ANDERSEN Genève
Communication 45 Platinum Blue Worldtimer

Named after the legendary Communication watch of 1990 – the first serially produced ANDERSEN Genève wristwatch – the Communication 45 marks ANDERSEN Genève’s 45th anniversary in sumptuous style. With a 38mm case crafted by hand, beautifully sculpted lugs, and a blue dial map inlaid into a centre dial tapisserie-engraved BlueGold, it is now offered in platinum. For each, three 15-piece editions, with maps of Europe, Asia or the Americas respectively, are available.

The Communicatino 45’s handmade case features distinctive lugs inspired by the ‘teardrop’ style of those in the original 1990 Communication, now given a fuller, more sculptural cornes-de-vache profile. The centre dial is in our hallmark material, 21-carat BlueGold, created in our Geneva workshop by kiln-heating gold to achieve lustrous shades: deep blue for the platinum edition. This is engraved with our customary wave-form tapisserie.

The sensational dial map features landmasses hollowed out and infilled with pure gold, via a multi-stage processed developed for this watch. The city ring features a new, bespoke font for perfect legibility, while the two-tone 24-hour ring features embossed numerals for the night, and recessed numerals for the day.

Inside, the worldtime function is powered by our ultra-thin, 0.9mm in-house complication module, originally developed by Svend Andersen for the 1990 Communication and made in our Geneva atelier. This is paired with a reworked vintage movement, fully hand-finished by our watchmakers. The bridges feature delicately frosted surfaces in high contrast to the chamfered and polished bevels and mirror polished screws; the BlueGold rotor, meanwhile, echoes the pattern and colour of the dial.