A WORLD IN PLATINUM
ANDERSEN GENÈVE LAUNCHES THE COMMUNICATION 45 IN PLATINUM
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The acclaimed worldtimer returns in an exquisite new guise, in three series of 15 timepieces each
When ANDERSEN Genève launched the Communication 45 in 2025 — marking 45 years since the brand's founding — it was greeted with wide acclaim: praised by collectors and press alike for its innovative dial work, intoxicating style and sublime craftsmanship.
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2025 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45"
Yellow gold case (map of EUROPE)
Now, for 2026, the watch returns in a new and equally compelling form:
a platinum case housing a deep blue BlueGold dial, with a world map inlaid in white gold.
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2026 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45" Pt950 case
Limited Edition of 45 Timepieces
In 1990, Svend Andersen’s first series-produced wristwatch, the Communication, was the first classical, Louis Cottier-style worldtimer to appear on the haute horlogerie market for a generation.
In 2025, the anniversary of this icon was marked with the unveiling of the Communication 45, a new worldtimer made in yellow gold that was celebrating the first Communication watch made in 1990.
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Yellow gold case (map of EUROPE)
For 2026 the Communication 45 appears for the first time in platinum, celebrating again the Communication from 1990 made in platinum.
Like its predecessor, the Communication 45 Platinum Edition is produced in three distinct 15-piece series, each centred on a dial map depicting one of three regions: Europe, Asia, or the Americas.
1980 - 2025/2026
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2026 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45"
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1990 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication"
DESIGN FOR THE WORLD CITIZEN
Every element of the Communication 45 has been developed for clarity, balance and refinement. The case, made by hand in ANDERSEN Genève ’s dedicated case workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds, measures 38mm, with curving, beautifully formed ‘teardrop’ lugs presenting a twist on those used in the Communication series of 1990.
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2025 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45"
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1990 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication"
A city-setting crown at 9 o’clock features a special “Communication 45” logo (a globe with the number 45), while the winding and time-setting crown at 3 o’clock is capped with a polished “A” logo, an ANDERSEN Genève emblem. Inside, the watch uses a slim, vintage automatic calibre that is completely reworked and deftly hand-finished by the ANDERSEN Genève team, paired with the brand’s in-house, ultra-thin worldtime module.
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2025 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45"
Yellow gold case (map of EUROPE)
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2026 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45"
Platinum case (map of AMERICAS)
35 YEARS OF ANDERSEN GENÈVE WORLDTIMERS
The worldtimer, showing 24 time zones simultaneously, has been a defining focus of ANDERSEN Genève’s work for 35 years. Founder Svend Andersen, now 83, first encountered the worldtime system, as developed in the 1930s by Louis Cottier, and adopted by Patek Philippe among others , while restoring watches in Lucerne in the 1960s; and thereafter during his decade in the Grand Complications workshop of Patek Philippe in the 1970s.
Enchanted by this complication, in the late 1980s he developed his own ultra-thin worldtime module – just 0.9mm thick – at the behest of Italian collectors. This module became the basis for his first worldtimer, the Communication 24, launched in 1990 on a souscription (subscription) basis. Twenty-four watches were to be made, with global map dials in blue and gold, and gold cases – with eye-catching hinged lugs – by the late case-making genius, Jean-Pierre Hagmann. Within two weeks of the subscription offer being announced in a single German magazine, 18 collectors had paid a deposit to secure one of the watches; six more would soon follow.
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1991 ANDERSEN Genève "Chronograph"
1992 ANDERSEN Genève "Christophorus Columbus"
2004 ANDERSEN Genève "1884"
This was followed, also in 1990, by ANDERSEN Genève’s first serially-produced timepiece, known simply as the Communication – almost identical to the subscription model, and with a case once again made by JP Hagmann – but this time with tear-drop style lugs. With its classical proportions, city ring bezel and notable lugs, it took clear inspiration from the early Cottier-made worldtimers of Patek Philippe, which had long-since ceased production. (It would be another decade before Patek Philippe returned to the worldtime format).
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2015 ANDERSEN Genève "Tempus Terrae"
Since then, ANDERSEN Genève has continued to refine and reinterpret the worldtime complication, developing a succession of limited series with classical city-ring layouts and detailed decorative work. These include the Christophorus Columbus (1992), ultra-thin Mundus (1994), the 1884 (2004), the Tempus Terrae (2015), the Heures du Monde in collaboration with Asprey (2022) and the Celestial Voyager enamel series in collaboration with BCHH (from 2021-2024).
