Vintage is not for me. Anyone else feel the same way?

[RCrusoe]

I've just gotten back into watch collecting and have picked up a new watch for the first time in a little while. I've recently ended up adding a 6-digit (modern) Daytona to my collection but my intention was initially to find something vintage. I've recently celebrated a milestone and was looking at a "birth year" watch from the late 70s.

In particular I was looking at possibly picking up a Sub or GMT master from this era. I've been looking quite extensively both in North America and Europe, have tried on a number of watches, and have now realized that I don't think that I could ever be happy with a vintage Rolex from the 70s.

After having picked so many up and tried so many on I just can't seem to get over how "light" they feel and how the bracelets don't have any heft at all and feel like scrap metal (tin) to me. I know the price of these watches is often many times what new references cost but I just can't seem to get over the fact that every other modern watch I own feels more substantial than a vintage Rolex from the 70s.

Although I know watch collecting is far from rational, I just can't seem to get over how light some of the watches feel. I can't even imagine paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a Daytona from the 70s without any of the modern weight/heft...

Are there any others in the same predicament?