Alpina Startimer Pilot Automatic: A Not So Obvious Watch Critique

#NSOW My critique of the Alpina Startimer Pilot Automatic. First, this is a critique not a review. I believe watches are art works not mere whitegoods and attempting to 'review' them against some arbitrary, universal standard is totally missing the point. Instead I critique watches against what (I believe) the watchmaker is trying to achieve with the watch. Here, Alpina is trying to give us a high quality entry level pilot watch with a bit of extra oomph, a bit of personality, missing in your average garden variety flieger. Watch the video to see how they did. For your awareness some things about me and the channel. Im an engineer whose into human behavior, loves the ideas behind art and sees watches as a mix or science, craft, art, business, history, technology, philosophy and psychology. As a result my videos cover all that ground. Just to be clear, I hate the expression "its just a watch". If you got this far watches matter to you and they represent a bridge between us - dismissing them as unimportant seems wrong and disrespectful. That doesn't mean we cant and don't have fun, it just means we should not be totally mindless of others. I'm a watch collector and curator - I like my collections to have a theme. My collection has several themes: 1. Vintage Alpina watches 2. Travel watches (GMT. UTC, world timers, home times, dual times) 3. Seiko Prospex dive watches 4. Breitling chronographs 5. Stuff I just really like. I often forget wristchecks so if you want to see what I'm wearing, my collection and other random bits of my life check out my instagram: @not.so.obvious.watches   / not.so.obvious.watches   You can email me at [email protected]