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The Communication 45 draws together many of the ideas that have shaped this legacy: elegant construction, precision mechanics, exceptional artistry and highly limited production.
THE CRAFTS OF ANDERSEN GENÈVE: TRADITIONAL CASE-MAKING
One of its most distinctive elements is the shape of the lugs, which combine the teardrop style used by Jean-Pierre Hagmann for the series-made Communication of 1990 with a more sculptural, curvaceous silhouette — viewed in profile, they take on an elegant cornes de vache (cow-horn) form. Multiple prototypes were required to perfect the complex, precisely balanced contours and the flawless mirror finish.
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ANDERSEN Genève was able to draw on the deep expertise of Marco Poluzzi, who has been making watch cases by hand for over 50 years, working with many of the great names of Swiss watchmaking. In 2022, his workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds – a trove of antique machinery and tooling – was acquired by ANDERSEN Genève, becoming the brand’s second production site besides its original Geneva Atelier. Just as Svend has done with ANDERSEN Genève’s watchmakers in Geneva, Marco is now training a new generation of boîtiers (case-makers) in La Chaux-de-Fonds to carry forward this complex and delicate traditional craft.
Macro Poluzzi
in the La Chaux-de-Fonds Atelier
Making a platinum case requires even greater skill and patience than a gold case. As with last year’s yellow gold model, the voluptuous lugs are made and polished individually, before being soldered to the case with absolute precision.
The dials and the rotor of the movement is in 21ct BlueGold, worked with ANDERSEN Genève's historic wave-form tapisserie-guilloché pattern using an authentic 19th-century machine and a Belle Époque template discovered by Svend Andersen over 30 years ago.
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21ct BlueGold tapisserie hand guilloché rotors & dials
with "cognac" & "light blue" coulours
‘GENEVA WAVES’ OF A DIFFERENT KIND
The wave-like texture of the BlueGold dial, another hallmark of ANDERSEN Genève, is made by a traditional tapisserie-guilloché process using a ‘tapisserie’ pattern that’s over a century old.
The pattern is applied prior to the bluing process, using a tapisserie-guilloché machine that traces an antique template disc to replicate its design, in miniaturised form, onto the 21ct gold dial blank. The template, originally created for pocket watch decoration during the Belle Époque era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was discovered by Svend Andersen over 30 years ago in the workshop of master guilloché engraver, Mr. Mayor, and it has been a recurring feature of ANDERSEN Genève watches since then. The engraving is executed using authentic 19th-century tapisserie-guilloché machine, preserving the depth and texture of the original motif.
LANDS OF GOLD
Finally, the map motif is achieved via a new procedure developed specifically for this watch. First, the surface layer of the landmass is removed with great precision to a depth of 0.2mm; this void is then infilled with a liquid lacquer of unalloyed gold – similar in principle to traditional shell-gold inlay. Once cured and polished, the result is a smooth, even inlay of pure gold, that lies slightly recessed amid the waveform ‘sea’ that surrounds it.
This work was developed through lengthy experimentation and research over several months, in collaboration with three outstanding suppliers in Switzerland.
A WORLD OF DETAILS
The city ring of the Communication 45 is circular-brushed and overlaid with cream lacquer. On top of this, a new, bespoke font for the city names was developed to aid perfect legibility; the 24-hour ring features alternating day and night sectors in cream and dark brown.
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2025 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45"
Yellow gold case (map of EUROPE)
The gold, sword-shaped hands are open-worked and brushed, and the strap is made of dark brown crocodile with a yellow gold pin buckle. A domed sapphire crystal with double-sided internal anti-reflective coating completes the construction.
Each case is individually hand-engraved with its edition number and fitted with two crowns, one on either side, in the manner of Louis Cottier’s original worldtime design: one for city selection (at 9 o’clock) and one for winding and time-setting (at 3 o’clock). The city-setting crown is engraved with the “C45 Anniversary” logo (the number 45 set within a globe); and the time-setting crown carries the brand’s “A with screwhead” logo.
Each watch is individually numbered “X/15” according to its regional edition, which is engraved by hand on the back bezel.
