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Svend Andersen: New and Old, but never boring

We have been quite lucky in London recently with a plethora of small watch events taking place since the summer. Pierre-Alexandre Aeschlimann, the chief exec and owner of the brand, pops over to London quite frequently nowadays and recently, with the assi
4M
By: gadalex
23
mdg
1344

Very cool one! Here’s my Tribute

to Pallweber from 2018. The original pocket watch version is from 1884. This is the IWC company 150th anniversary tribute edition.
4M
By: sham1
33
KMII
1424

Overview of the many Andersen Genève Worldtimers

Bruno.M1 's post from yesterday gave me the idea to regroup the many wolrdtimers made by Svend Andersen , who, during his nine years of work at Patek Philippe, became very accustomed to the Louis Cottier world time complication. A very demanding thread (s
1Y
By: quattro
16
quattro
4253

Andersen 1884

Launched in an edition of 120 in 2004. In honour of Sir Sandford Fleming the inventor of World Time zones. 100 in gold and 20 in platinum. Here is one of the Platinum pieces
1Y
By: m2
3
SALMANPK
1037

Racing the heavens over time!

Observatory competitions, before the quartz crisis had been the endurance car-racing equivalent for the watch industry. An often drawn analogy with the automotive world would be to think of the Observatory tests as being akin to the Le Mans 24 Hours. Only
13Y
By: 219
34
Ian Skellern
12276

replay 1884

Here the information from the source. The movement is a AS 1895. A caliber developped in the 1970ties. We redecorate and adapt this to today standard. The WT module is the one developped by Andersen and only 0.90mm thick including dial. Feel free to ask f
16Y
By: gfordyce
4
foversta
1666

What is the base movement in the Svend Andersen 1884 World Timer?

Hello Can anyone tell me what the base movement is in the Svend Andersen 1884 World Timer and provide any opinions on the watch? Thank you very much. G
16Y
By: gfordyce
4
foversta
1666

Andersen 1884

17Y
By: ThomasM
1
razal
1411

Life imitates Art, imitates Life...

In 1899 the US Commissioner for Patents, Charles H. Duell, is reported to have said “Everything that can be invented has been invented”. So what is the true origin an innovation such as the Horological Machine #2? Is it a prior invention enjoying a second
17Y
By: MTF
41
AlexSunrise
17659

List

Mainstream: 1. GP Jackpot Tourbillon 2. UN Trilogy Set 3. DeBethune DBS (not quite sure if it fit this category) 4. PAM 268 5. Breguet Tradition AHCI 1. Vianney Halter Antiqua perpetual 2. Svend Andersen 1884 Worldtime 3. Beat Haldimann H1 Flying 4. Chris
18Y
By: Rob
42
Dr No
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