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Era erfarenheter av alpina, främst quarts verk.

Urkvinnan

Vacheron
2-Faktor
Jag har en Alpina Avalanche Extreme som jag är jättenöjd med. Annorlunda design, går som en klocka.
http://cdn2.jomashop.com/media/cata...-rubber-men_s-watch-al-240mpbd3fbaec4_2_1.jpg
Försökte hitta mer info om urverket när jag köpte den (AL240), men fascinerades mer av historien.
Jag hade inte sett någon Alpina innan jag köpte min på Magnussons Urs rea i vintras, men tydligen har märket funnits sedan 1883 och ägs sedan 2002 av Frédérique Constant.

Nedanstående text kommer från http://swissdiverswatches.com/swiss-divers-watches/alpina-3

In 1883, Alpina Swiss Watchmakers Corporation was established by Gottlieb Hauser. The original name of the brand was “Alpina Union Horlogère S.A. (UH)/ Schweizerische Uhrmacher-Genossenschaft”. In 2002, Alpina was purchased by Frédérique Constant SA – owned by Peter and Aletta Stas. Alpina’s headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.

Gottlieb Hauser united independent Swiss watchmakers who were later on referred to as “Alpinists” – thereby giving the brand its name – Alpina.

Originally, Hauser intended for Alpina to optimize the production of timepieces and movements, but the brand ultimately ended up developing and producing its very own chronometers and in-house movements – also referred to as “calibers”.

In 1890, Alpina moved its headquarters to Biel/Bienne, where the brand produced its movements or calibers.

In 1910, Alpina developed and designed a pocket watch with a perpetual calendar function. For that time it was indeed a technical feat.

In 1920, following WW1, Alpina expanded dramatically – approximately 2000 retailers across Europe sold Alpina watches.

In 1969, Alpina developed the “Alpina Diver 10 Seastrong”. This was the beginning of Alpina’s divers watches. The original Seastrong divers watches were powered by an automatic movement equipped with 17 jewels, were water resistant to 200 meters, and had anti-magnetic propterties.

In the 1970s the quartz revolution started, and the world was flooded with battery or quartz driven watches, thus making automatic and mechanical watches obsolete and less desirable. Alpina, which traditionally manufactured automatic and mechanical watches, was hit hard by what Alpina itself calls the “quartz crisis”. However, the brand survived and remained an independent watchmaker.

In the mid 1980s, there was a renaissance of mechanical and automatic watches, but Alpina lacked a clear purpose and direction back in the 1980s, and therefore suffered financially from it. Peter Stas – a Dutch entrepeneur, saved Alpina as a brand, and rediscovered that Alpina had a rich history and legacy within horology, and that the sports watch tradition is what truly defines the very essence of the brand.

In 2002, Alpina was purchased by Frédérique Constant SA which is owned by Peter Stas.
 
Intressant historia..! Kul att någon tar upp lite andra märken.. Känns som att det blir väääldigt mycket Rooåååleks härinne ibland..
 
Härligt! Är inne på en seastrong själv med bourdeux bezel, ligger i bra pris ny för en klocka och märke med den historien, gillade verkligen avsnittet du gjorde med just den!

Gillar även Hamilton, inte Swiss men ändå!
 

Equilibrium

Garth
2-Faktor
Härligt! Är inne på en seastrong själv med bourdeux bezel, ligger i bra pris ny för en klocka och märke med den historien, gillade verkligen avsnittet du gjorde med just den!

Gillar även Hamilton, inte Swiss men ändå!
Hamilton :) De har en ur-läcker Regulator modell !
(jag vet.... jag gillar småunderliga komplikationer)

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Jag har en Alpina Avalanche Extreme som jag är jättenöjd med. Annorlunda design, går som en klocka.
http://cdn2.jomashop.com/media/cata...-rubber-men_s-watch-al-240mpbd3fbaec4_2_1.jpg
Försökte hitta mer info om urverket när jag köpte den (AL240), men fascinerades mer av historien.
Jag hade inte sett någon Alpina innan jag köpte min på Magnussons Urs rea i vintras, men tydligen har märket funnits sedan 1883 och ägs sedan 2002 av Frédérique Constant.

Nedanstående text kommer från http://swissdiverswatches.com/swiss-divers-watches/alpina-3

In 1883, Alpina Swiss Watchmakers Corporation was established by Gottlieb Hauser. The original name of the brand was “Alpina Union Horlogère S.A. (UH)/ Schweizerische Uhrmacher-Genossenschaft”. In 2002, Alpina was purchased by Frédérique Constant SA – owned by Peter and Aletta Stas. Alpina’s headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.

Gottlieb Hauser united independent Swiss watchmakers who were later on referred to as “Alpinists” – thereby giving the brand its name – Alpina.

Originally, Hauser intended for Alpina to optimize the production of timepieces and movements, but the brand ultimately ended up developing and producing its very own chronometers and in-house movements – also referred to as “calibers”.

In 1890, Alpina moved its headquarters to Biel/Bienne, where the brand produced its movements or calibers.

In 1910, Alpina developed and designed a pocket watch with a perpetual calendar function. For that time it was indeed a technical feat.

In 1920, following WW1, Alpina expanded dramatically – approximately 2000 retailers across Europe sold Alpina watches.

In 1969, Alpina developed the “Alpina Diver 10 Seastrong”. This was the beginning of Alpina’s divers watches. The original Seastrong divers watches were powered by an automatic movement equipped with 17 jewels, were water resistant to 200 meters, and had anti-magnetic propterties.

In the 1970s the quartz revolution started, and the world was flooded with battery or quartz driven watches, thus making automatic and mechanical watches obsolete and less desirable. Alpina, which traditionally manufactured automatic and mechanical watches, was hit hard by what Alpina itself calls the “quartz crisis”. However, the brand survived and remained an independent watchmaker.

In the mid 1980s, there was a renaissance of mechanical and automatic watches, but Alpina lacked a clear purpose and direction back in the 1980s, and therefore suffered financially from it. Peter Stas – a Dutch entrepeneur, saved Alpina as a brand, and rediscovered that Alpina had a rich history and legacy within horology, and that the sports watch tradition is what truly defines the very essence of the brand.

In 2002, Alpina was purchased by Frédérique Constant SA which is owned by Peter Stas.
En fråga, kan man lita på jomashop?
 

Urkvinnan

Vacheron
2-Faktor
Jag har faktiskt ingen aning om hur pålitlig Jomashop är. Jag länkade bara till bilden för jag var för lat för att gå och hämta min egen klocka för att fota den :) Hoppas någon annan kan hjälpa dig där.
 
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