MOVEMENT FROM THE GOLDEN AGE
The movement inside the Communication 45 is a vintage automatic calibre specially selected by ANDERSEN Genève for its slimness and stability. Such calibres have been used in several of the brand’s worldtimer models, including the Celestial Voyager, the Heures du Monde made in collaboration with Asprey, and earlier Tempus Terrae editions.
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ANDERSEN Genève "Tempus Terrae " Hunter case back disclosing the movement and the rotor made of 21ct BlueGold Tapisserie guilloché motive
This is combined with the latest version of ANDERSEN Genève’s in-house worldtime module, based on that originally designed by Svend in the 1980s and continually refined for ultimate precision, efficiency and ease of operation.
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2025 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45"
Yellow gold case (map of EUROPE) case back disclosing the movement and the rotor made of 21ct ‘Cognac’ Tapisserie guilloché motive
Each movement is decorated at an outstanding level. Bridges and plates are gently frosted rather than striped, giving a matte texture reminiscent of early 20th-century finishing styles, and forming a high contrast with chamfered and polished bevels, all of which is carried out by hand. Screws are mirror polished, and the teeth of the wheels are finished to precise tolerances to enhance both function and appearance.
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2026 ANDERSEN Genève "Communication 45" Pt950 case back
Limited Edition of 45 Timepieces
The rotor, in matching BlueGold ‘Cognac’, carries the same ‘tapisserie’ guilloché as the dial. On the underside of the balance bridge, the brand’s “A” logo is engraved, with its centre a polished and heat-blued screw head – a quiet detail reserved for those familiar with the brand’s history.
MILESTONES IN TIME
Key Dates in ANDERSEN Genève’s Worldtimer Journey
• 1942 – Svend Andersen is born in Padborg, Denmark
• 1969–79 – Works at Patek Philippe; restores original Louis Cottier-made worldtimers
• 1979 – Founds ANDERSEN Genève as an independent maker of bespoke timepieces
• 1990 – Launches Communication 24, with 24 pieces by subscription; followed by a series-made edition simply called Communication
• 1991 – Chronograph, followed by a series-made edition requested by Italian collectors, called OM21 (Oro Mundi)
• 1992 – Christophorus Columbus – worldtimer showing map of Columbus’s 1492 voyage
• 1994 – Mundus, sets record for the world’s thinnest worldtimer of only 4.2mm (still holding in 2025)
• 2004 – 1884, celebrating 120 years of global time zones
• 2005 – Voyage World Time (Shellman collaboration)
• 2015 – Tempus Terrae, celebrating 25 years of worldtimer by ANDERSEN Genève
• 2022 – Heures du Monde (Asprey collaboration)
• 2021–2024 – Celestial Voyager enamel editions with BCHH
• 2025 – Launch of Communication 45
• 2025 – Launch of Rattrapante Mondiale the first ever split-seconds chronograph worldtimer
• 2026 – Launch of Communication 45 with a platinum case
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ANDERSEN Genève has also made several special worldtimer series on request, as well as bespoke commissions for unique pieces. These have on occasion seen the worldtimer paired with other complications including minute repeaters, chronographs, perpetual calendars, retrograde displays and alarm functions.
ANDERSEN Genève has also made several special worldtimer series on request, as well as bespoke commissions for unique pieces. These have on occasion seen the worldtimer paired with other complications including minute repeaters, chronographs, perpetual calendars, retrograde displays and alarm functions.
WATCHMAKING’S GLOBAL CITIZEN
Q&A WITH SVEND ANDERSEN
SVEND QUOTES ON WORLDTIMERS
What was your first experience of the Worldtime complication?
I moved from Denmark to Switzerland in 1963,
and because I could speak good English, I got a job at Gübelin [the
Swiss high-end watch retailer] in Lucerne. There, I had the chance to
repair some of the original worldtime watches, with Louis Cottier’s mechanism. That was my first real encounter with the complication, and it stayed with me.
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In the 1970s,
you were part of the three-man team in Patek Philippe’s Grand
Complications workshop, alongside Roger Dubuis and Max Berney. Did you
encounter many worldtimers there?
Absolutely. Louis Cottier had died in 1966 and Patek Philippe
stopped making worldtimers after that. But we would repair them, and
once someone came to me with trays of parts from the old Cottier
worldtime watches from the 1950s.
