{"id":613152,"date":"2026-09-03T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/613152\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:02:46","slug":"first-look-the-alpina-seastrong-diver-extreme-automatic-route-du-rhum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/613152\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: The Alpina Seastrong Diver Extreme Automatic Route du Rhum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After recent releases like the <a href=\"https:\/\/monochrome-watches.com\/watch-angels-x-alpina-startimer-pilot-ifr-chronograph-pilots-instrument-ifr-holding-patterns-introducing-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Startimer Pilot IFR Chronograph<\/a> and the slimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/monochrome-watches.com\/introducing-alpina-startimer-pilot-automatic-la-joux-perret-al-525-specs-price-pics-watches-and-wonders-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Startimer Pilot Automatic<\/a> models, <a href=\"https:\/\/monochrome-watches.com\/alpina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alpina<\/a> is back with a new watch. The all-new Seastrong Diver Extreme Automatic Route du Rhum edition is another iteration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/monochrome-watches.com\/search\/seastrong+diver+extreme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Seastrong Diver Extreme Automatic<\/a> introduced in 2024. This was an interesting release because it brought together Alpina\u2019s Extreme cushion-shaped case and 300m water resistance of its Seastrong line. It also kept things compact at 39mm. However, this latest model isn\u2019t just another update, as much has changed. <a href=\"https:\/\/monochrome-watches.com\/alpina-seastrong-diver-extreme-automatic-introducing-specs-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The bright orange of the 2024 model<\/a> gives way to a Route du Rhum-themed blue and black treatment, with sailing-inspired details and Route du Rhum branding that separates it from the regular Seastrong Diver Extreme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Alpina-Seastrong-Diver-Extreme-Automatic-Route-du-Rhum-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317086 lazy-images\" alt=\"\" width=\"2100\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Alpina-Seastrong-Diver-Extreme-Automatic-Route-du-Rhum-2.jpg\"  data-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 39mm stainless-steel case of the Alpina Seastrong Diver Extreme Automatic Route du Rhum measures 40.5mm lug to lug and 13.4mm thick. It gets a mix of brushed and polished surfaces, along with a bidirectional bezel that has a carbon-fibre insert, and this does look neat. The bezel gets <a href=\"https:\/\/monochrome-watches.com\/abcs-of-time-guide-to-all-watch-bezel-functionalities-dive-tachymeter-pulsometer-gmt-24-hour-compass-worldtime-slide-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a compass scale<\/a> that is completed with four cardinal points and 360-degree markings, and it has a screw-down crown with a rubber grip and solid caseback for that solid dive watch performance at 300m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Alpina-Seastrong-Diver-Extreme-Automatic-Route-du-Rhum-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317085 lazy-images\" alt=\"\" width=\"2100\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Alpina-Seastrong-Diver-Extreme-Automatic-Route-du-Rhum-1.jpg\"  data-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dial of the Route du Rhum edition is done in turquoise, with a grained surface engraved with a map of Atlantic Ocean currents. With a turquoise outer ring and white minute track, the watch face offers a good amount of contrast. Talking of contrast, there is more when you add the applied silver-coloured indexes and hour and minute hands, while the seconds hand finds contrast in its red triangle. You will see the date sitting at 6 o\u2019clock, and the number 13 is coloured in red for the race\u2019s 13?? edition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Alpina-Seastrong-Diver-Extreme-Automatic-Route-du-Rhum-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317088 lazy-images\" alt=\"\" width=\"2100\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Alpina-Seastrong-Diver-Extreme-Automatic-Route-du-Rhum-4.jpg\"  data-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Powering the Seastrong Diver Extreme Automatic Route du Rhum is Alpina\u2019s AL-525 automatic movement (<a href=\"https:\/\/monochrome-watches.com\/search\/sellita+sw200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sellita SW200-1 base<\/a>). This movement beats at 28,800 vibrations\/hour and achieves 38 hours of power reserve. The watch comes paired with a two-tone rubber strap that has a textured black central section and side flanks in turquoise, and this is finished with a steel pin buckle. Limited to 313 pieces, the Seastrong Diver Extreme Automatic Route du Rhum is priced at CHF 2,195.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/alpinawatches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AlpinaWatches.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n                        https:\/\/monochrome-watches.com\/first-look-alpina-seastrong-diver-extreme-automatic-route-du-rhum-specs-price-review\/                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After recent releases like the Startimer Pilot IFR Chronograph and the slimmer Startimer Pilot Automatic models, Alpina is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23197,109653,259961,61,60,32793,80],"class_list":["post-613152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-23197","tag-dive-watches","tag-geneva-watch-days","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports-watch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}