Now, Nezumi is launching their second edition of the Voiture, which includes some minor changes. It was sized well for a modern throwback at 40mm, featured the now-more-common Seiko Meca-Quartz VK63 movement, a sapphire crystal and an extremely reasonable price tag. It spoke to some classic designs, namely that of the Omega Speedmaster and the Universal Geneve Compax, while still having its own style. The watch, the Voiture, had an immediate appeal to vintage chronograph appreciators. Fast forward, they succeeded, and their first run of 350 watches, broken into 3 colorways, is all but gone. We first introduced Nezumi Studios just a touch over a year ago, as they were preparing to launch on kickstarter. And this brings me to the actual topic of this review, the Nezumi Voiture. Luckily, micro brands with their bolder design decisions and greater ability to respond to trends have made great strides. In the industry at large, this has been piece by piece, with many a watch getting close to that vintage charm, but not quite hitting it. As the vintage market boomed, so has the trend to take cues from the past and build them into modern pieces. So, what’s a collector to do? Well, it’s pretty obvious, look to modern watches. The more valuable a watch becomes, the less it’s about that enjoyment, to me at least. We buy watches to wear them and enjoy them, because their aesthetics appeal to us and they reinforce our personal styles. I, and I’m sure many of you, don’t just by watches as investments. $1,500 for a watch that was $600 a year ago) they result is the same. Whether this is because they simply cost too much or because they now just don’t feel quite worth it (i.e. While it’s great to see some watches get the credit they deserve, and to know that many collectors have watches that have gained value tremendously, I can’t help but be disappointed in knowing that some watches will just never grace my collection or my wrist. And, everyone apparently knows this… In the last few years the vintage market has boomed, and many timepieces that were once obtainable have become pieces to save for, while the pieces we used to want to save for have become out of reach. From more modest sizing to more adventurous designs to simply more variety in movements, the catalog of watches from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s are a treasure trove of great timepieces. Now that I have your attention, it’s no small secret that vintage watches have a certain charm and appeal that is often lacking in modern timepieces. Vintage is dead, modern is the new vintage!.