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Lange & Sohne,170,Accutron,3,Akhor,1,AkriviA,13,Alain Silberstein,4,alarm,19,alarm watches,3,Alpina,38,Amida,1,Andersen Geneve,3,Andersmann,2,Andreas Strehler,6,Angelus,7,annual calendar,48,Anonimo,15,Anthony de Haas,2,Antiquorum,4,Antoine Martin,2,Antoine Preziuso,1,Apple,2,Apple Watch,2,Aquadive,2,Aquastar,1,Armin Strom,111,Arnold and Son,29,Artime,1,Astarwatch,1,astronomical,2,Atelier de Chronometrie,1,Atelier Wen,10,Ateliers deMonaco,2,Atmos,1,Auctions,98,Audemars Piguet,110,Autodromo,1,automaton,2,BA111OD,1,Ball Watch,1,Baltic,1,Bamford,3,Baselword 2022,1,Baselworld,8,BaselWorld 2013,50,BaselWorld 2014,53,Baselworld 2015,69,Baselworld 2016,27,Baselworld 2017,64,Baselworld 2018,75,Baselworld 2019,41,Baselworld 2020,2,Baume,4,Baume & Mercier,36,Baume et Mercier,90,Beaubleu,1,Bell & Ross,47,Berneron,2,Bernhard Lederer,6,Bernhard Zwinz,1,bespoke,1,Blancpain,123,blue dial,3,Bonhams,2,Bovet,17,Brands histories,1,Breguet,162,Breitling,80,Bremont,1,Bremont Watch Company,4,Breva,3,bronze,31,Bücherei,1,Bucherer,1,Bulgari,145,Bulova,3,Burberry,1,Bvlgari,2,C3H5N3O9,1,carbon,7,carillon,4,Carl F. Bucherer,4,Carl Suchy,1,Carrera,29,Cartier,51,ceramic,36,Certina,14,Chanel,6,Chaumet,3,chiming hour,15,Chopard,46,Christiaan van der Klaauw,2,Christie's,9,Christophe Claret,5,Christopher Ward,18,chronograph,922,chronometer,47,Chronoswiss,8,Cimier,1,Citizen,8,Cleguer,1,co-axial,1,column-wheel,14,compass,2,complete calendar,36,complications,94,concept watch,5,Concord,1,constant-force,44,Corum,20,COSC,1,Credor,3,CSEM,1,Cuervo y Sobrinos,1,Cyrus,49,Czapek,11,Damiani Group,1,Dan Niederer,1,Daniel Roth,4,Davosa,1,Daytona,9,De Bethune,30,de Grisogono,3,dead seconds,22,Delma,2,detent escapement,5,DeWitt,9,digital display,5,dive,1,dive watches,175,diving,8,diving watches,491,Dominique Renaud,1,double regulator,3,Doxa,56,drei,1,dress watches,654,dual time,121,Ebel,3,Eberhard,46,Edouard Koehn,14,Edox,6,El Primero,47,electrostatic,1,Emile Chouriet,1,Emmanuel Bouchet,1,Emmanuel Breguet,1,enamel dial,25,enamelling,17,Equation of time,10,ETA,1,Eterna,18,exhibitions,1,F.P.Journe,44,Faberge,2,factory tours,3,Favre-Leuba,2,Fears,1,feature article,116,features,151,Felipe Pikullik,2,Ferdinand Berthoud,9,flyback,78,Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie,1,Formex,3,Fortis,10,Franc Vila Founder,1,Franck Muller,8,Frederic Jouvenot,1,Frederique Constant,41,Furlan Marri,1,FVF,1,Gallet,1,Garrick,1,Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix,9,Georg Jensen,1,George Daniels,4,Gerald Charles,3,Gerald Genta,17,Girard-Perregaux,53,Glashuette,19,Glashuette Original,125,Glashütte,33,Glashütte Original,158,Glycine,4,GMT,168,GoS,1,GoS Watches,1,GPHG,29,GPHG 2020,3,GPHG 2021,3,GPHG 2022,3,GPHG 2023,3,GPHG 2024,3,GPHG 2025,3,GPHG 