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Hands-On: Andersen Geneve Jumping Hours 40th Anniversary Watch
If you are looking to find a tiny oasis of old-school watchmaking in Geneva, all you have to do is walk southwest a few minutes along the Rh?ne, find the right staircase, and knock on the right door, and you’ll find the seemingly always high-spirited Svend Andersen and his proper-traditional watchmaking workshop. A detailed workshop visit article is yet to come, but first, let’s see some of his latest creations with the Andersen Geneve Jumping Hours 40th Anniversary watch.Born and trained as a watchmaker in Denmark, Andersen has an impressive, if lesser-known, track record of achievements as a master watchmaker. He moved to Switzerland in 1963 and worked for nine years at Patek Philippe’s Atelier des grandes complications from 1969 before establishing his own workshop as an independent watchmaker. Interestingly, he began by producing high-end cases for Italian collectors, a work that entailed unique piece consignments, often with whimsical and unique time displays and
Pre-Basel: New Maurice Lacroix Pontos Chronographe
Maurice Lacroix has started releasing information about their upcoming Baselworld 2013 collection. They will be debuting two watches each week leading up to the start of BaselWorld. This week kicks off with two new models within their very successful Pontos range of elegant but sporty automatic chronographs. The Pontos is arguably Maurice Lacroix’s most recognizable model, and rightfully so, as they have managed to design a watch that looks distinctive without being especially boisterous or ostentatious.The new models, ref 6188 and 6288, are both powered by the Valjoux 7750 automatic chronograph movement which has been adjusted to three positions and features cotes de geneve decoration. The 7750 allows for sub seconds, a thirty minute register, and a 12 hour register with the chronograph seconds being displayed centrally. With 43mm stainless steel cases, these new Pontos’ are nicely sized and are equipped with an anti-reflective front sapphire crystal as well as a sapphire