Alpina Watches

We look back to 1883, the founding year of the association of manufacturers and retailers of watches that evolved into Alpina. Its members called themselves affectionately the "Alpinists", and they all shared the same target: the success of the Alpina watch. Everything started in 1883 when Gottlieb Hauser, watchmaker in Winterthur, founded the Swiss Watchmakers Corporation. Quickly, the new concept gained acceptance. Together with qualified manufactures, the Association started to develop its own calibers and to enlarge its distribution network. Alpina watches are sold today with great success in around Europe, from Copenhagen to Moscow and now the United States.