abstract:Alpina Watches International SA is a manufacturer of luxury wrist watches based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1883Watch-Wiki:Alpina Watches by Gottlieb Hauser, watchmaker in Winterthur, who founded the Swiss Watchmakers Corporation ("Union Horlogère Suisse").
During the 1920s and 1930s, the Geneva, Switzerland-based watch brand, Alpina, was known for manufacturing military watches for pilots that were precise and resistant to shock.