Alpina Startimer Pilot Automatic Chronograph “Black Star” Watch

As Baselworld 2014 nears (March 27 to April 3), Alpina just introduced a new luxury watch – Startimer Pilot Automatic Chronograph “Black Star”.

The stylish, all black Alpina Startimer Pilot ”Black Star” watch is an addition to the iconic Alpina “Startimer Pilot” professional pilot collection.

The new Alpina luxury watch features a black PVD coated stainless steel case, an applied minutes ring, applied numerals, plus beautiful “sunray” dial finishing.

The “Black Star” model adds luxury finishes that are typically found on elegant watches, in addition to all the professional pilot features the Alpina Startimer Collection is recognized for.

The Startimer Automatic Chronograph includes the Alpina AL-860 Caliber, which offers Alpina AL-860 Automatic Chronograph movement with “Bi-Compax” 60 seconds and 30 minutes small counter layout.

The case-back of the new Alpina Startimer Pilot Automatic Chronograph “Black Star” watch is transparent. The case is 44mm in size and is 100m (300ft) water-resistant.

The watch’s “Bi-Compax” dial layout is perfect for time readability, which is a requirement for professional pilot watches.

What we really like about this luxury watch from Alpina is how the ”stealth” black case color along with the luxury dial finishes produces an ideal combination of strict pilot functionalities and an elegant watch design.

Alpina has a long reputation of manufacturing high quality, aviation watches. In the first 50 years of the past century Alpina was both the manufacturer and official supplier of military aviation watches to continental air forces.

If you are interested in purchasing the new Alpina Startimer Pilot Automatic Chronograph “Black Star” watch, please contact The Life of Luxury.