I think calling this an Alpinist is stretching things. Remove the compass, any reference to Alpinist and we are just getting further and further away. Same central dial, but so do the recent Tic Tac limited edition.
It is a nice looking watch and will be user friendly I'm sure, but it's now just a Prospex date watch.
For anybody interested, the London Seiko Boutique have now got the new Champagne dial with gold fittings in stock - the Seiko e-commerce only model 👍