Permanent Exhibitions
The Espace Horloger offers two permanent exhibitions that provide deeper insight into the history of watchmaking and the Vallée de Joux: the Gideon exhibition traces the history of watchmaking, while the Vallée de Joux exhibition showcases the region’s treasures.
In addition, our cinema area invites you to discover “The wheels of harmony”, a 12-minute film that condenses some 250 years of watchmaking history. This documentary retraces the story of the farmer-watchmakers, the origins of modern manufactures, and their international reputation.
Gideon Exhibition
Through a selection of timekeeping instruments made between the 16th and 19th centuries, the Gideon collection showcases table and travel clocks, Gothic and planetary pendulum clocks, as well as illusionist clocks. These timepieces are examples of decorative objects that adorned the interiors of European nobility and the upper bourgeoisie from the Ancien Régime to the present day.
Vallée de Joux Exhibition
Immerse yourself in the world of watchmaking and explore the richness of complicated movements: minute repeater, grande sonnerie, split-seconds chronograph, perpetual calendar, tourbillon, moon phase and many other mechanical marvels.
The Vallée de Joux, cradle of high watchmaking complications, stands out for the continuity of its production and the transmission of a unique savoir-faire. This living heritage has shaped the region’s reputation as a landmark of Swiss watchmaking excellence and history.