What is considered vintage?

[Clay]

Originally Posted by Darlinboy

Decide for yourself, and enjoy, secure in the knowledge that you are as correct as anyone.

[HogwldFLTR]

Some online definitions:

From these I'd say the second definitions under adjective might have the greatest application. Since technology trends change quickly and much becomes outmoded quickly. I might include those lasting Rolex designs which are no longer produced but are of great interest including the 14060 for example.

2. Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.


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vin·tage (vntj)
n.
1. The yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season.

2. Wine, usually of high quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.

3. The year or place in which a wine is bottled.

4.
a. The harvesting of a grape crop.

b. The initial stages of winemaking.

5. Informal
a. A group or collection of people or things sharing certain characteristics.

b. A year or period of origin: a car of 1942 vintage.

c. Length of existence; age.

adj.
1. Of or relating to a vintage.

2. Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.

3. Old or outmoded.

4.
a. Of the best: played songs that were vintage Cole Porter.

b. Of the most distinctive: "Fatalism has coexisted with vintage American overconfidence" (Thomas Oliphant).


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, alteration (influenced by viniter, vintner) of Old French vendange, from Latin vndmia : vnum, grapes + dmere, to take off (d, de- + emere, to obtain; see em- in Indo-European roots).]


The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

vintage (ˈvɪntɪdʒ)
n
1. (Brewing) the wine obtained from a harvest of grapes, esp in an outstandingly good year, referred to by the year involved, the district, or the vineyard

2. (Brewing) the harvest from which such a wine is obtained

3. (Agriculture) the harvest from which such a wine is obtained

4. (Brewing)
a. the harvesting of wine grapes

b. the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine

5. (Agriculture)
a. the harvesting of wine grapes

b. the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine

6. a time of origin: a car of Edwardian vintage.

7. a group of people or objects of the same period: a fashion of last season's vintage.

adj
8. (Brewing) (of wine) of an outstandingly good year

9. representative of the best and most typical: vintage Shakespeare.

10. of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classic: vintage films.

11. old-fashioned; dated

vb
12. (Brewing) (tr) to gather (grapes) or make (wine)

13. (Agriculture) (tr) to gather (grapes) or make (wine)

[C15: from Old French vendage (influenced by vintenervintner), from Latin vindēmia, from vīnumwine, grape + dēmere to take away (from dē- away + emere to take)]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003




vin•tage (ˈvɪn tɪdʒ)

n.
1. the wine from a particular harvest or crop.

2. the annual produce of a grape harvest, esp. with reference to the wine obtained.

3. an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.

4. the act or season of gathering grapes or of making wine.

5. the output of a particular time; a collection of things manufactured or in use at the same time: a car of 1917 vintage.
adj.
6. being of a specified vintage: vintage wine.

7. representing the high quality of a past time; classic: vintage movies.

8. of, imitating, or being a style or fashion of the past; retro: vintage clothing.

9. being the best of its kind; choice: vintage Shakespeare.

10. old-fashioned or obsolete.

[roklee]

For me, a least 40 years old or older for real vintage watches.

[The_Walrus]

A topic that has been covered extensively as pointed out above