2026,3,GPHG2019,1,Graham,6,grand,1,Grand Feu,10,Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve,20,Grand Seiko,45,Grande Complication,30,Grande Sonnerie,12,Greubel Forsey,46,greubelforsey,1,Grone,2,Grøne,1,Gronefeld,13,Grönefeld,12,Grossmann,3,guilloché,10,H. Moser and Cie,57,H20 Watch,1,Habring,10,Habring2,11,Hajime Asaoka,3,Hallmark of Geneva,3,Hamilton,48,hands-on,171,Hanhart,34,Harry Winston,11,Hautlence,6,Hermes,27,Heuer,3,high jewellery,5,high-frequency,15,Hublot,88,Hybris Artistica,1,Hydro Mechanical Horologists,7,HYT Watches,16,Icon,1,In pictures,27,independent watchmaker,77,industry news,281,interview,9,Interviews,9,IWC,205,Jacques Bianchi,1,Jaeger-LeCoultre,142,Jaquet Droz,58,Jean-Francois Mojon,1,Jean-Marc Pontroué,1,JeanRichard,3,jumping hours,53,Junghans,12,Kaj Korpela,1,Kari Voutilainen,12,Kazuo Maeda,1,Kenissi,1,Kiwame Tokyo,1,Kollokium,1,Korpela,1,Krayon,5,Kudoke,8,Kurono,3,Kurono Tokyo,1,L.Leroy,3,L'Epee 1839,2,Labails,1,Label Noir,1,Ladies watches,224,Lang & Heyne,4,Lang 1943,1,Lange,69,large date,3,Laurent Ferrier,28,Laureus,2,Le Garde Temps,1,Lebois,1,Lederer Watches,6,Leica,3,Lemania,1,Leroy,5,Linde Werdelin,2,Longines,123,Louis Erard,40,Louis Moinet,8,Louis Vuitton,6,low-frequency,1,luxury steel watch,47,LVMH,11,LVMH 2020,6,LVMH Watch Week 2026,3,M.A.D.Edition,7,M.A.D.Editions,11,Maîtres du Temps,1,Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps,3,Manufacture Royale,3,Marc Lang,1,marine chronometer,2,Marqueterie,2,Massena LAB,2,Maurice de Mauriac,2,Maurice Lacroix,32,MB&F,95,MCT,1,MeisterSinger,122,meteorite,3,metiers d'art,3,Mickey Mouse,2,Mido,89,military watches,15,Minerva,6,Ming,2,Minute Repeater,75,Monaco,4,monopusher chronograph,6,Montblanc,59,moon phases,158,Moritz Grossmann,32,Moser,52,Muhle,6,Mühle-Glashütte,5,mystery watches,6,Nautilus,16,new,1,New Britain Corp,1,new watches,4594,Niton,1,Nivada,4,Nomos,103,Norqain,32,Ochs und Junior,6,Officine Panerai,133,Omega,239,Only Watch,15,Only Watch 2015,4,Only Watch 2017,2,Only Watch 2019,3,Only Watch 2021,4,Only Watch 2023,10,openworked,1,Oris,63,paillonne,1,Panerai,138,Parmigiani,24,Parmigiani Fleurier,44,Pascal Coyon,1,Patek,68,Patek Philippe,157,Pedrozo & Piriz,1,Pequignet,1,perpetual calendar,194,Perrelet,14,Petermann Bedat,4,Phenomen,1,Philippe Dufour,1,Phillips,12,Piaget,61,Pierre DeRoche,2,pilot,2,pilot watch,128,Pininfarina,1,Pisa,24,Pisa 1940,14,Pisa Circle,13,Pita,1,planetarium,3,platinum,8,pocket watch,5,pocket watches,3,Poehlmann-Bresan,2,Poincon de Geneve,3,Porsche Design,17,Pre-SIHH 2016: Cartier - Clé de Cartier Automatic Skeleton,1,pulsometer,5,Purnell,1,quartz,13,Rado,22,Ralf Tech,3,Ralph Lauren,2,rattrapante,35,Raul Pages,3,Raymond Weil,11,rectangular watches,22,reddot award,1,regatta,4,regulator,36,remontoire,7,Remy Cools,1,Renaud