Swiss handicrafts: Watches workshops

The Geneva Watch Tour through the Old Town offers an entertaining journey through the realm of watchmaking.

Along an original and scenographed tour of the Manufacture, you will discover the watchmaking professions, as well as the complete watchmaking process, from the design of the movement to the assembly of the components.

La Cité du Temps - French for the City of Time - is nestled in the heart of Biel, the world's watchmaking capital.

Franck Muller is the archetypal watchmaking success story. In less than ten years, he has taken his brand to an international level.

Maurice the watch-whisperer invites: There aren’t many people who know the souls of things, …and even fewer can make these souls perceptible and tangible to others. Maurice can. If you also desire to belong to this chosen group, then you have to come to Maurice. “à Maurice”, from Maurice de Mauriac, is a meeting place for people who want to feel and to experience the soul of mechanical watches.

Come discover the inside of watchmaking and leave with your own personalized, highly finished time keeping piece.

The visitors get an insight view into the watch factories and join workshops in the heart of the «Swiss watch making» region.

Step into a watchmaker's shoes at a workshop. The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) was established in Geneva in 2005 by three founders: the Richemont Group, Audemars Piguet and Girard Perregaux, to promote fine watchmaking internationally.

Each course participant can create his own watch with the help of the master watchmaker of Initium in Le Noirmont.

Zyt Tower is one of nine towers that are part of the town fortifications of Lucerne. Two giants carry the face of its time-honored clock on its façade. There are nine more historic tower clocks inside the tower.

Dedicated to the history of timekeeping, the Musée International d'Horlogerie (MIH) is home to more than 4,500 collection pieces, of which 2,700 watches and around 700 wall clocks. The technical, artistic, social and economic aspect of the history of watchmaking is illustrated here in living manner.

Discover the fascinating art of mechanical watchmaking in the Initium watchmaker's workshop. Using a screwdriver and tweezers, watch lovers can try for themselves and assemble a clockwork with great finesse and dexterity.

An ultra-modern home for a long and distinguished history : In 2019, OMEGA opened a new Museum at “La Cité du Temps”, the Swatch Group/OMEGA campus in Biel/Bienne Switzerland. Located in a beautiful light-filled building designed by award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, OMEGA’s stunning new Museum is a space worthy of a brand with extraordinary stories to share.

Swiss watches are much more than a luxury item. This becomes obvious to all who travel to the Neuenburg Jura, to La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle on the historic day in honor of the watchmaking industry. They gain insight into the secrets of the art of watchmaking.

Founded in 1755 in Geneva, Vacheron Constantin is the world’s oldest watch manufacturing company with an uninterrupted history spanning more than 250 years.

Have you ever wondered how a watch is made? Or what the parts that bring life to these precious timepieces look like?

The Zytglogge (clock tower): Visit the landmark of Bern's Old Town and experience the history and mechanics of the tower on a guided tour.

Nowadays, wearing a watch is not only for telling the time: it’s more of a jewellery item. Mechanical watches in particular, which conceal a complex interior life, are true wonders of technology and a feast for the eyes. At the Centre Horloger in Neuchâtel, visitors themselves can lend a hand.

The Patek Philippe Museum takes visitors on a journey through time, exploring the 500-year history of watchmaking.

Discover the exclusive universe of Swiss watchmaking and enter the realm of two innovative watch manufacturers.

La Chaux-de-Fonds is more closely associated with watches than perhaps any other town or city. Located at an altitude of 1,000 metres above sea level, its streets are laid out in a chessboard pattern. This successful symbiosis between urban development and the watchmaking industry has led to the city being designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. La Chaux-de-Fonds is also the birthplace of Le Corbusier.

A watch is a little universe of precision components that only works properly when the elements of this highly complex puzzle fit together perfectly.

Step in the shoes of a watchmaker and discover the fascinating world of Swiss mechanical watchmaking in a unique way!

WATCH ACADEMY – The mobile watch seminar comes to you – an exciting journey to the heart of things during 3 hours.

Experience mechanical watchmaking live and discover the traditional craftsmanship of Chronoswiss.