Known for his worldtimer watches ...

[unknown]

From the Andersen website

SVEND ANDERSEN
Svend ANDERSEN was born in Denmark in 1942. He absolved normal and practical school and a four years' apprenticeship as watchmaker. With his diploma from the Danish Watchmaker School integrated in the Royal Technological Institute of Copenhagen, he went to Switzerland in 1963 in order to see how the world's best watches were made.

He first worked at Gübelin Lucerne in the after-sales service and in 1965 he joined Gübelin Geneva. He was also responsible for the shop service because of his excellent knowledge of languages.

In 1969 he made, as a hobby, his first Bottle Clock which was displayed at the "Montres et Bijoux" Show. This unique performance had brought him the renowned "Watchmaker of the impossible" as it was mentioned in the international press. Indeed, nobody had ever realized such a clock.

Patek Philippe got interested in ANDERSEN's creations and, in 1969, Svend ANDERSEN joined their ”Atelier des grandes complications”.

Svend ANDERSEN launched his own workshop in the late 70’s after having spent 9 years at Patek Philippe.


While working at Patek Philippe in the early 70’s Svend ANDERSEN had the chance to work on the worldtime complication developed by the Geneva based watchmaker Louis Cottier. Mr. Cottier created the first pocket watch in the 30’s and then the first wristwatch with an indication of different timezones. In commemoration to Louis Cottier’s first worldtime wristwatch, ANDERSEN Genève designed its first worldtime watch in 1989. It was a great success and the watches were delivered to watch collectors in 1990. Since then, ANDERSEN Genève has been developing different series of worldtime watches and “pièces uniques”. Worldtime watches are indeed part of ANDERSEN Genève’s DNA.


Now my input and my watch :-)

Worldtimers made by Svend andersen

First one was the communication in 1990 ( F.Piguet 9.51 calibre and on top Svend Andersen added an in-house world timer Module )
Second was the Christopher Columbus ( 500 pce limited edition)
3rd , in 1993 the WT Mundus came out
4th was the ref '1884' that came out in 2004
And ( 5th or recently the 'Tempus Terrae')

During the second series he made also a WT with chronograph function



Svend Andersen made about 50 world timer chronograph watches.
30 were made in yellow and white gold cases. The dials were beige, white and bleu and 21 ' OM.21' were made. (7 in Red gold, 7 in white gold and 7 in platinum)

Just got this one and I really love it.
39 mm worldtimer chronograph
With a very warm, vintage look








Also from the Andersen website

ANDERSEN Genève gained recognition not only from watch collectors but also from his peers. Svend ANDERSEN co-founded the AHCI – Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants - in 1985. In 1989 he developed the smallest calendar watch (6.5 x 17.4mm) ever produced; roughly the size of a match head. He was awarded world records from the Guinness Book. In 1994 one of his worldtime watch was awarded the thinnest worldtime watch ever made (the “Mundus”).

ANDERSEN Genève has always welcomed and trained high end watchmakers like, Frank Müller, Felix Baumgartner, Philippe Quentin to name a few. The philosophy remains and today two master watchmakers collaborate with Svend ANDERSEN at the atelier while one administrator manages the non-watchmaking sides.

ANDERSEN Genève has been creating high end watches for watch collectors for more than 4 decades.


Can we say he IS the godfather of independent watchmaking ?

[thewatchidiot]

That’s a very good and brief write up of Andersen. You have a lot of watch knowledge and post some great stuff. How about adding some pictures here cause I’m to lazy to look him up myself!


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[unknown]

Originally Posted by thewatchidiot

That’s a very good and brief write up of Andersen. You have a lot of watch knowledge and post some great stuff. How about adding some pictures here cause I’m to lazy to look him up myself!


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Hodinkee once wrote a nice article about the Andersen worldtimers ... including pics LOL

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ev...er-in-one-room

[charger_vital]

I've been looking for one of these. But very hard to find. Congrats on getting a legend!

[unknown]

Originally Posted by charger_vital

I've been looking for one of these. But very hard to find. Congrats on getting a legend!

Indeed, never pops up for sale
And I know a few guys that want one badly 😁
Tbh, if I ever come across a white gold one I would buy it also… in a heartbeat

[unknown]

Originally Posted by unknown

From the Andersen website

SVEND ANDERSEN
Svend ANDERSEN was born in Denmark in 1942. He absolved normal and practical school and a four years' apprenticeship as watchmaker. With his diploma from the Danish Watchmaker School integrated in the Royal Technological Institute of Copenhagen, he went to Switzerland in 1963 in order to see how the world's best watches were made.

He first worked at Gübelin Lucerne in the after-sales service and in 1965 he joined Gübelin Geneva. He was also responsible for the shop service because of his excellent knowledge of languages.

In 1969 he made, as a hobby, his first Bottle Clock which was displayed at the "Montres et Bijoux" Show. This unique performance had brought him the renowned "Watchmaker of the impossible" as it was mentioned in the international press. Indeed, nobody had ever realized such a clock.

Patek Philippe got interested in ANDERSEN's creations and, in 1969, Svend ANDERSEN joined their ”Atelier des grandes complications”.

Svend ANDERSEN launched his own workshop in the late 70’s after having spent 9 years at Patek Philippe.


While working at Patek Philippe in the early 70’s Svend ANDERSEN had the chance to work on the worldtime complication developed by the Geneva based watchmaker Louis Cottier. Mr. Cottier created the first pocket watch in the 30’s and then the first wristwatch with an indication of different timezones. In commemoration to Louis Cottier’s first worldtime wristwatch, ANDERSEN Genève designed its first worldtime watch in 1989. It was a great success and the watches were delivered to watch collectors in 1990. Since then, ANDERSEN Genève has been developing different series of worldtime watches and “pièces uniques”. Worldtime watches are indeed part of ANDERSEN Genève’s DNA.


Now my input and my watch :-)

Worldtimers made by Svend andersen

First one was the communication in 1990 ( F.Piguet 9.51 calibre and on top Svend Andersen added an in-house world timer Module )
Second was the Christopher Columbus ( 500 pce limited edition)
3rd , in 1993 the WT Mundus came out
4th was the ref '1884' that came out in 2004
And ( 5th or recently the 'Tempus Terrae')

During the second series he made also a WT with chronograph function



Svend Andersen made about 50 world timer chronograph watches.
30 were made in yellow and white gold cases. The dials were beige, white and bleu and 21 ' OM.21' were made. (7 in Red gold, 7 in white gold and 7 in platinum)

Just got this one and I really love it.
39 mm worldtimer chronograph
With a very warm, vintage look








Also from the Andersen website

ANDERSEN Genève gained recognition not only from watch collectors but also from his peers. Svend ANDERSEN co-founded the AHCI – Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants - in 1985. In 1989 he developed the smallest calendar watch (6.5 x 17.4mm) ever produced; roughly the size of a match head. He was awarded world records from the Guinness Book. In 1994 one of his worldtime watch was awarded the thinnest worldtime watch ever made (the “Mundus”).

ANDERSEN Genève has always welcomed and trained high end watchmakers like, Frank Müller, Felix Baumgartner, Philippe Quentin to name a few. The philosophy remains and today two master watchmakers collaborate with Svend ANDERSEN at the atelier while one administrator manages the non-watchmaking sides.

ANDERSEN Genève has been creating high end watches for watch collectors for more than 4 decades.


Can we say he IS the godfather of independent watchmaking ?

Realising now that this might be the watch I have worn the most this year :-)

[brandrea]

Thank you for the write up

[JTL31]

Congrats on a great watch! I enjoyed the Hodinkee article; thanks for posting it.