In 2022, Alpina is launching a new design for its emblematic Extreme line which first came out nearly 20 years ago. With a sporting DNA and an assertive design, these timepieces emphasise the brand’s spirit of adventure and the look of the new Alpiner Extreme Automatic will leave nobody indifferent: powerful and restless, with a more compact and modern case. Now available in three colours (black, green, blue), running over a finely textured dial with a refined date, hands and indexes, in a new case reduced to 41×42.5 mm. A smaller size more in keeping with today’s trend for greater everyday comfort, whether it is dedicated to extreme or urban sports.
This is the most significant change for the Extreme Automatic since its creation in 2009! Designed for adventure, Alpina’s primary mission, the timepiece asserts Alpina’s spirit of adventure through its uncompromising look: maximum readability and the ability to withstand the most extreme conditions. An operational watch whose identity is inseparable from its integrated rubber strap, its bezel with triangular screws and its cushion-shaped steel case.
Joining the Alpiner collection, the Extreme Automatic has gradually confirmed its vocation dedicated to exploring nature. Today, Alpina is offering a new version which meets a twofold challenge: conserving the conquering spirit of the Extreme Automatic by conferring a more assertive livery on it and giving it a new 41×42.5 mm size, making it ideal for everyday use. A response in line with lifestyle changes, where one can work in the city but have the mountains and extreme sports as their passion. All activities which require wearing a timepiece that is both compact and indisputably rugged.
A turning point for Alpina
The new Alpiner Extreme Automatic is a turning point for Alpina, whose future direction will be to concentrate on its mechanical DNA and its outdoor vocation. The timepiece is thus presented in a brand new 41×42.5 mm size. Its new look is highly operational. It goes straight to the point: three hands and the date which stand out, contrasting greatly against a new dial, available in black, blue and green.
At the heart of this new design, there is the typical steel case of the Extreme line, reworked for a more modern look: a strong brushed-finish cushion within which are a bezel and a circular dial. Around its bezel, there are the six triangular-section screws, an allusion to the Alpina logo and aesthetic figure that is to be found consistently since 2009. Likewise, the integrated strap (with no joining link with the case), made of textured rubber has also been kept but revisited to offer as much comfort as strength and modernity.
On different points of the sturdy case are the middle reinforcement (at 9 o’clock) and the crown protector (at 3 o’clock). But it still sports the rubber grip so liked for its effectiveness, ease of handling with bare hands or with gloves. This crown is screwed on to guarantee water resistance at 20 ATM / 200 metres.
Three colours for a single price
The crown matches the three new variations of the Alpiner Extreme Automatic: all-black, midnight blue and forest green, echoing Alpina’s alpine origins. Each version shares luminescent white indexes (doubled at midday), two hands, also luminescent, completed by the second hand with the famous red triangle tip, the brand’s logo. Each of these dials is overlaid with the same, finely stamped, triangle design. It creates a slight raised pattern on the timepiece giving it body and personality and allowing it to capture the light with a unique shine.
Lovers of intricate mechanisms will not be disappointed. The AL-525 calibre is totally visible through a sapphire back. Automatic, it offers 38 hours of power reserve. But the hardest thing is still to come: choosing! Indeed these three new non-limited timepieces, are available at the same price, one of the most attractive on the market of fine Swiss Made watchmaking and crafted for adventure, Alpina’s primary mission.
Alpina – Partner of the High Five Festival 2022
From September 30th to October 2nd, the High Five Festival will return in Annecy, France. Partnering up with this international event celebrating skiing, snowboarding and mountain sports for the fourth year in a row, Alpina will be taking part on all three days with fun activities, and will be holding an autograph session on Saturday October 1st, from 4:00 to 5:00pm, with its ambassadors and athletes Juliette Willmann, Max Palm, Ugo Troubat, Markus Eder, Victor De Le Rue, Enak Gavaggio, Guillaume Pierrel, Kaditane Gomis, Nils Allègre and Sebastien Varlet. Alpina will also present a watch to the winners of the Golden High awards, honouring the best skiing-themed films in nine categories.
The High Five Festival is taking place at just the right time, when all eyes are on the peaks and everyone is bursting to get their boards out of their wardrobe… For 12 years, this festival has established itself as the go-to international event for anyone passionate or curious about winter sports, skiing and the mountains.
With more than 20,000 visitors in recent years, the Festival marks the end of summer and the beginning of the winter season. During the Festival, riders from all over the world present the films they’ve made in the previous winter and summer. And, like its counterpart in Cannes, it brings all the superstars of the international outdoor scene together: Edgar Grospiron, Kevin Rolland, Perrine Laffont, Henrik Harlaut, Tanner Hall, Candide Thovex, Jérémie Heitz etc.
Alpina ambassadors at the autograph session
For 2022, Alpina has reaffirmed its commitment to the High Five Festival as the event’s main partner. From September 30th to October 2nd in Annecy (France), the Gardens of the Imperial Palace, as well as the Pâquier lawn and Pathé cinema, will host riders and fans of skiing and mountain sports who will not only be able to enjoy a wide range of outdoor-related activities and screenings of new films, but also a food court and music stage.
