This hand-wound New style alpina pilot heritage automatic replica watch is powered by Alpina AL-435 caliber (Unitas 6498 base). The case back is engraved with the Limited Edition number. There are 1883 editions produced for this model. What is the significance of 1883? It is in the honor of Gottlieb Hauser, who founded Alpina exactly 130 years ago.
With its retro-inspired, limited edition alpina pilot heritage automatic replica watch, the 130-year-old watch brand pays tribute to its original military and pilots watches from the ’20s and ’30s with the large 50mm case size, vintage lume, and hinged case back. The massive crown is a pleasure to wind and does not dig into the wrist. The hunter case back release button is located at 4 o’clock.
A lot of us (myself included) prefer Pilot watches in the 38mm-42mm size, but I can understand why this watch is 50mm. My 6.5 inch wrist can possibly pull this off, but it would look better on top of the leather jacket sleeve. But there are lot of forum members requesting larger case size, so the Pilot Heritage should be a good fit. The depth of applied markers and numbers is highly pronounced. The radial flip at 4 o’clock may bother few of us but easy-to-read numbers counters that very well.
Alpina replica watch dial has a polished ring around the sapphire crystal, followed with a brushed case, leading into polished sides and bottom. The polished ring actually gives a nice definition to the minute track and keeps the focus on the numbers.
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