Haute Time Video Series starts with exclusive view in New York City Flagship Boutique

Haute Time is proud to present a series of videos with a view of the most beautiful boutiques in New York tip clock and a detailed look at the Top 5 Watches Audemars Piguet, Hublot, Breitling, Omega, Panerai, and more.

High Time is the ultimate resource for lovers of luxury replica watches, is pleased to announce the launch of its new video series. This is the latest addition to an already vibrant video site, and the series provides insight into the luxury watch brand boutique in New York.

Haute Living Co-Publisher and Editor Seth Semilof High Time was given exclusive tours of these stores in Manhattan, where the brand manager has access to dozens of limited edition and one-of-a-kind watch. "This type of content buyers and enthusiasts access to swiss replica watches that offers are being kept under wraps, and showing the pride of every brand and attention to detail not only their songs, but their businesses," he says.

vgwatchesus.org is the first go-to site for information about all brands of luxury watches. This interactive website features exclusive content such as video interviews with CEOs and one-on-one tours of factories, showrooms and boutiques. Experienced staff are on the ground to reveal the leading exhibitions in Geneva and Basel and critique the latest news and offers from luxury watch manufacturers.

In 2013, his first start slow Haute number of prints in the field of luxury watches and is expanding its reach over 50,000 topics published semi-reaching high-level readers around the world.

Swiss watches vendors are preparing for Chinese New Year

Moderates Asian demand consumer dependence on the Swiss Watch Industry Christmas and December.

Even before the Christmas tree grew for 124 years Bucherer watch boutique in town on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, the store had already planned decorations for the Year of the Snake.

Chinese symbols that mark the beginning of the Lunar New Year on February 10 host bus filled with Asian buyers who visit every day Lucerne and invite them inside to see Tag Heuer, Rolex Replica and more than 20 other brands.

Less than half of watches bought in the shop in December Lucerne, perhaps for Christmas, said Joerg Baumann, director of marketing Bucherer.

"Other parts of the year captured" by Christmas, Baumann said, "This is good news for retailers, because everyone wants a stable and not very seasonal."

Asian consumers relax dependency of the Swiss Watch Industry on Christmas. While December is always the most important period of sales is decreasing importance and may be exceeded by the Chinese New Year in seven years, said Jean-Claude Biver, chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton brand Hublot watches.

"When I started 38 years ago, December and Christmas were 30% of the activity, but that has weakened sales are growing steadily over the last 12 months," Biver said in his office overlooking Lake Geneva and the French Alps. Christmas is now 15% to 20% of industry revenues shows, he said.

China and Hong Kong are the largest market for Swiss replica watches, which represents 30% of exports to about 200 countries registered in 2011, according to the Federation of Swiss Watch Industry. Exports to these destinations increased by 10% during the first 10 months of 2012.

Chinese interests in high-end watches remains strong despite concerns about an easing of economic growth, according to the research group and luxury marketing Digital. The number of online searches for brands of luxury watches in China increased by about 40% during the first half of the year, the company said.

Buy watches abroad allows Chinese consumers to bypass three layers of taxes on watches in China: an import duty of 11%, a 20% tax on high-end replica watches uk and 17.5% VAT, according to the HSBC.

Cie Financiere Richemont, the maker of Cartier and Vacheron Constantin, said last month that the euro's weakness was attracting more Asians leasing in Europe, helping to boost revenue in the region.

"Domestic consumption in Switzerland is not bad and there is probably still some growth, but the main thing is tourism," said Patrik Schwendimann, Zuercher Kantonalbank analyst.

Flagship store Bucherer Lucerne offers visitors six floors greeting cards red envelopes called China Hongbao that should bring good luck. A sign at the entrance lists some of the more than 20 languages ​​spoken by sales staff, while the windows describe the characteristics of watches in Chinese.

To cope with the continuing influx of Chinese consumers, about 30 of the 200 staff speak Mandarin. Bucherer also offers Chinese language courses for employees, as well as training on how best to interact with Asian consumers.

