Action
April 2021
Despite the inroads made by the smartwatch, the sports watch remains particularly resilient in the traditional watch industry. It is often the point of (…)
Alpina AlpinerX Comtesse Glacier
October 2020
Alpina unveils its brand new smartwatch for women, the AlpinerX Comtesse Glacier, available exclusively online and limited to 500 pieces. Proven technology (…)
Alpina’s Startimer Pilot Automatic in new size
September 2020
The Startimer Pilot Automatic model, which belongs to this flagship Alpina collection, now comes in a new 40 mm diameter version, already on sale in five (…)
Alpina AlpinerX Alive
May 2020
Stylish, connected and charitable! Presented on May 3rd as part of an online launch campaign, the successor to the first Swiss connected sports watch comes (…)
Alpina Alpiner Quartz GMT
February 2020
Alpina enhances its Alpiner Quartz with the GMT function. The existing range, launched in 2019, has been updated to include three new models, each featuring (…)
Alpina Alpiner Comtesse Sport Quartz
February 2020
The new Alpiner Comtesse Sport Quartz from Alpina is the latest watch in a long evolution. The Alpina brand was founded in 1883. Some years later, in the (…)
Peter Stas: “We’re in talks with health insurance companies”
INTERVIEW
January 2020
Smartwatches? They account for 12% of turnover at Frédérique Constant and 35% at Alpina. With the creation of MMT, Peter Stas is one step ahead in the (…)
Alpina Startimer Pilot Automatic
September 2019
Alpina launched its first Startimer Pilot collection back in 2011. The new Startimer Pilot Automatic maintains all the pilot features the collection is (…)
Alpina Seastrong Diver Heritage
June 2019
Two new Alpina Seastrong Diver Heritage timepieces complete the collection after the successful introduction of the first re-interpretations. More than a (…)
Frederique Constant opens a new chapter
INFRASTRUCTURE
June 2019
The company, which has just celebrated its 30th anniversary and is still seeking to “democratize Swiss watchmaking luxury”, is doubling the surface area of (…)
Kickstarter, for better and for worse
CROWDFUNDING
May 2019
The crowdfunding platform is not just about success stories: less than half of the watch projects submitted reach their objective. But those startups who (…)
Alpina Seastrong Diver 300
May 2019
The new edition of the Seastrong Diver 300 remains faithful to the distinctive design that has made the model so recognizable over the years: an oversized (…)