Tixier,1,Reservoir,2,resonance,34,Ressence,16,retrograde,12,Revelation,1,Reverso,31,review,174,Rexhep Rexhepi,2,RGM,1,RGM Watch Co.,1,Richard Mille,143,Richemont,6,Richmond,1,Roger Dubuis,14,Roger Smith,1,Roger W. Smith,2,Rolex,82,Romain Gauthier,13,Romain Jerome,1,Royal Oak,47,Rudis Sylva,1,S.U.F. Helsinky,1,sapphire,8,Sarpaneva,2,satellite hours,2,Schwarz Etienne,1,Seamaster,21,Seiko,50,SevenFriday,28,SIHH,3,SIHH 2012,4,SIHH 2013,25,SIHH 2014,36,SIHH 2015,43,SIHH 2016,44,SIHH 2017,41,SIHH 2018,43,SIHH 2019,53,Simon Brette,2,Singer,8,Singer Reimagined,14,single hand,45,single-hand watches,60,Sinn,18,skeleton,43,smartwatch,10,solar energy,5,solar quartz,3,Sotheby's,10,SpaceOne,2,Speake Marin,7,Speake-Marin,7,Speedmaster,48,split seconds,37,sport,1,sport watches,1200,sportwatches,2,Spring Drive,6,square watches,5,squelette,72,steampunk,1,Steinhart,1,Strehler,2,striking time,18,SuisseMecanica,1,sunrise,2,sunset,2,Swatch,10,Swatch Group,28,Sylvain Pinaud,3,table clocks,4,Tag Heuer,223,tantalum,2,technical insight,3,terra Cielo Mare,1,Theo Auffret,2,tides,2,Tiffany,18,Tissot,14,titanium,20,top news,678,Torsti Laine,1,tourbillon,448,Trilobe,4,Tudor,47,Tulloch,1,Tutima,7,ultra thin,48,Ulysse Nardin,44,Unimatic,1,Union Glashutte,16,Universal Genève,3,Urban Jurgensen,30,Urwerk,25,Vacheron Constantin,87,Van Cleef & Arpels,7,Vauchier Fleurier,1,Vianney Halter,9,video,1,vintage watches,3,Voutilainen,1,Vulcain,13,wandering hours,1,watches,2,Watches & Wonders,46,Watches & Wonders 2020,19,Watches & Wonders 2021,28,Watches & Wonders 2022,35,Watches & Wonders 2023,38,Watches & Wonders 2024,47,Watches & Wonders 2025,48,Watches & Wonders 2026,49,Watches & Wonders 2027,2,Watches&Wonders,58,WatchesandWonders2022,35,WatchesandWonders2023,39,WatchesandWonders2024,48,WatchesandWonders2025,48,WatchesandWonders2026,49,WatchesandWonders2027,2,Wilhelm Schmid,1,Winnerl,1,worldtime,75,worldtimer,22,YEMA,5,Zannetti,1,Zeitwerk,3,Zeitwinkel,1,Zenith,125,Zodiac,9,
I have one of the Alpina Carree references from a few years ago. The reference is based upon circa 1938 drawings of this overlooked form stepped case reference. Patek Philippe introduced a similar form stepped case Reference 1437 circa 1940. The build quality of the Carree, its aesthetics and the quality of the ostrich OEM strap is behind the general perception of Alpina as a brand. This reissue of a historical reference hits the same high mark as the better Longines reissues at half the price. Most people do not comprehend what a force Alpina was once in both Swiss watchmaking and also in the German market where Alpina was a major stake holder in the cooperative that came to be known as Dugena which was a major force in German watch production from World War I through the early 1970s.
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