Among the key selling periods Bucherer, who has more than 20 stores in Switzerland, Germany and Austria are the week around Chinese National Day on October 01 and Chinese New Year in January or February and Thai New Year in April, said Baumann.

"Planning begins a year before our themes and how to decorate the stores," said Baumann. "People want to know who is in Switzerland, but it is a small gesture that they are aware that we know it's the holidays."

No fewer than 3,000 tourists a day visit the Asian flagship store in Lucerne Bucherer after visiting the surrounding Alpine. Store sales could reach $ 1.1 billion per day during peak hours, said Rene Weber, an analyst at Vontobel in Zurich. The store does not disclose revenue.

More than 200,000 visitors from China stayed high in Lucerne or in the region during the first nine months of this year, more than double the same period in 2007, according to the Tourism Department of the city.

The streets surrounding the Bucherer lined ornate old buildings, show the growing importance of Asian tourists. In some stores replica watches in the field of Chinese characters are larger than those in European languages, and sometimes windows display phonetic interpretations of brands in Chinese characters.

Outside Bucherer, phone salesman Zheng Xianjun taken in view of the bustling city center and the lake, after spending about $ 3,000 for a Longines watch for his wife.

"I do not buy it for any special occasion," said Zheng, who was visiting from China Guangdong. "I'm not going out that much and my wife wanted me to make it a show while I was here."

Swiss investment ramps Food Stores

For two years, the stores have been serving up Swiss luxury jewelery with a ration of food, and apparently found a winning combination.

Owners of chain jewelry, Rolex replica watches exclusively distributed in Jamaica recently expanded the area of ​​food service complex in the central business district to open a cafe called F & B Downtown.

Swiss Ueli Bangerter Stores Managing Director and its partners, the company invested U.S. $ 75,000 (About NZ $ 7 million) in the broader food service.

The mixed-use site is one of a handful of spin-offs that make investments in an attempt to capitalize on the government's policy to revitalize downtown Kingston.

The center offers high-income customers, including lawyers, bankers and telecommunications engineers, but few luxury restaurants.

Bangerter told Sunday Business that the company intends to fill this gap in the market, offering a bar, restaurant, conference and shopping. The restaurant specializes in coffee, pasta and wine.

Diversification

"We owned the building had room and saw the need for the center of good food," he said.

Going diversified operations 54 years of age Shops Swiss modernist chic restaurant seating 80.

"We now have a jewelry store in a restaurant," said Bangerter.

The store reopened in July after two months of renovation, marked by high ceilings, banks and banks narrow tables linked against orange wall. The F & B investment will be used to renovate new, new kitchen, bathrooms, facilities, bar and ordering said.

Bangerter said that jewelry is family owned, but the restaurant is a collaboration between himself, President Daniel Eugster Shops Swiss businessman Vinay Walia and security.

"We started two years ago with a table and raised," he said. "But we're closed for two months to renovate and reopen the business."

Bangerter and Eugster began his foray into the food as partners in 109 F & B Limited, a company started in 2009.

Jewelry customers are naturally rarer than 60-80 people daily. And food sales are understandably more stable.

"You can not eat jewels," quipped Bangerter.

Diners can also browse jewelry stores as Swiss Rolex, Omega replica watches, Tudor watches and Swiss army on one side of the store.

Bangerter said Digicel's main telecommunications provider plan to move their headquarters in central influenced investment.

"We have always believed in the center and Digicel made us believe that we are not alone and that there is a better future. Digicel But it could not have waited a year," he said.

Companies located in downtown Kingston under the Urban Renewal (Tax Relief) Act receive tax benefits for capital improvements, such as building renovations. This relief is 33.33 percent of capital expenditure approved.

The Government of Jamaica in an update of a long week fiscal Past U.S. Securities and Exchange also promotes relocation pending Digicel as a shot in the arm for trade.

