Alpina Alpiner Heritage Carrée Mechanical 140 Years
Functions
- Hours
- Minutes
- Seconds
Movement
- Manual Winding
- Manufactured
- Swiss Made
Case
- Rectangular
- 29.50x35.70
- Silver
- Polished
- 9.71mm
Glass
- Sapphire
Water resistance
- 3.00atm / 30.00m / 100.00ft
Buckle
- Pin Buckle
- Silver
Strap
- Ostrich
- Brown
Year
- 2023
Official description
Founded in 1883, Alpina turns 140 in 2023, and in honour of the occasion, the Swiss watchmakers are unveiling a timepiece that revives their illustrious heritage. This isn’t some re-edition or a piece inspired by a predecessor: it really is the original, made in 1938. Alpina has unearthed two 14-piece series of the authentic Calibre 490, released exactly 85 years ago; only a very few of these are still in existence. The fully-restored movements, dubbed Heritage Carrée Mechanical 140 Years, have been housed in a rectangular silver case in tribute to an outstanding wristwatch in Alpina’s history. One series features a black dial, the other a silvered dial. The feeling when you behold a perfectly-finished, rectangular- shaped movement with a sedate frequency (2,5 Hz), already fitted out with early levels of protection against water and dust, is indescribable. These are two highly limited editions, produced for History.