Andersen GenèveA founding father of independent watch brands and co-founder of the AHCI in 1985, Svend Andersen is famous for world-time complications, cheeky automata, and engine-turned blue gold dials. GrönefeldFounded by the “Horological Brothers”, Bart and Tim Grönefeld, in Oldenzaal, Netherlands, Grönefeld represents the pinnacle of Dutch independent watchmaking. Just a few years prior, H. Moser & Cie was an enamel-dial watch brand struggling to balance its books. Sartory BillardFounded by French designer Armand Billard, Sartory Billard has become a darling of the custom watch movement. Known for his ‘mad genius’ appearance, wild imagination, and rivet-adorned cases, Halter sparked the modern independent watch movement in 1998 with his Jules Verne-inspired Antiqua Perpetual Calendar.