Jewellery & Watch News
For as long as we can remember, Alpina have been associated with some of the greatest horological innovations in history. Their reliable and robust sports watches are designed to keep you company on all your adventures, no matter how demanding the environment. Crafted from durable materials and equipped with highly praised Swiss automatic watch movement, each Alpina watch is specifically engineered to withstand the depths of our oceans and the high altitudes of our mountains.
Alpina was first founded in 1883 by Gottleib Haiser who had a vision of uniting Swiss watchmaking industry forces to achieve the very best in technical innovation and watch manufacturing. As well as wanting to craft his very own manufacture movements, Haiser also dreamed of providing sportsmen, engineers and technicians of all kinds with their dream watch, a timepiece that would assist them no matter where they went. This vision turned into a reality with the introduction of the Alpina 4 concept in 1938.
The Alpina 4 sports watch imposed four key principles to ensure it would survive every situation: antimagnetic, anti-shock, water resistance and stainless steel. This remarkable way of thinking allowed the Alpina 4 watches to become the timekeeper of choice for Alpinists, air force pilots, divers, the navy and the military. These four ideals are still alive in the Alpina watches you see today, ensuring sportsmen of every kind are taken care of. Today we will be breaking down all the latest Alpina watch collections to help you find the perfect model for you.
Alpina Alpiner Watches
Starting off strong, let’s take a look at the Alpina Alpiner watch collection. These fantastic sport watches are available with both automatic and quartz movements proving you can achieve exceptional functionality with every type of budget. Many of the Alpina Alpiner Automatic watches boast some of the brand’s own manufacture movement, of which there are now five in total.
One Alpina calibre that we can’t take our eyes off is their fly back chronograph. The Alpina Alpiner 4 Manufacture Fly Back Chronograph watch is breathtaking, not only for its exterior aesthetic but for its AL-760 automatic movement. This calibre was the brand’s first fully in-house developed and produced chronograph movement and it didn’t fail to impress comprising of 233 components and the ingenious direct fly back construction.
Alpina AlpinerX Watches
One of their newest collections, the Alpina AlpinerX watch collection first began as a Kickstarter project with an initial target of 50,000 francs. Instead, they made over 1.5 million Swiss francs from supporters eager to buy this Swiss made hybrid smartwatch. Boasting a durable design perfect for use outdoors and incredible smart watch features like a UV monitor, altimeter and barometer, the Alpina AlpinerX smartwatch has not disappointed so far.
There are a huge variety of AlpinerX watches to choose from, each boasting different coloured dial designs and a range of luxurious straps to wear. The hybrid dials are applied with luminous indexes and hour and minute hands alongside a digital screen that displays the date and smartwatch functions. You can find activity and sleep tracking, dynamic coach training, smart alarms, worldtimer, compass function and many more handy tools in each Alpina AlpinerX watch. At the beginning of this year, we were also treated to the first Alpina AlpinaX limited edition watch, the Freeride World Tour watch which saw the timepiece on top of some of the world’s most dangerous mountains in collaboration with the Ski Freeride World Tour.
Alpina Startimer Watches
Since their first release in 2011, Alpina Startimer Pilot watches have become some of the most successful and most recognisable from the brand. Designed to be extremely precise, provide shock resistance and equipped with high contrasting dials for easy legibility, each Alpina Startimer watch is perfectly engineered for pilots of all types. These impressive designs have even allowed Alpina to become an official supplier of military aviation watches to continental air forces.
We are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing our favourite Alpina Startimer Pilot watch. The Startimer Worldtimer is great value for those who cross time zones frequently while the Startimer Chronograph Military Pilot watches are aimed at those who require easy to use chronograph function alongside a rugged, masculine design. Recently, we have been treated to a brand new range of Alpina Startimer Heritage watches that take inspiration from retro pilots watches from the past with a throwback barrel case design and a variety of bold dial colours to choose from.
Alpina Seastrong Watches
From the skies to the ocean, Alpina aren’t afraid to test out every environment. The Alpina Seastrong watch collection does just that with an incredible range of diving watches that are resistant to shallow and deep sea diving. Not only is each Alpina Seastrong watch designed to be a highly reliable diving instrument but they are perfectly designed with an aesthetic that takes you from a day in the office out to a formal dinner.
Equipped with all the necessary features of a diving watch, the Alpina Seastrong comes with luminous hands, indexes and bezel markers and unidirectional bezels so you can safely measure oxygen levels underwater. At the beginning of the year, we saw the release of some brand new Alpina Seastrong 300 watches directly inspired by the brand’s heritage. These stunning instruments remain faithful to the distinctive design that has made the Alpina Seastrong so recognisable but come with new materials including titanium and bronze PVD coated cases.
Alpina Comtesse Watches
The Alpina watch collection for women, Alpina Comtesse watches are absolutely beautiful and provide the most exceptional instruments for women who care about both beauty and performance. First launched all the way back in 1993, Alpina Comtesse watches show no sign of slowing down with their delightful combinations of sportiness, elegance and Swiss innovation.
There are a plenty of Alpina Comtesse ladies watches to choose from with each crafted from precious materials such as gold, mother of pearl and dazzling diamonds. The Alpina Comtesse Black Mother of Pearl watch is probably our favourite for its rich tones of black and green that look unmissable on the wrist. Most of these Alpina watches for women are also fitted with the Alpina AL-240 quartz movement which provides handy hour, minute and seconds function and a date window at 3 o clock.
Alpina Horological Smartwatches
Following in the footsteps of their novelty Seastrong collection comes the Alpina Seastrong Horological smartwatch. These fantastic hybrid wearables pack their popular divers watch with incredible smartwatch functions including activity tracking, sleep monitoring, get active alerts, dynamic coaching, mobile notifications and many more. Each Alpina Seastrong Horological smartwatch continues to boast the same diving style as its analog counterpart with 60 minute unidirectional bezels and 100 metre water resistant cases.
As well as there being Alpina Horological smartwatches for men, we are treated to the very same for women. The Alpina Comtesse Horological watches provide the very same functionality as the Seastrong in terms of smartwatch design but instead we are given beautifully crafted all-black or all-white glass fibre cases decorated with mother of pearl dials, rose gold plated bezels and diamond dot indices. For a hybrid smartwatch, the Alpina Horological watches are also incredibly affordable retailing from only £525.
If any of these incredible collections of Alpina watches have taken your fancy or you would just love to learn more, please feel free to head over to our website or contact our talented team of watch specialists at sales@cwsellors.com or on 01335 453453.
