ALPINA – StarTimer PILOT BIG DATE

ALPINA – StarTimer PILOT BIG DATE Watches NEW

THE NEW ALPINA STARTIMER PILOT BIG DATE PROFESSIONAL PILOT WATCHES

Swiss luxury sports watch manufacturer Alpina, is delighted to present you the new Startimer Pilot Big Date models.

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Alpina has used its experience as official supplier of military and pilot watches to develop two new versions of its iconic Startimer Pilot line, a line that is widely appreciated by professional and private pilots alike.

The Startimer Pilot Chronograph Big Date

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The new Startimer Pilot Chronograph Big Date features the perfectly readable aviation dial design for which the Alpina Startimer range is known. For this new version, with contrasting silvered chronograph counters, the inspiration has been drawn from Alpina pilot dials of the1970's.

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The unmistakable red Alpina triangle signature is found in its traditional position at the base of the central chronograph hand and a military green technical leather strap, perfectly fitting the military spirit of the watch, completes the "ensemble". The watch is also available on metal bracelet.

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The 44mm diameter stainless steel case features a scratchproof sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating and is water-resistant up to 10 ATM /100M /330feet.

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The Startimer Pilot Chronograph Big Date encases the AL-372 high precision Swiss quartz chronograph movement, which drives every model in the range.
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Technical Specifications

Model: Startimer Pilot Chronograph Big Date 

Reference: AL-372BS4S6  Military Green Genuine Leather strap
Reference:  AL-372BS4S6B Metal bracelet

Movement:
Swiss High Precision Quartz,
13 jewels, 48H months Battery life
Functions:           
Hours, minutes, seconds, big date,
1/10th of seconds chronograph
Case:
Stainless steel, 44 mm diameter
Scratch – Resistant Sapphire Crystal
10 ATM / 100M / 330 FT Water-resistant
Engraved case-back
Screw-in crown
Dial:
Black dial with silver counters
Date window at 6’ o clock
White luminous Superluminova coated hour and minute hands
Strap:   
Military Green Genuine Leather strap or metal bracelet
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The Startimer Pilot Big Date

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The two new watches of the range display a new dial design with a deep navy blue sunray finish, a contrasting silvered seconds counter and white dial indexes.

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Like the Chronograph version, the Startimer Pilot Big Date features a 44mm, two parts stainless steel case, a scratchproof sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective coating, a screw-in pilot crown and a small seconds display at 6 o'clock with a big date.

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The Alpina Startimer Pilot Big Date encases the AL-280 high precision Swiss quartz movement. The watch is water resistant to 10 ATM /100M /330feet.

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Alpina professional pilot watches, with their high performance features, are made for tough pilots; those landing on high altitude strips in the Swiss Alps or on short landing fields in the Canadian outback, and are, of course, perfect for all men (and women) who love flying and unlimited spaces and possibilities.

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For more information on the new Alpina Startimer Pilot Big Date models please visit our website or contact Mrs.Yasmina Pedrini, Alpina Watches Communications Director, at pedrini@frederique-constant.com

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Technical Specifications

Model: Startimer Pilot Small Seconds  

Reference: AL-280N4S6 Blue Leather  
Reference: AL-280N4S6B Metal bracelet

Movement:
Swiss High Precision Quartz,
6 jewels, 48 months Battery life,
Functions:           
Hours, Minutes,
Big date, Small seconds
Case:
Stainless steel, 44 mm diameter
Scratch – Resistant Sapphire Crystal
10 ATM/100m/330ft Water-resistant
Engraved case-back
Screw-in crown
Dial:   
Navy blue dial with silvered seconds counters
Date window at 6’ o clock
White luminous Superluminova coated hour and minute hands
Strap:   
Blue Leather strap or metal bracelet
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SPEAKE-MARIN – Jumping Hours

SPEAKE-MARIN – Cabinet des Mystères JUMPING HOURS 42mm Bi-Color NEW

Jumping Hours:
An homage to the ephemeral nature of time

Past, present and future: Symbolic concepts of time continually passing. Time is valuable but also fleeting, and although we can define it, we cannot control it. Jumping Hours, part of Speake-Marin’s Cabinet des Mystères collection, highlights the transient nature of this most intangible commodity. Four separate jump hour indications, each controlled by its own gilded star wheel, are a constant reminder of the ceaseless passing of time.

