QUALITY CONTROL

An Alpina watch is no exception. We are committed to manufacturing outstanding timepieces that are microscopically perfect. This effort is supported by meticulous quality control that ensures a faultless outcome every time. All our watch-makers have had extensive training in their chosen domain and we employ only those who have a real passion for the craft of watch-making. Each Alpina watch is therefore a labour of love by all concerned.

When you buy your Alpina watch, whether it is the Extreme Automatic or one of our Tourbillon models with the most sophisticated calibres, you know that you are buying a watch assembled by hand, one by one. Each watch is put carefully together in a dust-free, air-controlled area where the white-coated lab technicians/craftsmen and women, often using tools that would still be recognisable to Herr Hauser, painstakingly assemble their mini-masterpieces. At each step, the watch is controlled for quality and once it has come together we subject it one final time to a last obstacle.

In our workshops, we have invested heavily in a series of digitally controlled machines that put your watch through a concluding sequence of trials, harder than almost anything it may come up against in real life.

These tests include:

The watch is placed in a fast tumbler exposing it to strong rotation forces it is then put inside a custom-made rotation device that simulates the movement of the wrist

the watch is then taken out of the rotator and undergoes a full manual check

the timing is then tested in three to five positions using the revolutionary Deltarox machine,

the watch is then tested for its water-resistance

In keeping with our heritage, we undertake a final visual inspection to check for even miniscule scratches, particles or discolouration.