Bring the center of life

"One of the direct consequences will be the sum of approximately 1,000 professionals and foreigners working downtown Kingston every day. This will result in increased demand for support services, such as banking, restaurants and other retail services. Digicel has continued to invest in the commercial district of the city of Kingston and the UDC has been working in collaboration with them, "said the GOJ update.

Bangerter said the ROI of F & B Center to recover in the long term.

"We spent $ 75,000 and we are not seeing a return on investment in the short term. Dollar Stores We are here for the long term. Investment is designed to allow us to stay in the long term," he said.

Swiss Rolex Stores only retailer in Jamaica, was founded by Rudolf WSckerlin Swiss Life in Jamaica. The store remains under control even Eugster Swiss Ueli Bangerter, director Peter Bangerter, executive assistant and Katie Iver.

Swiss replica watches Shops began operations in downtown Kingston, in 1958. It also has stores in the mall Plaza, Kingston, Ocho Rios and Montego Bay.

Luxurious life

"The Indian gold may be a little weak, because it is so intense yellow," says Pamela Baffour-Djan, metallic looking bracelets custody, "but that is because it is at least 22 carats," nearly pure .

She disappears into a safe storage and returns with a jaw-dropping line of high-end loot, all left Borro loan guarantee, pawnshops online. Sort Cartier diamond and pearl necklace, apparently worth € 50,000. It is followed by a solid gold Rolex watch with a face that shines like a huge clockwork currency. 1950 Fender guitar comes next, then a few diamonds thick ring around so much it looks like a miniature pool sapphire has an oligarch. Once symbols of success of their owners, these luxury items in the vault of Borro, the depths of the London Chancery Lane, represent a new type of deposit loan is far from being the poignant lines of wedding rings found in simple pawnbrokers as a traditional year-old Ferrari a used car.

The company pion exchange. Pawnshops were once considered the last resort of the poor, but it has become more socially acceptable for everyone, including the rich, borrowing against the personal valuables.

"Small businesses represent 65 percent of our business, but in the end, we the people ... businessman over 200 employees, "said Paul Aitken, CEO of Borro.

"These are often people who have bought assets in the event was good and now they want to return cash without delay."

The increasing use of pawnbrokers by the rich is not a British phenomenon. Pawngo U.S. online broker, founded in 2011, also found that entrepreneurs are increasingly relying on services to increase loans quickly without too many questions. Offering what he calls a "white glove, five-star service," CEO Todd Pawngo Ellis said he also wealthy clients who want the splendor of past good times guaranteed loans attract.

"We recently approved a loan of $ 125,000 for a client who had clearly once a great time to Louis Vuitton. The customer sent us a collection of eight to 10 impeccably Vuitton handbags, plus a large diamond and some beautiful replica watches. '

While some objects placed with this new style of pawnbroker, such as gold jewelry, may deliberately purchased as a store of value, much less obvious pitfalls of the good life also end up in the coffers, which suggests clients have often taken by surprise by a need for quick cash. Pawngo accept nothing that can not be shipped via FedEx. Unlike Borro, a large cache of art, most of the stored Christie. The company also owns a fleet of Ferraris and Porsches. To protect the identity of lenders, Borro is closed on the works they have obtained, although Aitken mentions the name of Warhol, Picasso, Henry Moore and Damien Hirst as artists whose work has spent time on the inventory Borro. The acceptability of property loans are good news for a change of angle of the pawnbroking business. But the idea that those who are committed to their business and personal finances afloat with the progress of their swiss replica watches and handbags seem precarious. Both Borro and Pawngo say though they have a reasonable, even prudent to offer a service at a time when bank loans can often be difficult to obtain.

"What I hear most often from clients is that business is good, but the money comes slowly," says Ellis Pawngo the. "In general, my clients are entrepreneurs who in the past had a lot of access to credit, banks are now more reluctant. Banks now have to go through many processes and are not really helping small businesses. "

Watch 23-jewel is popular with collectors

Please understand that we are not experts pocket replica watches, but we do our best to provide the information we can get.