To mark the occasion, Alpina will also be laying on its own activities, including a giant colouring wall, an augmented-reality surfing experience, and a highly anticipated autograph session with its ambassadors and athletes. Juliette Willmann, Max Palm, Ugo Troubat, Markus Eder, Victor De Le Rue, Enak Gavaggio, Guillaume Pierrel, Kaditane Gomis, Nils Allègre and Sébastien Varlet will all be there to welcome visitors on Saturday, October 1st, from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at the High Five autograph area in the Imperial Palace.
Alpina and the Golden High awards
The High Five Festival was built on the quality of the productions showcased. On September 29th, before the start of the High Five festival, the jury will give 9 Golden High awards to competing films presented by the athletes. With each award, an Alpina watch—an AlpinerX Alive or Alpiner Comtesse Sport Quartz—will also be given to the winners of each category: Best Short Film; Best Feature Film; Best Outdoor Film; Best Snowboarding Film; Best Female Athlete; Best Male Athlete; Eco-Friendly Award; Special Jury Award; High Buzz Award (for a video that generated tremendous buzz in 2021/22).
Behind closed doors and before the start of the festival, the jury, whose members include David Lacote (Creator and Director of PVS Company), Nicolas Vuignier (Skier, editor and Red Bull rider), Laurent De Martin (Skier), Julien Haricot (snowboarding legend), watched and scrutinised every film on the bill for the 2022 edition.
Alpiner Extreme Automatic Reference AL-525B4AE6 Technical Specifications
Reference AL-525B4AE6 – RRP 1495€
Functions
- Hours, minutes, seconds, date
Movement
- AL-525 caliber, automatic
- 38-hour power reserve, 26 jewels, 28’800 alt/h
Case
- Brushed and polished stainless steel 3-part case
- Diameter of 41X42.5 mm
- Height of 11,50 mm
- Scratch-resistant convex sapphire crystal
- See-through case-back
- Water-resistant up to 20 ATM/200m/660ft
- Screw-in crowns and case back
Dial
- Black dial with triangle pattern
- Black outer ring with white markers
- Applied silver colour indexes filled with white luminous treatment
- Date window at 3 o’clock
- Hand-polished silver colour hour and minute hands filled with white luminous treatment
- Polished silver colour second hand with red triangle
Strap
- Black rubber strap
Alpiner Extreme Automatic Reference AL-525GR4AE6 Technical Specifications
Reference AL-525GR4AE6 – RRP 1495€
Functions
- Hours, minutes, seconds, date
Movement
- AL-525 caliber, automatic
- 38-hour power reserve, 26 jewels, 28’800 alt/h
Case
- Green dial with triangle pattern
- Green outer ring with white markers
- Applied silver color indexes filled with white luminous treatment
- Date window at 3 o’clock
- Hand-polished silver color hour and minute hands filled with white luminous treatment
- Polished silver color second hand with red triangle
Dial
- Black dial with triangle pattern
- Black outer ring with white markers
- Applied silver colour indexes filled with white luminous treatment
- Date window at 3 o’clock
- Hand-polished silver colour hour and minute hands filled with white luminous treatment
- Polished silver colour second hand with red triangle
Strap
- Green rubber strap
Alpiner Extreme Automatic Reference AL-525N4AE6 Technical Specifications
Reference AL-525N4AE6 – RRP 1495€
Functions
- Hours, minutes, seconds, date
Movement
- AL-525 caliber, automatic
- 38-hour power reserve, 26 jewels, 28’800 alt/h
Case
- Green dial with triangle pattern
- Green outer ring with white markers
- Applied silver color indexes filled with white luminous treatment
- Date window at 3 o’clock
- Hand-polished silver color hour and minute hands filled with white luminous treatment
- Polished silver color second hand with red triangle
Dial
- Navy blue dial with triangle pattern
- Navy blue outer ring with white markers
- Applied silver color indexes filled with white luminous treatment
- Date window at 3 o’clock
- Hand-polished silver color hour and minute hands filled with white luminous treatment
- Polished silver color second hand with red triangle
Strap
- Navy blue rubber strap
ABOUT ALPINA
SWISS MANUFACTURER OF ALPINE SPORTS WATCHES SINCE 1883
Founded in 1883 and famous for its iconic red triangle, Alpina is a Swiss watch manufacturer based in Geneva. The brand set out to design luxury sports watches offering exceptional accuracy and reliability in the most challenging sporting environments, like the Alps.
A true pioneer of the watchmaking industry, Alpina has been the source of numerous patents and innovative calibres over the past 138 years. At the beginning of the 20th century, Alpina became the official supplier of watches to military pilots, before revolutionising the concept of sports watches in 1938 with the legendary Alpina 4.
True to its long tradition of innovation, Alpina launched the first Swiss made Horological Smartwatch in 2015, creating a new segment in the luxury Swiss sports watch market. In 2020, the brand introduced the AlpinerX Alive, a new generation of connected watches equipped with a heart rate monitor and GPS, among other things. Also committed to protecting the planet, Alpina created the Seastrong Diver Gyre Automatic range using recycled plastic from the oceans. In 2021, the brand is doubling down on its promise to get involved with organisations fighting to protect the environment. Joined together by the unifying principle We Shape the Change – the environmental equivalent of Reach Your Summit – Alpina will undertake a variety of measures aimed at drawing public attention to current environmental issues.
Inspired by the Alps from the very beginning, Alpina has always been heavily involved in outdoor activities and mountain sports. The brand has established strong partnerships demonstrating its commitment to this world, as well as a team of ‘Alpinists’, including athletes and friends of the brand working in the most challenging environments.