Introducing the Alpiner 4 GMT + Chronograph by Alpina
130 year old Swiss brand Alpina seems to be in the process of reinventing itself, going back to what made the company great. Alpina's original Alpine 4 from the 1930s was a watch conforming to company founder Gottlieb Hauser's four criteria for a sports watch: anti-magnetic, anti-shock, water resistant, and made of stainless steel. Such watches were intended to take on everything from mountain climbing to diving in alpine lakes.Now at Baselworld, Alpina has come out with a new version of the venerable watch �C the Alpiner 4. The new collection actually contains two models, both in 44mm steel cases. One is a GMT watch with Alpina's new AL-550 GMT movement, featuring an in-house GMT/24H module. The other is a bi-compax Alpina AL-860 (Sellita SW500 based) chronograph.The new Alpiner 4 goes a few better than the original criteria all for, adding a nice GMT complication. Nice because the hour hand is quick-set while the GMT hand remains stationary. Typically a GMT movement functions the othe

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Omega Seamaster 600.
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Panerai market
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