Alpina Startimer - a first-class automatic chronograph

The Swiss automatic chronograph movement AL-725, which stands for excellent accuracy and reliability of Alpina's luxury watches, was chosen as the drive for the startimers. The new Alpina Chronograph is equipped with the typical dial design that is characteristic of Alpina pilot watches - but this time with a charming touch of vintage. The Startimer also has the red triangle at 12 o'clock, which identifies the Alpina Startimer watch model as part of the Alpina collection. To ensure that you can read the time perfectly at all times, the Manufacture has refrained from placing the small second at 9 o'clock on the Alpina Startimer model. This division ultimately results in the vertical 'Bicompax' meter arrangement. The Startimer has a 44 mm case with antireflective sapphire crystal and a more generous pilot's screw crown. The Alpina Startimer is also waterproof to a maximum of 100 metres. The case back of the chronograph bears the emblem of the Startimer series as filigree engraving.

Watches from Alpina - Finest Precision Mechanics

The Alpina Startimer watch model - a brief summary of the technical details:Swiss Manufacture Chronograph movement AL-725 automatic with 46 hours power reserve, 25 jewels and 28,800 A/h (4 Hz; nowadays common frequency of the balance), the case is made of stainless steel with 14.6 millimeter height and 44 millimeter diameter, water resistant up to 330 ft (10 atm or 100 meters), the crown is screwed and the case back has an engraving of the logo of the Alpina Startimer collection, the dial is always matt (e.g. reference AL-725B4S6B). The watch glass is made of high-quality sapphire crystal and is anti-reflective and scratch-resistant. Other features include luminous hands and white applied luminous indexes, Arabic numerals, hour, minute, second and daily calendar displays at 3 o'clock. The bracelet is held in noble, robust leather and has a width of 22 millimetres, a folding clasp ensures safety.

Origin of the Alpina luxury watches

The Alpina brand has its origins in Winterthur/Switzerland where Gottlieb Hauser founded the company in 1883 as'Corporation d'Horlogers Suisse'. In order to secure a more central location for the watch manufactory, the company headquarters were moved to Biel/Switzerland in 1890. In 1901, the company published its own watch designs. At the same time, the Alpina brand was patented. From the beginning until about the middle of the 20th century, the watch manufacturer Alpina was a proven Swiss brand, which was the official supplier for the US-American'Continental Air Force', among others. The pioneers of aviation at that time demanded extremely precise accuracy: their pilot's watches and instruments had to be absolutely insensitive to shocks and also function extremely precisely. The luxury watch collections of Alpina at the time were also mostly equipped with anti-magnetic cases, oversized luminous hands and indices and high-contrast dials. The Startimer collection was presented to the public in 2011 and since then has been one of the most popular and professional series in the field of pilot watches.