Pre-Owned Picks: Neo-Vintage Watches With Staying Power

Five watches from the Hodinkee Shop that are old enough to drink.͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌   [STORIES]( [SHOP]( [SELL OR TRADE]( [INSURANCE]( [STRAPS]( [Hodinkee Pre-Owned Picks]( [Pre-Owned Picks: Neo-Vintage Watches With Staying Power]( [Last week was all about Watches & Wonders, an event that creates a big buzz around the newest releases.]( [It can take time to digest what we do or do not like about an emoji Rolex or if we can convince our significant other to let us grab that L.U.C, so for now let's take a look at some watches that we have all had plenty of time to think about.]( [This week's pre-owned picks are about the neo-vintage watches in our collection. The ones that aren't ready for their AARP card nor are they young enough to escape the patina of tritium or the scratches that come with non-ceramic bezels. There is no agreed definition of what timeline defines the neo-vintage era, but generally from when mechanical watch making was starting to come back after the quartz takeover until modern lume and materials started to propel us into a new world of watchmaking: or roughly 1980 - 2000.]( [BY MARK HACKMAN]( [READ THE SHOP JOURNAL]( FEATURED ON THIS WEEK'S PRE-OWNED PICKS [Image of Rolex GMT-Master II Coke 16710]( [Rolex GMT-Master II Coke 16710]( This model 16710 is from 1991, a time when Rolex was transitioning from its roots as a producer of tool watches, to a producer of luxury goods. The lume plots are no longer applied directly to the dial but rather housed in white gold, which adds depth to the dial and a high-end shine older GMT-Masters don't have. This model has a slight scuff on the white gold minute hand, but all of the tritium has started to patina to a beautiful cream color without any cracking, which takes 30 years of patience and luck to achieve. [Tudor Submariner Midsize 75190]( Tudor may have put out a buzzy 37mm dive watch this year in the Black Bay 54, but they've gone smaller in the past. The 75190 Midsize Tudor Submariner is a classic 36mm case that is kept to a very slender 10mm thanks to the ETA 2824-2 movement inside. To ask if Rolex had some influence over Tudor design during the 1990s is like asking if a bear defecates in a dendrologist's place of study. The hands, markers, case shape, and cyclops date are borrowed from a Rolex Submariner without regard for a patent attorney's opinion. [Image of Tudor Submariner Midsize 75190]( [Image of OMEGA Speedmaster Broad Arrow 1957 Re-Edition Chronograph 3594.50.00]( [OMEGA Speedmaster Broad Arrow 1957 Re-Edition Chronograph 3594.50.00]( This Speedmaster Broad Arrow was released in 1997 to celebrate 40 years of the original smash-hit Speedmaster with its steel bezel and big 'ol arrow hands. This tribute to the original includes the old-school Omega logo on the dial and a near-flawless bezel – something that is rare for an over 20-year-old piece of exposed steel. Inside is the caliber 1861, a movement that was standard for Speedmasters in the late 1990s, and is a direct descendant of the original caliber 321. [Cartier Santos Galbee Large W20018D6]( Introduced in 1987 as a sleeker, smaller, and less boxey version of the Santos Carree, the Galbee kickstarted an upward sales trend for what continues to be a staple in the Cartier catalog. The unusual part of this Santos is the blue printing on the dial. Nearly all the Santos Galbees made were done so with traditional black printing. The in-house Caliber 687 quartz keeps things accurate, and a few small scratches adorn the stainless-steel bezel, something to be expected from a watch born in 1999. [Image of Cartier Santos Galbee Large W20018D6]( [Image of Breitling Navtimer Twin Sixty 2 A39022.1]( [Breitling Navtimer Twin Sixty 2 A39022.1]( Despite the name, this is not a traditional Navitimer, this is the very unusual Breitling Twin Sixty 2. Produced for a very short run in 1999, this watch didn't even make it into the annual Breitling catalog before it was discontinued. At a hair under 42mm across, the case is actually smaller than many Navitimers without losing the slide-rule scale or any chronograph information. The chronograph has the traditional seconds hand, with a large minute hand right behind it for easy elapsed minute reading. 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