They call it Glacier Blue, but Prussian Blue is the closest match I can find, which is brighter when light sets the sunbeam dial off. As they said in Jerry McGuire, “You had me at blue.” This specific blue. That said, what attracted me to the Alpiner 4 automatic was its design. Even on a leather strap it’s heavy, though I never notice when I wear it. Some of the weight is likely due to the use of a faraday cage to protect the movement from magnetism and a solid, attractively engraved case back. It uses an incabloc shock system and has a sapphire crystal for durability. It has a screw-down crown and 100 meters of water resistance, low for a dive watch but perfectly acceptable for swimming or getting wet in the great outdoors. In terms of sportiness, the Alpiner 4 has a bi-directional bezel, fine for general timing, and ideal if you overshoot your mark and don’t like having to rotate around the dial again. The Alpiner 4 continues to embody these principles while being a different kind of sports watch, straddling between sportiness and office casual. Certainly, the robust application of the four did help solidify Alpina’s position as a creator of rugged sports watches. Some suggest the application of these four principles revolutionized the modern sports watch. In 1938, Alpina founder Gottlieb Hauser laid out his “Alpina 4” concept: anti-magnetic, anti-shock, water-resistant and stainless steel. If this is you, consider Alpina’s Alpiner 4. To those enthusiasts for whom this is a draw, the value goes beyond resale or even engineering gymnastics. Some watches’ roots grow deep into horological history.
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