They asked, “Can we make watches from these?” I looked at them
carefully and said, ‘I think we can save three movements from this.’ The
parts went to another workshop, they made three gold cases, and that
was that. But it taught me something important: how special this concept
was, how beautiful, and how rare."
You went solo in 1979, and spent the 1980s making first pocket-watch cases and then one-off bespoke watches. What led you eventually back to the worldtime?
Some
Italian collectors were asking me for something more interesting than
just hours, minutes and seconds. I remembered those old Cottier watches,
and I thought, why not a Worldtime? So I began developing my own
version. I designed a completely new module, much thinner than what was
around at the time. Mine was just 0.9
millimetres, everything included. There weren’t many others around, and
those that were used modules that were thicker, like the one from Lemania, and that made the whole watch too bulky. For me, slimness and elegance are very important, especially for a worldtimer.
The
Communication started off as a subscription edition of 24 watches. What
was the response from collectors like, and how did you get the word
out?
When I developed the prototype version, in 1989,
I presented it to a German journalist. He published an article, and
within two weeks we had 18 subscriptions – out of a planned edition of
24. The other six came soon after. The subscription model meant that
people paid 50 percent
in advance, and that gave me the funds to buy gold for the cases and to
begin production. We actually made 25 cases – the 25th, which had no
lugs at all, I kept. It’s my wife’s watch to this day.
From
there, you made the series-produced Communication, as well as a handful
of special versions with different dial designs. Why do you think there
was such a market for it?
Well of course I was very
happy about that. It was very pleasing that so many good people, really
committed collectors who loved watches, wanted it. Patek Philippe wasn’t
making Worldtimers at that time, so in a way, there was a gap in the
market. Ebel and a few other brands were doing them, but not really
refined. I was going back to what Cottier had invented.
The
different dials were made according to the different requests from my
retail partners. For example, a cream colour dial with gold map was
requested by Yoshi Isogai of the Shellman Boutique in Tokyo.
He sold dozens of such Communication with white dials to high end
Japanese collectors. There was also a black dial version which was
requested by Mr Fagnola of the Fagnola boutique in Turin, for one of his long time Italian clients.
ABOUT ANDERSEN GENÈVE
Founded in 1980 by master watchmaker Svend Andersen, ANDERSEN Genève has become one of the most exclusive Ateliers in Swiss watchmaking. A founding member of the Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI) – an organization co-instigated by Svend – it is one of the few brands to specialise in bespoke haute horlogerie, working one-on-one with collectors around the world. It is known for its imaginative complications, refined worldtime watches and artistic craftsmanship, bringing a deeply artisanal approach to every creation.
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Svend Andersen
in the Geneva Atelier
Since 2015,
ANDERSEN Genève has been owned and directed by Pierre-Alexandre
Aeschlimann, working in close collaboration with Svend Andersen (83 years old), Marco Poluzzi (83 years old), and a small, in-house team of talented watchmakers.
Operating
from its original workshop overlooking the Rhône in the historic Saint
Gervais area of Geneva – once home to the city’s famed cabinotiers
watchmakers – and since 2022 with a second Atelier for case-making in La Chaux-de-Fonds, ANDERSEN Genève creates around 50 watches per year, each one a rare and lasting work of art. In fact, fewer than 1,400 timepieces have been manufactured since 1980.
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TECHNICAL DATA
Collection: WORLDTIME
Model: WORLDTIME Communication 45 Platinum Pt950 Edition
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Material: Platinum (Pt 950)
Pt 950 case with soldered lugs
Diameter: 38.00
Thickness: 8.97 (without glasses)
2x sapphire glasses with double sided anti-reflect coating
Water Resistant: 30m
Dial
Dial in 21ct BlueGold “tapisserie-guilloché” light blue colour
Map on the dial infilled with a liquid lacquer of unalloyed gold
Movement
Automatic Movement with frosted finishing, mirror polished screws
40 hours power reserve, 21600 vph
Rotor in 21ct BlueGold “tapisserie-guilloché” lighte blue colour
Worldtime complication module developed and assembled in the Atelier
Strap
Hand stitched suede strap with platinum pin buckle
- 15 with map of Asia
- 15 with map of Europe
- 15 with map of Americas
🔴 Price: CHF 184,000💰
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