Reinvented vintage. What's your opinion?

I like both. Vintage is more of a pain in the butt sometimes, but some companies are nailing the vintage vibe, like Timex:

Your Junghans is beautiful, btw. I'd keep it if it were mine.

love that one. Great design, great colours. On my wishlist for sure. 👌

Depends upon the watch. IMHO, there are some designs that simply do not warrant revival

Like both, but lifestyle dictates a modern more robust and accurate watch.

Love a retro reissue (pretty much all of my collection,give or take a couple of genuinely vintage ones)

Beautiful..

I like all kinds of watches and would wear either. I do however sell them if I lose interest. Or preferably gift them to someone I like.

Junghans has beautiful designs but they dont get the popularity of max bill

Firstly, nice Meister Driver:

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I started with modern watches - a lot of re-issues from the get go really, did the vint thing almost exclusively for a number of years and have come back full circle … mostly.

I now split between modern watches with a hint of vintage aesthetics and re-issues. I have kept a few vintage watches I'm attached to though.

I did classic cars and motorcycles for a while too - I love 'em (what's not to love?) but owning something more current just makes sense. If I buy another classic car / bike it'll be a resto-mod, and re-issues are like resto-mods. 🤷🏻

I think it’s hard to copy the vintage look into modern watches. I prefer vintage. But they are more delicate. So sometimes it feels better to wear a modern iteration of an old design. Yours look great👍

Vintage are trouble sometimes, I do agree. That is why I got me this Junghans but those Timex of yours I must admit look closer to vintage watches. Are those 36 millimeters? That would be another point to Timex over Junghans because mine is 40 millimeters 😞.

I believe I will sell it, it is a beautiful watch indeed but it does not make me as happy as day one so it gets very little wrist time.

The Max Bill is a gorgeous watch, I love it. Agreed 100%.

I ordered that exact same watch you have, a real beauty. But the second day I placed my order I changed my mind and I asked the dealer to change it to the one I own.

I do love old cars too, my father owned and classic Mercedes-Benz from the 50s I believe, when I was a child in El Salvador. God, my dad loved that car and that was another reason I got me this watch.

Agreed 100%!

I love that line from Junghans!

The Timex 21 is 32.5 mm, the new Marlin (green) is 40 mm. My wrist is 17.1 cm.

Are you saying that 40 mm is too big for your 20 cm wrist?

I love a vintage… but there’s a headache attached with them, especially if the piece has not been inherited or passed down through family or close friends. The dreaded unknown has bitten me on an occasion. A modern reinterpretation combines the looks with functionality and hopefully reliability. Your watch is a beauty🤝

My old man was into classic Benz's as well!

Maybe that's why we love them?

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I like the modern interpretations. They don't seem as fragile.

Oh yes, I buy vintage pieces from trusted and well-established dealers with good return policies only. It is a little more expensive this way but you protect your investment.

I also have an experienced and certified watchmaker reviewing all vintage piece I buy and I had avoided this way problems and frustration.

Oh, no. What I meant was that part of my love for vintage watches is because of the elegance of their smaller diameters... Modern interpretation of vintage watches stick to modern sizes so they lose some of that mystic to my eyes. This is my personal preference only.