I picked up a Nightflight Vintage (black dial) yesterday; I already owned a Cartouche (silver dial). Obviously, I love the case design, dials, quality, and price!
These are wonderful watches, and easily do double duty as dress or sport watches with the right straps (I have a black Rios alligator 246 on the Vintage, and a honey on the Cartouche). The Vintage glows like a flashlight, and does so without basking in light for a long time. Furthermore, the ratio of the luminous material on the hands to that on the numerals is perfect, unlike many other watches, where the hands have a thin band of luminova and the numerals are larger and brighter. The luminova color on hands and numerals matches, too (unlike many other watches); it is the most easily read watch at night that I've ever seen (moreso even than a Luminox I have). While I thought I'd like white luminova better (as on my Sinn 356), the green is perfect -- it does give a more vintage look, and it is brighter than the white variant).
Both are from Timeworks in Philly -- if you're looking for a dealer, Aaron is the man to contact.
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