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A ver, vintage no proviene del francés, veinte es vingt.
Vintage es un término vinícola que vendría a significar "Reserva", si bien implica una antigüedad es más un referente a la calidad o dicho de otro modo un vino vintage sería un viejo reserva, el mejor de una cosecha dada o en todo caso un vino representativo de una época determinada.
Un par de explicaciones del término en inglés:
"The word vintage comes to us from wineries and includes quality in its
definition "Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring
appeal" so while an antique could be anything that was particularly
old [and, one would assume, saleable] items that were vintage would be
presumed to be of high quality."
"Vintage is a term applicable to a wider variety of objects, including items that may or may not be 'antique.' An item described as 'vintage' should speak of the era in which it was produced. Vintage can mean an item is of a certain period of time, as in "vintage 1950's" but it can also mean (and probably always should) that the item exhibits the best of a certain quality, or qualities, associated with or belonging to that specific era. In other words, for the term vintage to accurately apply to it, an item should be somewhat representational and recognizable as
belonging to the era in which it was made."
Explicado esto y ateniéndonos a Rolex, un vintage sería por ejemplo un submariner de los que se fabricaron al principio, cualquier otro aunque tenga 100 años jamás será un vintage a pesar de que la gente en ebay y otros sitios se empeñe en que sí lo sea.
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