1884

to Pallweber from 2018. The original pocket watch version is from 1884. This is the IWC company 150th anniversary tribute edition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the 80s, after the market for mechanical watches was cleaned up by the quartz watch, the rights for the old names in the Swiss industry were being snapped up for a song by financial interests. It was evident that there was still a strong latent interes