When would you say a watch becomes vintage ? ..with poll

Was wondering how long everyone thought it took for a watch to become a
vintage watch ! Also can just any watch become vintage ? Or should it kind
of be a special watch from a major watch manufacturer ? Or perhaps a rare
or small watch company to be considered vintage ?

Any thoughts about this !

Here is also a link that disusses this, and shows a cool vintage G-Shock
as well..

http://precisiontime.blogspot.com/2010/10/different-kind-of-vintage-casio-g-shock.html

I think CARS become vintage at 20 years so it sounds good for watches too!

Anomaly wrote:

I think CARS become vintage at 20 years so it sounds good for watches too!

That is an excellent comparison right there Alan ! ..It's cool to think of it like this !!!
..Thanks !

For mechanical watches: 30+ years old.

For quartz watches: 100+ years old.

20-25 years for me but someone like Tom (PC) would be the man I would look to as to what vintage means in the watch world!

Just like Tom, I would have to say 30 years, but that time frame is skipped in the poll. Of course this means 1980 watches are vintage.. .

sixtysix wrote:

Of course this means 1980 watches are vintage.. .

That does seem shocking.

pacifichrono wrote:

sixtysix wrote:

Of course this means 1980 watches are vintage.. .

That does seem shocking.

Well go back and look at TV's 30 years ago...

Cars 30 years ago...

Computers...WTF was a computer 30 years ago?

Get the point?

Anomaly wrote:

pacifichrono wrote:

sixtysix wrote:

Of course this means 1980 watches are vintage.. .

That does seem shocking.

Well go back and look at TV's 30 years ago...

Cars 30 years ago...

Computers...WTF was a computer 30 years ago?

Get the point?

But even a 1980 car I wouldn't consider "vintage"...just OLD.

LOL!

But I am SURE you can find some much COOLER cars that came out in the 80's if you wanted to!

Anomaly wrote:

LOL!

But I am SURE you can find some much COOLER cars that came out in the 80's if you wanted to!

1980s cars pretty much sucked - - low on style and low on power.

pacifichrono wrote:

1980s cars pretty much sucked - - low on style and low on power.

PC... I believe you mean 1980's America Cars sucked (right?)

I'll say 25 years. No real reason. 50 seems to long!

THANKS for all of these EXCELLENT, along with very FUNNY opinions everyone !
..I REALLY appreciate it !!!!! ..The watch and car comparisons are off the charts
if you ask me. Some TREMENDOUSLY NICE looking cars here also Tom and Guy !

..Just as a side note here ! Tom brought up a good point about vintage vs old
before. Is there a difference with this ? Does a watch have to be kind of special,
exceptional, or rare to really be considered vintage ? Or can any watch actually
go beyond being old, and become vintage as well ?

AtomicTom wrote:

..Just as a side note here ! Tom brought up a good point about vintage vs old
before. Is there a difference with this ? Does a watch have to be kind of special,
exceptional, or rare to really be considered vintage ? Or can any watch actually
go beyond being old, and become vintage as well ?

I'm a bit of a snob, so I wouldn't consider an "old" quartz watch to be "vintage" unless it was very special. To me, the allure of a vintage watch or a vintage car is the mechanical elegance it demonstrates, not just its age and ability to perform its basic function.

Vintage is old is antique, could be good or bad. When you start talking about 'classic' then this implies some quality with the 'oldness'.

The biggest piles of crap on eBay are still called 'vintage'.

IMHO Vintage: the undated term describes something that is old enough to be in fashion again. Thus since 1970s styles are in fashion again, they are "vintage". 1980s styles haven't yet been resuscitated; all they are is "out of date." So at this point they haven't made it to the "vintage" category.

pacifichrono wrote:

AtomicTom wrote:

..Just as a side note here ! Tom brought up a good point about vintage vs old
before. Is there a difference with this ? Does a watch have to be kind of special,
exceptional, or rare to really be considered vintage ? Or can any watch actually
go beyond being old, and become vintage as well ?

I'm a bit of a snob, so I wouldn't consider an "old" quartz watch to be "vintage" unless it was very special. To me, the allure of a vintage watch or a vintage car is the mechanical elegance it demonstrates, not just its age and ability to perform its basic function.

sixtysix wrote:

Vintage is old is antique, could be good or bad. When you start talking about 'classic' then this implies some quality with the 'oldness'.

The biggest piles of crap on eBay are still called 'vintage'.

Orologio wrote:

IMHO Vintage: the undated term describes something that is old enough to be in fashion again. Thus since 1970s styles are in fashion again, they are "vintage". 1980s styles haven't yet been resuscitated; all they are is "out of date." So at this point they haven't made it to the "vintage" category.

Wow guys ! ..You truly knocked this one out of the park !!! ..I don't really know
much about vintage watches, so it's great to learn from you guys what you think about
this. Thought it would be fun along with informative, and it DEFINITELY was BOTH !!!
..Thanks once again for ALL of your thoughts, and insight !

sixtysix wrote:

The biggest piles of crap on eBay are still called 'vintage'.

Ain't it the truth!