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As we age, the hours, minutes and seconds that make up the days appear to grow shorter and shorter, and time seems to speed up. As a child, time is endless but as an adult, it slips quickly through the cracks.

Peter Speake-Marin found inspiration in the past to show this relentless march of time. Based on the jump hour star system invented over 150 years ago, the British watchmaker deconstructed this vintage complication four times to display the inescapable passing of time, where hours literally “jump,” advancing from one to the next in the apparent blink of an eye.

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The Speake-Marin Jumping Hours contains four small, Foundation-style, blued–steel hour hands. Each of these exquisitely crafted hands is placed in a separate quadrant of a beautifully finished silver dial – at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock respectively. The individual hands are set atop their own brilliant, gilded star wheel, which “jumps” every 15 minutes when a tiny pin – located at each wheel’s centre – sequentially pushes one star wheel after the other as the blued-steel central minute and second hands perpetually march forward.

In a neat touch, synchronised with this changing of the hours is the appearance of a tiny red dot on the centre plate at each quarter hour mark. Every 15 minutes, a small circular hole near the base of the minute hand lines up with the red dot, indicating that the hour has “jumped”.

"On the Speake-Marin Jumping Hours, you have this continual animation as the minute hand goes around so that there is always something moving," says Peter Speake-Marin. “The idea is to show the speed at which time passes.”

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The Jumping Hours "dial" is actually the top of the movement mainplate. The movement, crafted from traditional German silver, features circular-grained bridges and plates with hand polished bevels. The distinct curvature of the bridges gives the illusion that the dial is moving in step with the hour hands as time strides forward.

So as not to distract from the action of each passing hour, there are no numerals on the dial. Instead, subtly drilled minute markers are neatly arranged around the perimeter of the mainplate. The silver dial contrasts beautifully with the 18k red gold bezel. A matching red gold fluted crown and caseback adds an extra touch of classic Speake-Marin style. Serif style text in capital letters is hand-engraved inside the minute markers – an elegant touch and reminiscent of another era.

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Visible through the display back is Jumping Hours’ Eros automatic-winding movement with long five-day power reserve and Speake-Marin’s signature ‘topping tool’ mystery winding rotor. Hand engraved around the caseback are “Unique Piece” and “Mechanical Art No. 2”. Jumping Hours’ evolution of time is all housed in the iconic, 42mm red gold and stainless steel Piccadilly case. The entire piece was constructed, machined, hand-finished, assembled and regulated by a single watchmaker.

The Speake-Marin Jumping Hours is a unique piece.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

SPEAKE-MARIN – Cabinet des Mystères JUMPING HOURS 42mm Bi-Color
Features and indications
Central minutes and seconds
4 sequential jump hour mechanisms
Automatic-winding movement with 5-day power reserve 
Dial and hands
Speake-Marin signature Foundation-style hands in heat blued steel,
indicating hours, minutes and seconds
Movement and finishing
Automatic-winding Eros movement
Dimensions: 30.40mm x 4.35mm
Power reserve: 120 hours
Jewels: 35
Twin barrels
Frequency: 28,800vph / 4Hz
Speake-Marin signature ‘topping tool’ mystery winding rotor
Hand-finished bridges and rotor
Case
Iconic Piccadilly case in red gold and stainless steel
Three-piece case construction
Two-position crown: Manual winding and stop-second time setting
Dimensions: 42mm x 13 mm
Front and display–back: sapphire crystals treated with anti-reflective coating
Case-back circumference engraving: “Speake-Marin – The Piccadilly”     
Water resistance: 3atm/30m/100ft
Strap
Hand-made, natural alligator leather strap
Pin buckle in stainless steel

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Should you need further information, do not hesitate to contact our communication
manager by e-mail: veronique@speake-marin.com ou by phone: +41 21 695 26 56
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