Andersen Geneve World Time Chronograph from 1990

Founded in 1980 by Svend Andersen, Andersen Genève stands as one of the great pillars of independent Swiss watchmaking. Before founding his own atelier, Andersen honed his craft at Patek Philippe, working in the prestigious Grand Complications workshop. This watch represents an early and important iteration of an Andersen Genève world time chronograph, produced in 1990, a defining era when Svend Andersen was among the pioneers of the independent watchmaking movement. Combining a chronograph with a world time complication, the piece reflects Andersen’s deep mastery of global timekeeping, rooted in the classical Louis Cottier fashion, the original inventor of the world time mechanism. Andersen’s connection to this lineage is authentic and direct, having worked extensively with Cottier-inspired systems during his years at Patek Philippe in the 1970s. This example was found completely untouched, bearing a warm and honest patina that speaks to decades of careful storage in a safe. The case