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 On this week's HODINKEE Radio, Saori Omura and Brandon Frazin from the HODINKEE Shop's vintage team made an appearance to clear up some of the common misconceptions in this space. Every week, right here, we aim to lower the barrier to entry in owning and enjoying a vintage watch because, to many, it can seem like a chore to dig in, know the seller, become obsessed with reference numbers, and the rest. The watches featured in this weekly article and in the HODINKEE Shop can sell quickly at times. If you're interested in being one of the first to know (hint, it's pretty much always Wednesday at 11:00 AM ET), replica uhren sign up for our newsletter, or even drop us a note (vintage@hodinkee.com) with what you're looking for. From classics like the Omega Speedmaster and Rolex Explorer to a bit of funk like a Movado "TV" El Primero and a Bulova Accutron Astronaut, there should be something in this week's collection to scratch just about every itch. Just a...

 Sitting at the corner of April and May, we're in the strange time of year when spring has fully sprung, but it's not quite summer yet. The days are getting warmer and longer, and we're shedding layers. That long-awaited (and after the past year, I mean long-awaited) summer vacation is right within reach, but not yet. Before the summer solstice, rolex replica there are still holidays to be celebrated (hint: Mother's Day is coming up – May 9!) and graduation milestones to be notched. Whether you need a great gift or just some retail therapy to get you through to the first beach getaway of the season, we have a watch for that. This week's pre-owned lineup is pretty exciting. For the first time ever, we have a model from Habring². We also have some killer limited-edition watches, like an OMEGA Seamaster 1948 Limited Edition and a Tudor Black Bay Chrono Dark Limited Edition. There's also a Breitling Emergency and, one of our personal favorites, a Rolex Submariner D...

 Consider, for a moment, the dial of a Rolex GMT-Master. A blue and red bezel emblazoned with numbers hugs its face. From the center of the dial, four uniquely shaped hands stretch outward. In the place of numerals is a series of gleaming shapes: A rectangle, circle, and triangle. The watch is far from spare – the opposite, really. And yet, you could argue that the GMT is minimalist in its own totally not-minimalist way. Admittedly, it's a bit of a contradiction: The GMT's dial is filled with stuff, but it was a remarkably efficient design when first produced. Rolex created the GMT in 1955 for Pan American Airline pilots who regularly shifted between time zones. replika órák The pilots needed a workhorse of a watch that could tell the time in two different places, while keeping track of the date and whether it was day or night. The dial's resultant visual complexity was directly related to its functionality. At the time it was designed, the GMT was as minimal as it could b...

 With the first drop of May, we, on the HODINKEE Vintage Team, continue to focus on curating a collection of what could be your next summer watch, the watch of the summer you could say. This week, we're going for a dual purpose in the selection. With Mother's Day around the corner, we thought it'd be great to offer some options that lean more toward the smaller wrist crowd than normal. A 1960s Heuer Carrera "45" works just as well as a man's best friend, a summer companion at the race track or, more realistically, replicas relojes at the bar (celebrating Cinco De Mayo with a margarita?) as it does on a smaller wrist of, maybe, a mother in your life. The wrist shots when viewed side by side are really stunning to look at. The same goes for a vintage glossy dialed Submariner or the interesting Omega with Breguet style numerals we have in this selection. Check out all the watches in this week's vintage drop here, and read on for a bit more on one watch chose...

 Watches have played a vital role in humankind's exploration of the heavens, with the successful moon landing and the Omega Speedmasters worn during Apollo 11 stealing the show and dominating the narrative around watches in space. While the moon tends to get all the glory, space travel around and beyond it is just as crucial to horological legend. Exactly 60 years ago at 9:37 AM on May 5th, 1961, Alan Shepard made history when he manually piloted his Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 in space, thus becoming the first American to achieve suborbital flight. replicas iwc The whole ordeal lasted a mere 15 minutes and 28 seconds, but its impact would set the stage for manned spaceflight for decades to come. If there's one man who knows about watches in space, it's retired NATO officer Philip Corneille. Over the decades, he's amassed a collection of rarely seen photographs highlighting various lesser-known space watches and posted them to his Tumblr Moon Watch Universe. On the 60...