It is no exaggeration to say that Alpina Sailing Replica Watch was one of Europe’s leading watchmakers. Initially it was to purchase watch components and making own calibres.The is offered in a limited edition of 1883 pieces, a number that was choosen as it matches the foundation year of Union Hologere, the company that registered the brandname in 1901. The story of Alpina starts at the end of the 19th Century when Gottlieb Hauser founded the Swiss Watchmakers Corporation with other independent watchmakers of the region. Very soon Alpina was being sold internationally and at the height Alpina had nearly 2000 outlets all over the world, an exceptional figure for those days. Part of the reason for this success, other than the rigorous dedication to design and quality, (values that still hold true today), was the introduction in 1938 of the Alpina 4. The number ‘4’ stood for the 4 core principles that each watch in the series had to have: anti-magnetism, water-resistance, anti-shock and in a stainless steel case.
The emergence of cheap, mass- produced and, above-all, impersonal, watches also nearly meant the end for Alpina. Working round the clock, a new collection was made ready for the BaselWorld show in 2003. In 2006, Alpina made one more move in its journey towards the future when we moved to a new, purpose built manufacturing site in Geneva, Switzerland, one of the spiritual homes of watch making. However, despite everything, Alpina hang tough and was revitalized in 2002 and the comeback was on. It was the so-called ‘Quartz Crisis’ that either sounded the death knell for many companies or meant the creation of major groups.These Alpina Replica Watch gave a theme to the watches and can be said to have pointed the way to the development of what was to be the continued success of the company up until the 1970s.