1960 Gift Set

Midnight Racing

1960 Racing Chronograph, Steel / Black & Off White

1960 Racing Chronograph, Steel / Black & Off White

1960 Racing Chronograph, Steel / Off White & Black

Great watch. Recommend switching out the band. Have black racing and black silicone band. Very pleased.

I purchased this watch directly from the "About Vintage" website, based on the looks of the watch and the chronograph functionality. I love having the ability to measure events with an accuracy to about 1/20th of a sec with a chronograph watch, and this watch has that capability. Unfortunately, shortly after receiving this watch I discovered that the minutes subdial on this watch proved to be problematic. After using the chronograph just several times I noticed the minute subdial would not reset to zero minutes. It was off by 3 to 4 minutes, which, of course, is totally unacceptable for a chronograph. I tried resetting the subdials but unfortunately, on this watch, it is only possible to reset the seconds hand and the tenths of second subdial. It is not possible to reset the minutes subdial!
I contacted About Vintage by email and they quickly responded that it appears to be "a manufacturing defect" and they arranged to send me a replacement watch. Ten days later I received a second watch, which had the same problem! I concluded that the problem with this watch was likely a design/engineering defect that probably affects most, if not all, of their watches, so I requested a refund. Unfortunately, About Vintage has yet to respond to my request for a refund. I am not very happy that this company has manufactured a watch with such an obvious and serious flaw, and I am not happy with this company's response to my problem.