in the past making so much of what we see as vintage inspired.
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Kevin McCarthy
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I think when it's on my vintage wrist! 😀 Ok, all joking aside... maybe 20 years?
I always think pre-quartz, or maybe 80's?
Like a car, it becomes vintage the moment you take it off the lot. In the case of a watch, when you open the box and start taking off the tags and stickers.
The convention for watches, unlike cars, appears to be 80s-90s neo-vintage, 70s and before vintage.
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Was it made before 1998? Vintage.
Some people have a hard time thinking the 1990's was a long time ago and try to use euphemisms to soften the blow, but it was. Maybe we should agree that anything older than Parklife is vintage.
Most I know think anything 25 years on is vintage
When it’s hard to fix or get parts for if it breaks.
Then is my Grail / dream watch from 1993 vintage...
And my second Grail from 1994
And this digi-ana from 1993 (sorry for the bad photo)