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I recently had the pleasure of touring the ANDERSEN GENEVE SA shop of legendary watchmaker Svend Andersen located upstairs at 36 Quai du Sujet, Geneve, Switzerland. Born in 1942 in Denmark, Mr. Andersen graduated from the Danish Watchmaker School of the R...  

Svend Andersen showing completed watches. We all felt like kids in a candy store! Mr. Andersen is famous for the most sophisticated, complex, and animated automaton wristwatches. Besides the obvious, even the dog's tail wags! Such detail makes Svend Ander...  

More dial pics. You can see how complex and detailed the automaton dials are. This message has been edited by DRMW on 2008-10-22 14:00:17...  

Now, that begins to be interesting! Seriously, this is Art! I love these Autonmatons, and not only the erotic ones... I discovered them with U.N on the Hour striker, the Forgerons, the Circus, Genghis Khan and the Jungle, and I was literraly fascinated. T... 

LOL. Just for you Nicolas, I'll see if ED209 can send you the videos. I never knew how many moving parts that Svend Andersen has put in his pieces until I visited the shop. Truly incredible. If you are into automaton wristwatches, Svend is the man to see.... 

Under the tutelage of the master watchmaker Svend Andersen are Nicolas Commergnat and Sabastien Billieres. There were many complicated pieces being restored by ANDERSEN GENEVE SA. The watchmakers are very passionate about their work. On the bottom you can...  

- SJX

Too bad I wasn't able to visit this time. I was able to see a lot of cool stuff two years ago. There's just so many goodies in that workshop. Svend was just digging around in safes and drawers and everything that came out was fascinating. Thanks for the p... 

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My wallet said more in addition to the 3 that I have. Hhmmm.... must think of something special to commission.... cen@jkt

So cen@jkt, which wonderful work of Andersen do you have? Care to share pics with the rest of us? =) -MW

and hop into a bunny trail . I usually delete the pictures that I posted. I only showed 2, let say the other one is similar to the one you were ogling .... cen@jkt

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It is always good to see a watchmaker like Svend Andersen take on and train the next generation. I've never seen a picture of the movement (top and bottom side) of his eros movement. Do you have some that you can post? DaveB

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I really enjoyed your report, the pics and your comments are excellent. Thanks ! Fr.Xavier

Great post, was wondering on the availabliity of the EROX XL, how big is it and is it LE? Thanks

Hello Macca, the Eros XL i 42mm with a case thickness of 14.5mm. Retail price as of September 2008 is 52,000 SFr for YG, 55,000 SFr for WG. Andersen makes very few pieces per year . The best is to contact Svend himself (www.andersen-geneve.ch). Which one ...