My partner James Bond recently shared the press release and some looks at the new 2012 Alpina Extreme diver, but because it is such a solid looking watch, I wanted to come back with a few more details.   Actually, there are a three variations of the Extreme Diver — in fact the entire collection is brand new for 2012.  To support the launch of the collection, Alpina secured a high profile Ambassador in actor/producer/writer William Baldwin.   Baldwin will be the “face” of Alpina’s 2012 advertising campaign for its Extreme Diver watches– you can read all about it here.  As Baldwin said, there is a definitely a “bold, athletic, cool-factor” to these watches…the watch looks great in all three variations — rubber, bracelet and mesh bracelet.   Perhaps the best part about these watches—the price:  $1,250 on rubber strap, $1,450 on full steel or steel mesh bracelet.

Alpina Extreme Diver Collection

Refs:  AL-525LB4V26 / AL-525LB4V26B / AL-525LB4V26B

delivered in special diving bottle gift box

44mm steel case, automatic mechanical movement, unidirectional luminous bezel, 300 meter water resistance

Ed’s Note:  At time of this posting, Alpina was a paid advertiser on the Perpetuelle blog.