HI, everyone . I don’t know why but I wish to share with you my opinion about vintage watches . I'll start by saying my modest and laughable thinking about vintage watches is the same I have for vintage cars that are my first and peerless love . If I buy a vintage car I want it’s like the new of the era, and I’ll restore it I’ll operate with rigorously appropriate vintage material of the car . But, for example, I’ll make a hot dip galvanizing of the body/frame and of the entire bodywork to avoid hated rust was, and is, always existing on vintage cars unless they are made of aluminium . The result I’ll obtain is a the highest grade 2 quotation . Grade 1 is a like new conserved vintage car ( we call it “encapsulated” ), practically impossible to find .
About watches I think the same thing and, about the genuine ones market, is the same thing . For example a friend of mine has recently bought a vintage pre-Daytona ( please, don’t ask me reference number because I’m completely ignorant but, above all, forgetful about them unless 90’s, 2000’s and 2010’s decades ) on my alert . He, and me too, have wanted to verify about his absolute authenticity because the seller declared it as: “never restored” and “practically never used in the spending of time” . The result was it was a real “encapsulated ” . He has bought at same prices of others with deep time’s marks only because all others potential buyers doubted it was really unused and the seller did not want entrust him’s to a dealer . It went with his original box and papers in museum’s conditions .
I understand a lived-in watch with signs of aging is more “credible” , I too love as all of you yellow indexes on vintage Rollies and Omega watches but, replicas aside, it means that the watch has been used a lot and continuative exposure to sun’s uv rays has caused tritium’s molecules explosion . So, in the genuine market, has more valor an unused watch with white or slightly yellowed markers . And, for my 2 vintages frankens, I bought original new dials and parts without aging process . Then, for God's sake, everyone has their own tastes and perhaps the world is beautiful for this reason too. Sorry for the length but I wanted to tell you my thought on the matter. Thanks always. . Have a nice day you all .
About watches I think the same thing and, about the genuine ones market, is the same thing . For example a friend of mine has recently bought a vintage pre-Daytona ( please, don’t ask me reference number because I’m completely ignorant but, above all, forgetful about them unless 90’s, 2000’s and 2010’s decades ) on my alert . He, and me too, have wanted to verify about his absolute authenticity because the seller declared it as: “never restored” and “practically never used in the spending of time” . The result was it was a real “encapsulated ” . He has bought at same prices of others with deep time’s marks only because all others potential buyers doubted it was really unused and the seller did not want entrust him’s to a dealer . It went with his original box and papers in museum’s conditions .
I understand a lived-in watch with signs of aging is more “credible” , I too love as all of you yellow indexes on vintage Rollies and Omega watches but, replicas aside, it means that the watch has been used a lot and continuative exposure to sun’s uv rays has caused tritium’s molecules explosion . So, in the genuine market, has more valor an unused watch with white or slightly yellowed markers . And, for my 2 vintages frankens, I bought original new dials and parts without aging process . Then, for God's sake, everyone has their own tastes and perhaps the world is beautiful for this reason too. Sorry for the length but I wanted to tell you my thought on the matter. Thanks always. . Have a nice day you all .
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. What do can I do about this my, maybe insane, way of thinking 
? Thanks all for your replies and greetings from Italy .
Grazie, amico mio ( se posso permettermi in senso ampio pur non conoscendoci che qui ) .
