Visit to ANDERSEN GENEVE SA shop of SVEND ANDERSEN part1
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...
part2: WARNING! NUDE dial pics inside...
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...
part3: WARNING: more NUDE dail pics..
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...
More pics, please, DRMW! LMAO
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...
I believe that ED209 has VIDEO of a few of the automatons in action
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....
part4: Nicolas Commergnat and Sabastien Billieres
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...
I love that bottle clock!
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...
I love Andersen
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...
So cen@jkt, which wonderful work of Andersen do you have? Care to share pics with the rest of us? =) -MW
You can click on my name ...
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
Nice to see some new faces
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
Thanks a lot DRMW.
I really enjoyed your report, the pics and your comments are excellent. Thanks ! Fr.Xavier
EROS XL
Great post, was wondering on the availabliity of the EROX XL, how big is it and is it LE? Thanks
Some info...
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 ...