Testing The Alpina AlpinerX On A Wellness Retreat In Bad Waldsee

On arrival in Bad Waldsee by train from Switzerland, I strapped on the Alpina AlpinerX and paired it to my phone. The set-up was surprisingly quick and straightforward, and the interface on the phone had a very clean design with all the information presented intuitively. In just a couple of minutes, I was up and running and ready to explore.
 

The town sits between two lakes, the Stadsee and the Schlosssee, which must be an oasis in hotter weather, but the winter mist was still lingering the day I visited, and it was magical in a different way. After two hours of walking and touring, I took a quick look at the Alpina AlpinerX and was delighted to see that I had walked over the daily recommended 10,000 steps, so I was already feeling fitter.
 

Next to the baths is the Urbach Sauna area, named after the creek that runs through the area. This complex of saunas provides numerous ways to relax, from steam rooms to infrared rooms and traditional sauna cabins to mud saunas, all of which stimulate the metabolism and circulation, purify the body and nourish the skin. If this is how to get healthy, I can definitely live with this!
 

The Alpina AlpinerX comes in a 45mm case with a steel bezel featuring cardinal points and luminescent touches on the hands and indexes for high legibility. The watch is equipped with a unique Swiss Made module, produced in the brand's Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland facilities, all this works seamlessly with an Alpina Quartz movement. Data is safely stored to keep personal information and logs available on all your devices.
 

The test started with cardio training on a treadmill, while rigged up to all kinds of machines that tested what was happening to my heart and lungs while exercising. The objective was to run as hard and fast as I could for as long as possible. It was at this stage that I started to regret going for that early morning run.
 

Feeling quite exhausted after having done two runs in the morning, I was delighted to try out the center's hot mud bath. This natural remedy uses peat from the local moors, which is heated to temperatures of 40°C to 42°C. When in the bath, extremities are heated up quicker than the core of the body; this gentle heating leads to an enormous increase of circulation, a reduction in inflammation, and pain relief.
 

I didn’t dare wear the Alpina AlpinerX for this part as I wasn’t sure how the watch would react to 42°C of liquid mud, and to be honest, I was feeling so euphoric that I would have probably forgotten even to check it anyway. I found out later that the watch would have been fine, but I liked the watch too much to risk it.

I had worked up quite an appetite after such a busy morning, so the lovely ladies from the Bad Waldsee tourist office and the thermal baths took me for a lunch experience at the Scala restaurant with views over the lake. We chose the “surprise” menu where everything was disguised in a different shape or form, and you had to guess what you were eating. I was useless at guessing, but it was delicious and great fun to be totally open to textures and flavors.
 

The author stayed at the Hotel Grüner Baum, visited the Waldsee Thermal Baths www.waldsee-therme.de, and ate at the Scala restaurant. For more information about tourist activities https://www.oberschwaben-tourismus.de/