Hi Christoph:
congrats for your new entry. I really liked it and love the idea of wearing it 'casually', with not much anxiety that a NOS would have given you. As far as how a vintage watch should look, well.... I really don't know....The risk of putting again the two school of thoughts against each other is very high and maybe would not take us very far. I own both "patina' nicely aged watches as well as NOS condition watches and I can't tell you both look fantastic. Maybe there is no rule of thumb here...
When I lean heavily toward the 'patina' side, I move to the car business and ask myself, "Would I want a '59 Ferrari 250 in NOS conditions or with 'patina'?" Well, of course, it depends....
Greetings,
Francesco

: Jeff, thanks for your statement and the warm welcome here. I agree
: 100% with you: A vintage watch should not look like new, it is
: the lovely color of vintage tritium, the slight discoloration
: and patina of a dial that makes a vintage watch so special. That
: is the reason why I like this one that much - it shows perfect
: "vintage colors" to me.

: regards, christoph