ALPINA

ALPINA watches

Alpina Watches International SA is a manufacturer of luxury wrist watches based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1883[1] by Gottlieb Hauser, a watchmaker in Winterthur who founded the Swiss Watchmakers Corporation ("Union Horlogère Suisse"). It is currently owned by Frederique Constant SA.

HISTORY

A number of watchmakers joined together as the Union Horlogère Suisse to purchase watch components and organize their manufacturing. All representatives of Union Horlogère depended on the Association, which aimed to sell high quality watches under the Alpina brand. Quickly, the new concept gained acceptance. Together with qualified manufactures, the Association started to develop its own calibres and to enlarge its distribution network.

In 1912, the first Alpina Chronometer Glashütte was finalized and this model competed directly against the watch making artistry of the likes of A. Lange & Sohne who even went so far as to take Alpina to court – unsuccessfully.

BRIEF DESRIPTION

·         Kurth Freres, Grenchen (später Certina) bis ca. 1920,

·          Duret & Colonnaz, Genf (Rohwerke),

·         Adolf Haeker (Gehäuse),

·          Lesquereux & Co, (Gehäuse),

·         Louis Bandelier & Cie, Vergolden, Versilbern, und Vernickeln.

·         Huguenin - Robert (Gehäuse),

·         Ali Jeanrenaud, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Pendants und Bügel),

·          Oskar Mistely, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Dekorationen, Guilloches und Gravierungen),

·          H. Maumary, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Zugfedern),

·         H. Bopp-Boillot, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Zeiger),

·          Numa Nicolet & Fils, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Zifferblätter),

·         Schwob Freres & Co, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Cyma),

·          Robert Frères, Villeret (Minerva),

·          L. Rueff & Meyrat, Saint-Imier (Allianz),

·          Fritz Moeri,Montres Moeris, Saint-Imier

·         J. Assmann, Glashütte from 1904 for the German market.

PRODUCTS

Company	Model	Model
Alpina	242S4RC6	242B4RC6