Alpina Men's ALPINER X Stainless Steel Swiss Quartz Sport Watch with Rubber Strap, Blue, 22 (Model: AL-284LNN5AQ6), Black

Extremely happy with this watch. 3 to 4 days battery when using GPS daily, 5 to days without using GPS

Nice watch, great features but does not function as well with my Galaxy phone.

I've had a series of Galaxy Watches over the past five, or so, years. Right now I have the Galaxy Watch 3, 44, with LTE connectivity. LTE connectivity is the one thing this Alpiner X lacks that I'll miss. Otherwise, this is a great replacement, providing many of the benefits of the Galaxy Watch while avoiding its single biggest drawback.Let me begin by describing the painless pairing process. I initially tried to connect the watch to my Android phone simply through my phone's Bluetooth settings. That didn't work and I had to restart Bluetooth after deleting the initial pairing because the Alpina app didn't recognize my watch when it had been previously paired to Bluetooth. Once I removed the pairing, the Alpina app quickly recognized my watch, paired and downloaded new watch firmware.The process was made easier by the phone's haptic feedback making clear things were going correctly.Once the watch was updated, the digital screen and analog hands adjusted automatically to the correct time. Heart rate was correctly read by the watch. Steps are being read accurately--at least, the watch's count is in accord with my phone's.Lacking LTE for phone calls is somewhat of a shortcoming compared to my Galaxy Watch 3, but honestly, I don't use the LTE connection much. The Galaxy Watch is almost always connected via Bluetooth through my phone, and I've only talked on the watch a few times this year when I forgot my phone. So the loss of LTE isn't going to bother me a great deal. What makes up for the loss of LTE connection is an always-on actual analog watch face. I have to leave my Galaxy Watch display off to make it through two days without needing to charge the battery. And when I do use the always on display, it has to be a very dim monotone to conserve power.This watch's analog dial is just beautiful. The presence of a classy watch face that doesn't disappear to conserve power makes up for the lack of LTE. I appreciate the ability to receive notifications on the phone, but honestly, notifications on a phone annoy me most of the time, so this ability of the Alpiner X doesn't mean a lot to me.The Alpina app by which the watch is controlled seems like a fine app to me. It has a low rating on the app store, but so far I'm not disappointed with it.The watch must be charged to run. It does not work with a cordless charger. Instead, Alpina has its own proprietary charger that connects to the watch kind of like a capo attaches to a guitar. It's a bit of a finicky process, but it works when you get the leads lined up.Alpina is a quality maker of Swiss watches. It's been around since 1883 and is a known maker of good watches. The movements that power their watches are a combination of quartz movements purchased from a Swiss manufacturer along with automatic movements, some with complications, made by Alpina itself.Finally, my watch arrived without the charging cord. I contacted Alpina support who sent out a cord immediately without requiring any proof of purchase. I'm grateful for such good support.

I have always been a fan of collecting watches, but I’m also very into technology. When smart watches first came out I liked the idea of being able to have all that tech with me but they were always lacking the design features of classic mechanical watches. This watch is a great combination of the two worlds. It has all of the features that I need out of a smart watch but still retains the refined look. The screen is very crisp and the ability to use the regular face of the watch as a touch screen is very interesting. I did not receive a charger for it initially, but within 2 days of me contacting customer service, they quickly sent me one next day which I was very impressed by. Overall I’m very happy with the quality of the watch overall!

Whenever I attempted to pair the watch to my iPhone, I got a message "Pairing Unsuccessful"I contact Alpina USA and after nagging them for more than a week, they sent me the instructions below. It did not work, but I managed to pair it by charging again. After charging for only 2 minutes it read 100%, then after disconnect from the charger "pair".I paired immediately, while the "pair" message was lighted. Now it's working, except the step counter is dead.This is what they sent me after nagging them for more than a week. It did not work.To reestablish the connection between your phone and the watch, please follow these instructions:1 - Open the app2 - Click on the upper right hand corner logo (the one with the watch)3 – At the bottom of the page, click on "dissociate"4 - Quit the app and remove it from the multitask5 - Go to the Bluetooth settings of the iPhone (and turn-on Bluetooth)6 - If you see your watch on the Bluetooth devices, click on the "i", then click on "Forget this device"7 - Disable Bluetooth8 - Turn-on airplane mode9 - After 10-15 seconds, turn-off airplane mode10 - Turn-on Bluetooth11 - Open the app and connect the watchIf it doesn’t work, please do this between steps 8 and 9 :8 bis : Press 10 times the crown button (the button at 3 o'clock) and on the tenth press, keep the button pressed for at least 10 seconds : the watch will move hands to indicate it has made a reset. Try again steps 1 to 3.ATTENTION : The manual reset is not valid for AL-284→ If it doesn’t work, ask him to do this:1 - Open the app2 - Click on the upper right hand corner logo3 – At the bottom of the page, click on “unpair”4 - Quit the app and remove it from the multitask5 - Go to the settings of the iPhone6 - Click on Bluetooth7 - Turn-on Bluetooth, and check if you see your watch in the devices list. If yes, and if there is a small "i", click on it, then click on "Forget this device".If you don't see your watch in the device list, you can skip this step8 - Turn-off bluetooth from the Bluetooth settings page of the iPhone9 - Turn-off WIFI from the WIFI settings page of the iPhone10 - Turn-on the Airplane mode11 - Delete the app12 - Restart your phone13 - Turn-off Airplane mode14 - Download the app from the AppStore (you can turn on WIFI if needed)15 - Turn-on Bluetooth16 - Open the app and connect the watchIf it doesn't work, please re-try all the steps, and do these steps between steps 12 and 13 :12 bis: press 10 times the crown button (the button at 3 o'clock) and on the tenth press, keep the button pressed for at least 10 seconds : the watch will move hands to indicate it has made a reset.ATTENTION : The manual reset is not valid for AL-284