The thing these cameras share with vintage hand made bicycles is that boundary land between craft and art. Sure things must be crafted to meticulous tolerances, but then you see in the form art blending into ease of function, It all comes from a certain age and you see ii in so many things, hand tools, cameras and one of my favorites, well made watches. Even industrial production from that time would still incorporate style in the design, thus the age of finned automobiles saw the same in simple blenders, refrigerators and other tools of domestic life, then there were the early tube televisions which often bordered on being something from a good B Sci-Fi movie.
Now we have convenience in function that borders on being too difficult to use and terribly fragile, e.g., how many patches does it take before it works? And that's leaving aside the ability to hack and disable/take over the thing. Yes, it is a wonder to see my grandchildren in France in real time, but when we forget the internet is just a tool, some of our humanity is forgotten, Whereas with these well made tools you feel the humanity of their creator and are drawn into there use.