
These Swiss Mountaineering Watches Just Received a GMT Upgrade
Two new Alpina Alpiner watches add GMT functionality, but remain relatively affordable due to the use of Swiss quartz movements.
Zen Love is Gear Patrol's Associate Editor. He has been deeply obsessed with watches for over a decade and has written about them professionally for nearly as long. Since 2019, he's been covering anything that ticks and fits on the wrist for Gear Patrol with a bent toward making watches' history, mechanics, and collector culture approachable and democratic. He is always punctual.
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