Bonus Audio: WatchTime’s Interview with Ulysse Nardin CEO Patrik Hoffman
In the November-December issue of WatchTime, on sale next week, technical editor Mike Disher profiles Ulysse Nardin and its ambitious new CEO, Patrik Hoffman. Below, you can listen to excerpts from the wide-ranging interview.In this bonus online-only feature, Hoffman speaks to WatchTime about the importance of the U.S. market, the company’s plans for the new chronograph movement that it purchased from Ebel, and its strategy for more vertical integration, including future plans for the first watch with its UN-118 in-house movement, the Marine Chronometer.For the entire Ulysse Nardin feature, pick up a copy of the November-December WatchTime, on sale now, or download the Kindle edition, which is available on Amazon.Receive all the news, features and reviews from WatchTime for free!?Sign up to our free weekly newsletter?and get it all delivered to your inbox.

Kid Gets Grieb & Benzinger Area 51 Luxury Watch, With Aliens
Grieb & Benzinger themselves personally shared with me that they never thought they would make a watch quite like this. Called the Area 51, this absolute unique timepiece borne of hand-decoration and fantastic German artistic skills is about space aliens. Oh, and we'd like to have a little "caption contest" with readers, just read more belowDon't forget that the client personally needed to OK the brand sharing details about the watch. Any brand that produces custom watches for special customers don't share the designs by default. In fact some of biggest Swiss watchmakers have impressive bespoke services producing amazing watches that you will never see. We've seen someand I have to say some of the world's most high-end unique timepieces are either awe-inspiring, or just plain hilarious.The people who brought you marvels such as the Black Tulip (our webmaster's favorite watch of all time) and Blue Danube also bring you shocked-looking metallic 1950's era movie space aliens with prec

Hands-On: The New Seiko Prospex 200m Divers, SRP775 And SRP777, Two Dive Watches Made Like Quartz Never Happened
This year we've got two new additions to the Seiko family of entry and mid-level diver's watches. These are the new-to-the-Prospex line, cushion-cased-shaped dive watches, which for the U.S. market, currently consists of two references: SRP775 (with bracelet) and SRP777 (on a silicon rubber strap). Seiko's entry level dive watches have probably been the first automatic mechanical watch for more future watch enthusiasts than any other type of watch (except possibly the Seiko 5) and with good reason: they represent a combination of honesty, practicality, durability, and history that, along with a price that puts them in reach for anyone with an interest in mechanical watches, makes them a no-brainer. So how well do the new models measure up to the classics? Let's take a look. 1 OF 12 Before getting started on the watches, a bit about Seiko nomenclature. The vintage Seiko divers that the new Prospex models most resemble are the cushion-cased 6306/9, 150-meter

RO 15400 for Diver
So I've been toying with the idea of trading in my 15400 for a Diver. Mainly because I think I would wear the Diver more because of its casual nature. Has anyone gone this route and regretted it?Does anyone have any side to side comparisons?

Vintage watch sites
Can anyone post a few links to reputable sellers of vintage Omegas. Thx.