https://professionalwatches.com/alpina/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:41:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/professionalwatches.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-PW-Site-icon-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://professionalwatches.com/alpina/ 32 32 144002254 https://professionalwatches.com/alpina-heritage-carree-mechanical-140-years/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:41:45 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=73871 Alpina was founded in 1883 and turns 140 in 2023, so they’re Swiss offering two limited edition timepieces with new old stock movements that have been fully restored. The Heritage Carrée Mechanical 140 Years comes in a 29.5 x 9.71 mm (35.7 mm lug-to-lug) rectangular-shaped stepped stainless steel case and is offered with either a…]]> 73871 https://professionalwatches.com/alpina-startimer-pilot-heritage-manufacture/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:53:34 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=69623 Alpina offers a cushion-shaped collection called the Pilot Heritage and today they’ve announced a few new models. Distinguished by a 40.75 mm x 13.75 mm (42 mm lug-to-lug) cushion-shaped case, the same as other models in the collection such as this chrono and this GMT, the new 2022 Startimer Pilot Heritage Manufacture watch is available…]]> 69623 https://professionalwatches.com/2022-alpina-seastrong-diver-300-heritage/ Tue, 10 May 2022 15:26:48 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=66516 First introduced in 2016, Alpina’s Seastrong Diver 300 Heritage is an accessibly priced dive watch with a super compressor case. Unlike traditional dive watches — which have a rotating external dive bezel and a single crown — a super compressor case is distinguished by dual crowns, one that controls the time and the other that…]]> 66516 https://professionalwatches.com/alpiner-regulator-automatic/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:37:59 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=53029 Alpina has brought back it’s regulator watch — which they last offered for sale in 2003. The Alpiner Regulator Automatic looks not much like its predecessor, as the entire aesthetic of Alpina has changed over the years since Frederique Constant SA bought the company (2003), but what’s the same is the regulator layout which has…]]> 53029 https://professionalwatches.com/introducing-the-seastrong-diver-gyre-automatic/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 03:10:32 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=48788 Today, Swiss watchmaker Alpina debuted a new collection manufactured with watch cases made primarily from recycled plastic waste. The Seastrong Diver Gyre Automatic comes in either 44 mm men’s models or 36 mm ladies’ versions. And similar to the Outerknown watch straps offered by Breitling since 2019, the cases are made from discarded fishing nets…]]> 48788 https://professionalwatches.com/2019-alpina-startimer-pilot-heritage-chronograph/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:58:01 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=41073 Last year Alpina, the accessibly priced Swiss brand that’s owned by the Citizen Group, introduced the Alpina Startimer Pilot Heritage GMT which was received positively. Following up on the success of that watch Alpina recently debuted another watch in the same 42 mm x 40.75 mm cushion-shaped stainless steel case called the Alpina Startimer Pilot…]]> 41073 https://professionalwatches.com/alpina-debuts-two-new-versions-of-the-seastrong-diver-heritage/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:35:40 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=38235 In 2016, Alpina introduced the Seastrong Diver Heritage, based on the company’s Alpina 10 Super Compressor diving watch (which you can see here) that originally came out in 1969. This week, Alpina, announced two new versions of their existing Seastrong Diver Heritage watch which feature bronze color PVD plated stainless steel cases. The two new…]]> 38235 https://professionalwatches.com/frederique-constant-expands-plan-les-ouates-factory/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:53:21 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=37623 Yesterday, The Frederique Constant Group officially inaugurated their newly expanded factory and headquarters in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland (adjacent to Geneva). In 2004, Frederique Constant debuted its first manufacture caliber, followed a total of 28 in-house movements since then. By 2006, the company felt the need to expand its production facilities and moved into a 3,200 square…]]> 37623 https://professionalwatches.com/introducing-the-alpina-startimer-pilot-heritage-gmt/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:49:36 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/?p=29950 Alpina recently introduced a new Startimer Pilot watch model that has a unique dual-crown system with a GMT function, which at first glance, makes the watch look like an alarm watch, which it’s not. Presented in a 42 mm x 40.75 mm stainless steel case the Startimer Pilot Heritage GMT comes in four dial colorways:…]]> 29950 https://professionalwatches.com/alpina-startimer-pilot-automatic-hands-on/ Thu, 25 May 2017 17:35:01 +0000 https://professionalwatches.com/alpina_startimer_pilot_automatic_hands-on/ Swiss watchmaker, Alpina, introduced four new timepieces within their highly affordable Startimer Automatic collection this year at Baselworld. The Startimer collection is made of basic time and date watches, chronographs, and even a manufacture worldtimer. Some of the mechanical collection is powered by in-house movements and others by Sellita movements. The timepieces we are discussing here…]]> 1907