Andersen Genève Adds A New Hue To Its Jumping Hours Complication With The Launch Of Rising Sun Edition In Pink Gold And Platinum
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From the watchmaker with several entries in the Guinness Book of World Records comes a Gold and Platinum Rising Sun Edition of the Jumping Hours Timepiece. Andersen Genève celebrates its timeless bond with Japan’s pioneering watch community by announcing the latest rendition of its most popular timepiece launched as the Jumping Hours Rising Sun Edition. Limited to 50 pieces, the watch orchestrates an ornate symphony of pink gold and platinum precious metals with a modern interpretation of the Jumping Hours complication.
Sharing A Unique Bond With Japan
Hailed as the ‘Watchmaker of the Impossible’, Svend Andersen, founder at Andersen Genève shares another great example of his embellished dial creations as the latest Jumping Hours timepiece gets a traditional guilloché engraving adorned on the 18ct pink gold dial. A platinum case with alternating polished and brushed surfaces adds to the timepiece’s aesthetic depth.
Since the 1980s, Svend Andersen has been revered by the Japanese watch connoisseurs who were quick to appreciate his watchmaking skill and ingenuity. For the nation where craftsmanship and beauty hold immense imperativeness, this latest timepiece limited to 50 pieces attest to Andersen’s regard for the Land of Rising Sun.
The timepiece was revealed to an audience of seasoned horological purists at the Swiss ambassador’s residence in Japan on June 13th.
A Flagship Complication At Andersen Genève: Jumping Hours
The dearest complication at Andersen Genève, the Jumping Hours gets a taste of the Japanese influence as an 18ct hand guilloché dial with “magical losanges” motive serves an uncluttered and inventive expression of timekeeping parameters.
A window at 12 o’clock displays the hourly progression and surprising what many might mistake as the sub-seconds dial at 6 o’clock is actually for counting the minutes. The numbered disc beneath the elaborate dial seamlessly jumps to the next hour while the gradually ticking minutes hand completes the minimalist nuances of the timepiece.
Jumping Hours Rising Sun Edition Case
The limited to 50 pieces Jumping Hours Rising Sun Edition from Andersen Genève is encased within a platinum 950 case serving a dynamic tonal contrast with the pink gold dial. A pleasing artistry of finishes on the dial with its satin brushed flanks and mirror-polished bezel renders an aesthetic replication of the timepiece’s tonal contrasts. Honest to traditional allure, the case’s lugs are made separately and individually welded.
A Discrete Watch With A Purposeful Caliber
Beneath the surface of the Andersen Genève Jumping Hours Rising Sun Edition, the ultra-slim Frédéric Piguet 11.50 movement suffices timekeeping duties. The movement beating at 3Hz offers a power reserve of 72 hours thanks to its twin-barrel architecture and carries the Andersen Genève in-house jumping hours module.
The artisanal caliber has been hand finished to an immaculate level revealing its tapestry of anglage around the surfaces, Geneva stripes on bridges and black polishing on the screws. Topping off the movement is an 18ct pink gold winding rotor featuring intensive guilloché. The movement periphery reveals a heat treated 21ct Blue Gold Ring, a feature exclusive to the watchmaking prowess at Andersen Genève.
A Perfect Example of Cultural Appreciation and High Watchmaking Standards
As an evolution of the previous Blue Gold 40th anniversary Jumping Hours timepiece launched back in 2020, the latest version retains its intrinsic features but offers a more elegant salmon-hued pink gold aesthetic. With Japan’s deep-rooted enthusiasm for independent watchmaking and haute horlogerie, the trendy salmon hue feels a well-suited choice for the dial color despite its lack of any Japanese influence.
Viewed from any angle or observed at any detail, the Andersen Genève Jumping Hours Rising Sun Edition is stunningly beautiful. Boasting an ideal balance of technical complexity and an unrivaled allure of traditional hand finishing techniques, this timepiece showcases a high level of execution and attention to detail synonymous with Japanese art culture and technological influence.
Technical Specifications
Made in: Genève
Case Diameter: 38.0 mm
Case Material: Platinum (Pt 950) case with polished/brushed zones and welded lugs
Dial: 18ct hand guilloché “magical losanges” motive. Hours displayed in the window at 12 o’clock, minutes displayed by a brushed white gold hand in a counter at 6 o’clock
Strap: Light grey hand-stitched suede strap with platinum (Pt 950) buckle
Rotor: 18ct yellow gold “hand guilloché grain d’orge” and “A” logo hand engraved
Technical Data: 3Hz (21’600A/h), 28 jewels, with 60 hours power reserve
Case Material: Platinum (Pt 950) case with polished/brushed zones and welded lugs
Water Resistant: 30m
Case Diameter: 38.0 mm
Case Height: 9.22mm
Width between lugs: 19 mm
Strap: Light grey hand-stitched suede strap with platinum (Pt 950) buckle
Limited Edition: 50 timepieces
Price: CHF 48'800
