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REVIEW: The Alpina Alpiner Automatic
Fullscreen Overview Alpina is the sport watch brand from the same group which owns Frederique Constant. Both brands are focused on producing luxury Swiss timepieces which are also affordable, and as a way to increase efficiency, they are made in the same factory in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva” Launched this year at Baselworld, the new Alpiner Automatic…
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PHOTO REPORT: Alpina Heritage Exhibition at Tourneau
Fullscreen Alpina recently had an exhibition at the Tourneau Time Machine in Midtown Manhattan highlighting the brand’s heritage, which dates back to 1883. On display were a variety of the brands important historic wristwatches, pocket watches and movements. Alpina CEO, Guido Benedini, joyfully explained that he had recently acquired a few of the vintage pieces…
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Introducing the Horological Smartwatch Platform
On February 26, 2015 at the Lodge at the Regency Center in San Fransisco – in front of a large audience of journalists and retailers from North America – the CEOs of Frederique Constant, Alpina and Mondaine announced the MotionX-365® Horological Smartwatch Open Platform. This is the first platform developed that allows smart watch features…
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Baselworld 2016: Alpiner 4 Manufacture Flyback Chronograph Full Black
Alpina has just previewed their soon to be released Full Black Alpiner 4 Manufacture Flyback Chronograph, which is essentially a black version of the Alpiner 4 Manufacture Flyback that debuted in steel last year at Baselworld. The Alpina Flyback Chronograph caliber AL-760 represented quite a milestone for the brand when it came out last year…
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Hands-On with the Alpina Seastrong Diver Heritage at Baselworld
Yesterday, at the start of Baselworld 2016, Alpina unveiled a retro diver watch called the Seastrong Diver Heritage, based on their iconic “Seastrong 10” Super Compressor Diving watch from the 1960s. The new collection consists of two variants: one with a white and black dial (Ref. AL-525S4H6), and the other with a grey and dark…
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Citizen to acquire the Frederique Constant Group
Today, in Tokyo, Japan, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Frederique Constant Holding SA. The Frederique Constant Group consists of Frederique Constant, Alpina, and DeMonaco – which maybe most importantly has over a dozen manufacture calibers available to use at these three brands, and now, presumably to…
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Introduces The Alpina Startimer Classic Automatic Chrono Watches
WTF Swiss Alpina? Seriously, is this a joke? Is this watch genetically short? Can you call a 44mm wide dwarf? Oh, I’m sorry, I mean “little watch.” No, watch Is the right size, but in the hands, those sad poor hands, at least atrophy. Look at them all the sadness? Even the chronograph subdial hand…