![]() ![]() AL-880LS4V6B2 with white dial and metal Milanaise (mesh) bracelet.AL-880LS4V6 with white dial and metal brushed/polished bracelet.AL-880LB4V6B2 with black dial and metal Milanaise (mesh) bracelet.AL-880LB4V6B with black dial and metal brushed/polished bracelet. ![]() Reference: AL-880LB4V6 with black dial and black rubber strap.Model: Alpina Extreme 40 Sailing Chronograph. In 2011 Alpina launched the Sailing Collection, starting with the Extreme 40 Sailing Chronograph, co-developed to emphasize the collaboration with the Italian Extreme 40 catamaran Team Niceforyou.Īlpina Extreme 40 Sailing Chronograph, with rubber strap, steel or Milanaise bracelet. But when ETA discontinued the production of the Valjoux movements, as among the 7757, Alpina decided to develop an in-house module for the regatta function. And as a sponsor for various regattas, the idea for a new regatta watch was born. After a purchase of all shares in 1972 by German investors, Alpine Watch International SA was acquired by Frederique Constant with the Dutch Peter Stas as CEO in 2002, and soon after Alpina watches were relaunched worldwide.Īs of that moment, Alpine again is manufacturing its own movements. Whereas other major brands got together to form groups (as the Swatch Group), Alpine tried to fight the crisis alone. As many other watch brands, the company came in a difficult period in the 1970s when the quartz crisis violently crushed the Swiss watch-industry. In 1901, the trademark ‘Alpina’ was registered and appeared for the first time on high-end calibres and watches produced by Gottlieb Hauser. In 1883 Gottlieb Hauser founded his Alpina Swiss Watchmakers Corporation, and in doing so united the leading Swiss independent watchmakers who became known as the Alpinists. ![]()
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