Yes, it's over 30 years old.
Is that the yardstick that makes a watch "vintage"?? I've often wondered.
I think at one time it was something like 25 years was vintage and 100 years was antique, and that probably worked in the 1980s, but if we keep applying that then 1999 is vintage - and that isn't really appropriate, hence the neo-vintage tag that S/ELs seem to have picked up - to distinguish them from original Monacos and Carreras.
Yes, it's over 30 years old. The S95 designates it as a S/EL (Sports Elegance) model, the 206 means a gray dial. The vertical number starting with an A is the serial number.
I also own a S95, mine is a S95.806K, white dial. Bought it new back in '90 or '91. Here's mine:
In around '92-'93, TAG Heuer started to use a new reference number scheme for the same watches, e.g. WG1120 for the gray dial. So since yours is a S95, it's probably from around '90-'92.
I've seen different interpretations of what "vintage" means in the watch world. Generally, I've seen 25 years as old enough to be called vintage.
I feel there used to be a clean line where Heuer was vintage and the oldest TAG Heuers were more like neo-vintage as you say.
However, as time marches on, I feel that line has changed. Most would consider any watch older than 30 years to be vintage, so I feel that any TAG older than 30 years can be called a vintage TAG Heuer.
In the terms of the OP's question, it really depends upon how old Lizi feels "vintage" is.
Wow really?! What makes it a fake? Yes it is the watch in the avatar. How disappointing, I’m curious to know what makes it a fake. Thanks so much for your input.
Sure, it's not a good fake so it's not like a small detail or anything. The general quality of the watch is poor, you just have to compare it to a photo of a real ladies S/EL. But also one of the obvious points is that the bracelet should be made of two separate parts (left and right) whereas yours the links are solid.The crown is also the wrong shape. The dial is wrong and I don't think there was a blue ladies S/EL, certainly not that tone of blue - possibly a darker one.
