Our Unique Offerings
Greetings! Throughout the years, we've received numerous comments and inquiries about our watches. We're eager to share our insights and preferences with our valued customers and followers. In this in-depth piece, we aim to highlight some quality selections and delve into the specifics of the movements we've chosen to craft these exceptional timepieces.
Quality Glass Choices
Ensuring excellence for our customers is our utmost priority whenever we embark on new projects. Our watches are consistently crafted with sapphire crystal, rendering them nearly scratch-free. The Mohs scale, which measures the relative hardness of materials, rates sapphire crystal at an impressive 9 out of 10. This means that only materials scoring the same or higher on the Mohs scale can potentially scratch your About Vintage watch.
Sapphire crystal boasts superior reflectivity compared to cheaper alternatives. Our sapphire crystal features an anti-reflective coating, enhancing light transmission through the glass and improving dial readability.
Many of our watches sport domed glass, eliminating corners that can be prone to scratches. This domed glass lends a vintage appearance, creating a distorted dial effect from certain angles. In the past, numerous brands utilized plexiglass in their watches, which, being thick, also caused dial distortion.
Additionally, we offer regular flat sapphire crystal glass in some models such as the GMTs and the 1971 automatic, providing diverse choices to suit varied tastes and preferences.
Durable Products
We aspire to deliver products that endure a lifetime, which is why we exclusively use 316L stainless steel in our watches. This type of stainless steel is exceptionally durable compared to typical watch materials like stainless steel or aluminum. Our watches are rust-resistant and won't tarnish over time, ensuring that you always look as young as your watch.
For individuals with sensitive skin, an About Vintage watch is an ideal option. Besides being highly durable, 316L stainless steel is hypoallergenic, promoting not just durability but also health benefits. To keep prices reasonable, we've chosen to coat our watches in ISO 9001 certified gold or rose gold, ensuring premium quality without exorbitant costs.
Heart of Our Watches
At About Vintage, our aim is to provide customers with the authentic experience of owning a quality timepiece. Hence, we utilize various movements depending on the model and complications of the watch.
1954 GMT, 1982 GMT World Traveler
For our GMT watches the primary movement is Ronda 515-24H GMT, because it is a reliable quartz GMT movement. It has a monthly accuracy of -10/+20 seconds and a battery lifetime of 45 months. The Ronda 515 has 4 functions - hours, minutes, seconds, date and a second time zone.
1970 Haagen GMT
The other movement we use for our GMT watches is the Sellita SW330 GMT Automatic, and it’s only the 1970 Haagen GMT’s. This movement is a Swiss made and an automatic watch, with self-winding mechanical and a 42 hours power reserve. It's difficult to say how accurate this movement is, but it has a maximum deviation of 20 +/- seconds a day.
1926 At’sea, 1926 At’sea Vintage, 1971 Stagediver, 1964 Horizon
The movements that make our underwater watches go are two japanese movements, one quartz and one automatic. The quartz is a TMI VH31,and in my opinion one of the coolest quartz movements. The second hand is sweeping, which means that the hand ticks 4 times a second and makes it look like an automatic watch or just much smoother. It’s a classic no date and 3 handed movement that gives a vintage look i think. The battery lifetime is around 2 years and a very easy watch for you to wear on any occasion.
1926 At’sea Automatic
The other movement is for our automatic diver, and is a Miyota 8215 with 21 jewels and a power reserve of 42 hours. The standard deviation of this movement is -20/+40 seconds a day, and that helps remind you that you have an automatic watch on. Setting my watch is a natural thing for me, and I see it as a little cozy break from what I am doing.
If the movement should break, is the replacement price for a Miyota 8215 affordable compared to other automatic movements and it's around 35-46€.
1969 Vintage
Now for the dressier stuff where we have 4 different movements in our assortment. Starting out with the 1969 Vintage which has a Ronda 763 quartz from Switzerland. The movement has 40 months battery life, and only a -10/+20 seconds devotion per month. Ronda 763 has a power saving feature, if you pull out the crown to setting position you’ll save 70% of the battery.
1969 Petite
Our 1969 Petite has another quartz movement called Miyota GL20 from Japan. This movement is the smallest one we are using, and the only reason for that is it has to fit a 32 mm case. The battery life time is 2-3 years and a battery shift will cost you 13-19€, and you are good to go again.
1820 Automatic
The 2 automatic dress watches have 2 different movements, both 3 handed and with date.
The bestseller 1820 Automatic has a Japanese movement called NH35A with 24 jewels, and has the 3:00 date version. The movement comes in two date versions, where the date window is at 3:00 and 6:00. It has a 40 hours power reserve, with a -20/+40 seconds devotion a day.
1971 Automatic
Last but not least we have the popular 1971 Automatic, which is a Swiss made with a STP-11 movement. The STP-11 is a ETA 2824 clone, which means that this movement is based on the original ETA design. These designs were patented but eventually expired, therefore it's not a fake ETA but a clone.
The STP-11 has 26 jewels and a 44 hours power reserve, with a standard deviation of -20/+20 seconds a day. It's a familiar movement for every watchmaker, so getting it serviced will be easy.
The last category of timepieces we offer is the chronographs, where we primarily use the same movement, but 3 different versions of the same movement. They are called the Miyota 6S11, Miyota 6S20 and Miyota 6S21, they are all three quartz and only the number of dials and their placement on the dials is different. The sub dials are placed either vertical or horizontal on the dial with the 6S11 and 6S21. These Japanese movements are very accurate and there is only -20/+20 seconds a month devotion, with 3-4 years battery lifetime.
1815 Chronograph, 1815 Justin Gatlin, 1844 Chronograph
The 6S11 is used for 1815 and 1844, which has the vertical sub dial version with seconds and minutes.
1960 Racing Chronograph
The 6S20 has 3 sub dials and is used for our 1960 Racing Chronograph for more precise time measurement, since it can measure down to one twentieth of a second.
1934 Telechron
The 6S21 is used for the newest chronograph in the collection, called 1934 Telechron and has the 2 horizontal sub dials with seconds and minutes too.
1899 Rossonero Automatic
The second collaboration between About Vintage and AC Milan resulted in the 1899 Rossonero Automatic, commemorating their 123rd anniversary. This model, available in three colors representing each of their jerseys, features a new automatic movement from Miyota, introduced in 2018 as part of their premium line.
Named the Miyota 9039, this movement powers the 1899 Rossonero exclusively. It adopts a classic 3-handed display without a date complication and boasts a +42 hours power reserve when fully wound. Simply turn the crown 40 times to fully wind the watch. The expected accuracy of this timepiece ranges between -10 and +30 seconds a day, a common feature among automatic watches in this price range.
That was a lot of information in one go, but I hope that you appreciate our features and handcraft as much as we do. you're welcome to explore the whole collection here, and find your new favorite timepiece.
