Bonhams New York, March 2024 – Andersen Genève early white dial Worldtime

Auctions · · by Christian Bissener


Andersen Genève Worldtime watch in gold with a city ring around a white dial with Roman numerals, on a grey fabric strap

Bonhams New York is offering an early Andersen Genève Worldtime from the “Communication” series, with a white dial. The sale closes on Monday, 11 March.

We prefer the white dial to the better-known blue version with the world map. It is cleaner, and it recalls the Patek Philippe 1415, one of our favourite wristwatches; we tend to call this Andersen the “1415” for that reason. The white dial is also the rarer variant, probably made in no more than a few dozen examples.

One detail deserves mention. The cases of the “Communication” watches carry the APG hallmark (Andersen Perret Genève), but they were in fact made by Jean-Pierre Hagmann (JHP), whose own stamp does not appear inside the caseback. Bonhams lists the watch without accessories.

Andersen Genève Worldtime in gold with a white dial, Roman numerals and a city ring, on a grey fabric strap
Andersen Genève Worldtime “Communication”, white dial

Caseback view of the watch showing the automatic movement with rotor engraved Andersen Genève
Automatic movement, signed Andersen Genève

Solid gold caseback with a red line seen across its surface, black background
Caseback

Photographs: Bonhams.