Springfield Watch Co. was founded in 1869 in Springfield, Illinois, largely through the efforts of JC Adams, by looking the first time in 1872. The first directors are JT Stuart, William Miller, John Williams, George Black, George Bunn and John Passfield.

company changed its name several times and eventually became the Illinois Watch Co. He made his first nickel movement in 1879, with its first look mainspring in 1882. Illinois has used many names in his movements, and collectors find items such as "Benjamin Franklin", "Army and Navy", "Baltimore and Ohio RR," Chesapeake & Ohio "," Comet "," Commodore Perry, "" George Washington, "" Stuart "(which was the name of the first movement of the company did)," Adams Street "," Mason "," Bunn "or, as is the case today to watch, "Bunn Special."

the size of this watch probably 16. It has 23 jewels, adjusted temperature and six positions, motor barrel, 60 hours and it seems to be a model 163A. It has a serial number 5456916, indicating that it was manufactured around 1931. It was after the Illinois Watch Co. was sold to the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which took place in 1927.

the question may be asked whether you're looking rails. And that's a good question. begin to see these so-called major disaster began with a train that occurred April 19, 1891, when engineer shows defective caused two trains to collide near Cleveland, Ohio, and injured 11.

After this event, a commission was created to establish guidelines for the timing of universal standards for all railways. shows rail itself was required to meet accuracy standards that were in place during certain look that was made. This is certainly looking rail style, with a clock very well, but if it meets the technical requirements is unclear.

We have not seen the inside of a screw-cap that covers the back of the room, but we are convinced that this is the case look especially white gold filled and not "solid gold watch." This is open face look fat and black lettering in the style of rail, and a second circular dial.

Illinois Watch Co. 's 163A Bunn Special, 23 jewels, 16 size pocket swiss replica watches are highly desirable for collectors and not cheap. We have seen examples of retail for less than $ 4,200, depending on the situation.

Pocket watch collectors can be picky, and "watch virgin mint" is new in the box factory. "Near Mint" has weak marks that can be seen only with jeweler's loupe - not to the naked eye - and "extra fine" it looks like look has been very little used.

We believe that the watch in question today is worth at least $ 3,000 to $ 3,500 for insurance purposes, but jo needs to consult a professional to be sure.

Christies sold Eric Clapton's Patek Philippe For US36 million

"Slowhand", fast fingers and wrist decoration priceless: Eric Clapton sells Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Wristwatch platinum with moon phase for $ 3.6 million, a world record for significant short this reference to Christie auction in Geneva.

The timer reference 2499/100 movement with number 869'308 and 2'817'876 number of cases was 1987 in Y.

The mechanical movement Calibre 13 was "twice stamped with the Geneva Seal.

Watch the famous guitarist and composer, who has the nickname "Slowhand" 23 jewels, silvered matte dial, applied gold indexes and square gold Dauphine hands outside Arab 5 minutes divisions, the windows of the day and month, 3 dials auxiliary constant small second, registering 30 minutes and moon phases and date, circular case occurred, ears, pressure turned on the back.

Finally, it has a platinum Patek Philippe replica watches buckle, case and a signed 37.5 mm. Diameter dial and movement.

Jeffrey Katzenberg vintage Rolex, Patek Philippe Ben Affleck: Mad Vintage Hollywood

Classic watches are not only stylish, this investment - watch dealers say THR industry that buys and how to start a collection.

This story appeared in the supplement to the Hollywood Reporter inaugural clock.

When the world press preview of the rise of the Guardians in May at Cannes, DreamWorks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO spoke on stage dressed in a black V-neck sweater and shirt.

On his wrist was a little visible - for most eyes - stainless steel Rolex. But any connoisseur savvy enough Hollywood shows have recognized as one of the most collectible replica watches the last decade, a pre-1961 Rolex would have sold for as little as $ 300 back in the day, but now it's $ 20,000.

PHOTOS: It's time clocks

Today, having a vintage watch on the wrist has become a status symbol in Hollywood caste to which the possession of a Gulfstream not used. In a world where the past flies iPhone disposable in radios, each year, more players can see antique replica watches uk as pieces of history, combining expertise, value and undeniable charm men (some coveted collectibles were popularized by James Bond, Steve McQueen and Paul Newman).

At the top of the list are sporting Rolex Vintage Collection dress and Patek Philippi, some of which are beyond the real estate and stocks as investments in recent years. A large stainless steel Rolex chronograph in 1942 sold at auction for $ 1.16 million in 2011. Tickers prices even more recent vintage drawing high: Rare 18K pink gold Patek, dating from 1997 auction only scored $ 452,000 in June.

Rolex is the largest brand of mechanical watches (sold 1 million watches a year), was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 1915 by the watchmaker Hans Wilsdorf and importer, is now owned by the Foundation Wilsdorf. Under Swiss law, the Foundation does not even have to publish detailed annual accounts, but installation adds to the mystique of the brand and its stability. Nobody expects the Rolex change much. This is the "widows and orphans" investment in the world of watchmaking. Its appearance is the same as the non-working propeller Submariner 1973 Roger Moore wore in Live and Let Die - the movement was removed and replaced by small circular screws that Moore could cut through the ropes - sold for $ 231,800 in Christie in November 2011.

Only a strong competition in the market for vintage Rolex, Patek, has a more glorious history. The brand was founded in 1839 in Geneva, and the first engineering models keyless winding finely chiseled by hand and parameters. "Its business model is based on the most exclusive watches and fine craft intelligent front sports models," says Josh Briest Philippe Watches of Beverly Hills, whose clients include Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock.

HISTORY: Don Cheadle: Man of the Hour

Among the top watch collectors Hollywood include Eric Clapton, Adam Levine, Charlie Sheen (which instructs the advice of his agent Robert Maron private shows, made him a co-executive producer of anger management) and Orlando Bloom (including my Rolex has been the target of thieves Bling Ring in 2009). Singer John Mayer is said to have one of the world's largest collections of Rolex Daytona (right emblematic of pilots) and writes a column for casual Hodinkee a control site watch industry gathering age. Mayer - says Ken Jacobs, owner of Melrose Avenue wants to buy a watch - "is so advanced, it is to be a collector of baseball cards."

Actresses and executives are just as likely to jump in collecting vintage, Ellen DeGeneres Jennifer Aniston. "The whole" I'm wearing the watch for my boyfriend look is fashionable, making collection of vintage watches very favorable for the buyer notified of women, "said Briest." Old Art Deco clocks ornamental and stylistic elements inherent in time are also considered desirable. "Briest UTA partner Tracey Jacobs cites as an avid collector who has dozens of vintage pieces Rolex and Patek Philippe.

Many vintage models achieve iconic Old Hollywood style, and has captured wearing a appears to be a dependency. Ken Jacobs provides vintage Rolex as the greatest of his tent. "Clocks" actor "were nicknamed by collectors and not the names given by Rolex 's popularity Number one is a Paul Newman, racing clock used to measure lap times , the number two is the Steve McQueen Explorer in the price range of $ 15,000 to 20,000, and the third is a Submariner James Bond Sean Connery wore in Dr. No which can sell for any where from $ 15,000 to $ 50,000. "

Jeffrey Hess Jewelers has Old Fort Lauderdale, Florida, handles the old site shows Hess Fine Arts and is the author of Rolex: The unauthorized story. Hess cites two reasons for the popularity of the brand Rolex. "Basically, they are indestructible. 20 years in the 70s, were at the forefront of watch design, and have a lot of variations that collectors love. Finally, they changed their designs over the years, making obsolete the old material collection and suddenly in the eyes of many people. '

HISTORY: UTA David Park: The Watch Whisperer

What is the cost of buying a vintage Rolex? According to Hess, "You can buy a ticket at 1980 GMT Master if in poor condition, restore, for $ 2,000 to $ 3,000, but some versions have the box and papers are near mint can cost more than $ 10,000 or $ 20,000. "Restoration can be problematic:. The parts can be scarce, and the process itself can reduce the value of the watch "This is a hotly contested discussion among collectors," says Hess. "Many believe that the watch is not affordable unless 100 percent original , but a good 80 percent of pre-1980 watches have a role or two that has been taken from another Rolex Rolex or even can not be. " The end result: you will pay less for a Rolex restored, but take a hit in the long-term value. "The clock is always collected, just do not expect a higher return on investment," says Hess.

With Patek Philippe Hess advise buying the best you can afford. "Although this is an entry level Patek Philippe, probably hold their value better than any other watch on the planet." He also cites pre-Cartier 60 years as a good bet for novice collectors.

A sample list Maron counselor vintage shop in Thousand Oaks, California, specializing in Rolex and Patek. His philosophy of losing a lot of money for a watch: "You can drive a Ferrari, but you can manage in a restaurant you can hang a beautiful Warhol on your wall, but do not sit on the wrist. During a business meeting or dinner at Madeo. "

HISTORY: What goes in a wristwatch $ 100,000

Maron clients include Mayer and Bloom, but that his client is probably the most faithful Sheen, a collector for more than a decade. "Sheen is an avid collector of vintage and modern recently Patek Philippe replica watches Complicated - his collection is world class," said Maron Two and a Half Men producer Mark Burg is also a collector is that the. reality star Rob Dyrdek. Maron adds that "Jennifer Aniston has a keen sense of the beautiful and modern vintage Rolex" and "Alec Baldwin and unique custom picks Bamford PVD Rolex watches" personalized London George Bamford.

Burg has about a dozen watches - all bought Pateks Maron. "He is very knowledgeable," says Burg. "Every time you buy one, he calls me and asks me if I want to sell it back to him for more money." Burg is the philosophy that if you buy the right watch, that will only increase in value, and he always listens to purchase Maron. "I was surprised when I started collecting, but I've learned to trust Him. Each watch told me to buy a year later, he called me and offered 20 to 25 percent more for it" confirms Maron. "Sold a Patek 5970G by Marcos $ 85,000 when he left around 2005. bought for $ 120,000 a year later. "

Maron credit for the upturn in the economy to generate interest. "We found that shoppers spend upperechelon new with cars, art and watches. You can pick up a Rolex Ref. 1655" Steve McQueen "for $ 4,500 to $ 6,000 10 years ago, and now sell for $ 15,000 to $ 20,000 . I sold an uncle in the business of technology Paul Newman Daytona 16 for $ 9000-16000 each during the period 1996-1999, totaling $ 190,000. He sold them to me 10 years later for $ 1.04 million. "Maron has 20 customers who bought as an investment when they received a bonus.

HISTORY: Tyler Florence makes the deadline

Hess has a saying for new collectors: "Make sure you buy or trust your dealer. Find two or three who trust you and stick to it, or buy at auction .. If you shop at Sotheby or Christie, 99 of 100 times, you'll be fine ", Briest said:" You buy the seller, as shown. many fake versions are Frankenstein and there that have been put together after the market. '

For all the hype and celebrity intrigue, vintage collection is down to the fact that brands rely make watches that stand the test of time. No wonder Hollywood players, accustomed to the vagaries of the box office, find time for something as dignified and sustainable as a clock tree.

Swiss Replica Watches With The Times

Swiss replica watches museum's best kept secret - a good hearty Tourism unique culture. We follow the route from Schaffhausen, Geneva watches.

1. Schaffhausen
We began in the northeast and the German border, a bustling town on the Rhine. The Middle Ages, the center of the pedestrian zone, Schaffhausen is to save one of the most intact of the country, and is decorated with 16th-century castle and the Society and townhouses with bay windows and gables painted. It is the only city in this part of the countries and companies of the caliber IWC was founded in 1868, the International Watch Company. The company employs 600 people, and opened a museum in the early nineties. From 2007 Date: elegant rooms, exhibition area of ​​more than 200 mechanical pocket, wrist watches, the multilingual interactive display and sound clips local watchmaking history to tell. We found that the more progress between the 19th century pocket watches, time digital display and the Il Destriero Scafusia 1993, more than 700 internal components and 21 features boutique.
2. Winterthur
"Winti" received some visitors on the floor. But the international status of the museums and galleries of photos, and in good weather everywhere terraces. The former center of the Swiss railway industry its industrial heritage haggard. Therefore, changing the factory buildings stand Sur birthday noodles, a modern shopping and entertainment opportunities. We visit the crafts museum, in that Rick Lunbei Heidegger's stance, the the table Uhrensammlung and the clock on the wall from the sixteenth century to the 18th century, the sundial and other the PREM mechanical tools next.
3. Zurich
After a long day in the Swiss mountains, elegant in Zurich Bahnhofstrasse - the world's most expensive shopping streets - only impressed. The watch fanatics wait about 30 stores, including a flagship store, Omega. Interest especially the basement Bayer oldest watch store opened in the country by the same family. The private collection of the the ornate bells and curiosity is a treasure. Continuous sounded, shaking, the simple display cabinets forget. Art historian and hostess Monica Leon Hart said: "This is not a technical museum's educational vision," she shows us the watches from the 1940s, built the lipstick. "Pieces are selected for their beauty and uniqueness." Example is a Pendule Sympathique from 1808 Abraham Louis Breguet (Everest pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary Rolex Oyster Perpetual pendulum suitable pocket watch, It will automatically excitement and sync).
4. Bill / Bill
After nearly 120 km journey, we started our second day at the foot of the mountains of Jura (Jura), in the bilingual Bill and Bill. In the second half of the 19th century as the center of precision instruments and micromechanics Confederation DE L'INDUSTRIE Horlogère flourish. Including Rolex watches manufacturing, it is also the base for almost 20 marks in the world's largest watch group Swatch Group. Omega belong to the group, to have museum re-opened in May after the renovation. The company's history is full of the symbolism of the moment, the iconic figure, so we do bells ringing in the museum. Watches, including Albert Einstein and TE Lawrence (Arabia), the creative head of the royal family, watch James Bond series and unique prototype. Speedmaster watch, to participate in the NASA trip to the moon, space suits, and accompanied by a command station, Description of the photo finish camera and touchpad history of the Olympic brand.
5. St. Imier
Way, our first stop in the Jura, the high mountains on the border between Switzerland and France, the very different landscape and idyllic. Pleasant rose to Saint-Imier. Since 1720 watch manufacturer in any part of the region, but the real revolution a century later. Edouard Heuer, Breitling, Lyon and the inventor of the population, and in seminars rose from 800 to 8000, half of the population by the end of this century in the tabulation. Since the 1970s, the population has declined, but the department has not disappeared. We knocked Longines, delivered more than 34 million watches since 1832. The museum exhibition premises, including pocket, wrist watch placed inside a throw at the World Expo - Saint-Imier in rural areas on the map. Other rooms, including old advertising posters and circle tools sporting events. Our host, the rooms do not have any lock: many Swiss watch manufacturers were robbed.
6. In La Chaux-de-Fonds
16 km away, in the "Watch Valley", urban development and tabulation are completely intertwined. Is located in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1794 was destroyed by fire, and rebuilding from the 1835 to adapt to the watch industry. Houses and workshops alternately applies to everyone, the streets of snow and many windows to ensure that the sun can effectively remove. This is also the gift of the estate of the Art Nouveau style watchmaking masters pull Chaux-de-Fonds. Despite including Cartier, Patek Philippe Faded glory curtain, lurking in the corner. We stayed there overnight, because it is difficult to deal with international D 'Clock Museum, hundreds of clocks, a surrounding urbanization watchmaker, and the Museum of watchmaking: panoramic video screen, TAG Heuer, the elegant villa design space Girard Perregaux Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard. The latter told the tools and host-related feat, the watch manufacturer Willie Schweitzer Museum in the early years, a simple request, we may be viewed on the shoulders of the workshop watchmakers. In fact, we expect the three Belgians, who learned the trade in Namur.
7. