![]() The watch that started it all is known as the “Laurel Alpinist,” which operated on a 17 jewel hand-wound movement and came in two colours, black and cream. The Alpinist is the third oldest Seiko sub brand. The brand Seiko itself first featured on watches in 1924. The Laurel sub-brand is the oldest of the Seiko sub brands, and the 1913 Laurel watch did not even feature the word Seiko. When it comes to the creme de la creme of Seiko, there is little debate over which is the summit of Seiko branding. Seiko Alpinist watches are exceptional for several reasons but most notably their craftsmanship and the rich history that goes along with the Alpinist line. The case shape changed from earlier models and is a variant of the SKX-series divers watch with the protected crown at the 4 o’clock position. The sixth-generation model of the Alpinist also used the 6R15B movement and was introduced in August 2009. Out of the three models, the Green Dialed Alpinist is the most popular because of its unique colour. The SARB013 (Cream Dial), SARB015 (Black Dial) and SARB017 (Green Dial) immediately became popular and are still sought after by collectors. These watches all use the 6R15 movement which is an in-house movement created by Seiko. In 2006 the fifth generation Alpinist watches incorporated many features from previous generations with exception to the fourth generation. The Seiko Alpinist GMT Titanium Prospex HAQ Quartz is exceptionally rare and used the 8F56 movement. The fourth-generation Alpinist of 2003 is also known as the GMT, and is titanium cased, having a perpetual calendar and a quartz face all of which had never been used in the Alpinist line before. There was a 30-year span before the Alpinist name was used again by Seiko but in 1995 a third-generation model with an automatic hand-winding 4S15 calibre version was introduced, and popularly called the “Red Alpinist”.
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