JC,

I have a mixture of vintage and modern, so apologies for the confusion, with regards to the older stuff, I do not have original papers for any of them, some have been serviced by their makers , but the most interesting original literature I have is with a Breitling 806. It's not pristine, but what I consider a good usable example. It has with it the original instruction manual and the nice thing about it is its filthy!its like a well thumbed classic car workshop manual

I like the fact that it ties in with the watch and I would like to think the watch was bought for its purpose , who knows what it's done or where it's been.

: Carl,

: First, I think that if half of your vintage watches have papers you
: are in the top few percent of collectors. Second, I think you
: hit on a very interesting point and I agree with you completely.
: The watch is more important than the papers. Some collectors
: think about value more than others but we are all buying the
: watches. I would much rather have a really nice original watch
: than a sub-standard watch with its original papers.

: JC