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Any love for Alpina?

alane24
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I just picked up this Borgel/Taubert cased Alpina. It’s quite a lovely watch at 34mm with a really nice dial layout. I also really like the Borgel crown with the Alpina triangle mark. Good stuff. Inside is the manual wind cal 598.

I find FB cased watches to be quite desirable given their history with waterproofing and robust case design. They also have a really nice shape with distinctive lugs that are often drilled. Alpina as a brand is also an interesting with a rich history and great advertising.

Who else here has an interest in this particular brand?

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peatnick
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Shifted this FB cased Alpina 4 cal. 592 on a decade ago but enjoyed it for a time
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Yes they are fantastic watches, and look better on the wrist than in pictures. The cases are so well designed and constructed…good enough for Patek. A lot of watch for not a lot of money. What’s not to like?
 
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Alpina caught my eye. There is something special about them.
Thanks for sharing!
Anyone else have pictures.


An Omega, Alpina and Longinese mid century grouping would make and interesting composition.
 
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I have owned many, and typically considered them to represent unusually good value. This one was eventually sold to a Japanese dealer.

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alane24
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lovely stuff, it's amazing what you can find when you look deeper
 
alane24
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Jim, it's fun when you can find an ad for the watch that's on your wrist.
 
philby
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alane24 alane24
I just picked up this Borgel/Taubert cased Alpina. It’s quite a lovely watch at 34mm with a really nice dial layout. I also really like the Borgel crown with the Alpina triangle mark. Good stuff. Inside is the manual wind cal 598.
I happen to have an almost similar Alpina De Luxe with a lovely Borgel/Taubert case, Cal 592 with small seconds hand.

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A lovely watch indeed, which I'm not keeping though as I'm apparently unable to stop reverting back to early 60s automatics.
Unfortunately I tried to set time when the watch was very cold, which for some reason made only the minutes hand move, resulting in a pretty weird minutes/hour combo, as eagle-eyed folks will no doubt have noticed.
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philby
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This is and has been for quite a while my favourite watch: a gorgeous Alpina President from 1963, almost certainly with an AS 1701 inside, running with less than 5 seconds/day offset.
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And for folks into Alpina cal 598 with Borgel/Taubert cases: recently stumbled on this breathtaking beauty currently offered for sale here in Switzerland.
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Luckily it is priced quite a bit outside of what I'd consider sensible, so little danger for me.
 
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Here is a unicorn: a Lemania 13 CH (Omega 28.9), Alpina branded. Does anybody else have a second one out there?
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Cheers dirk
 
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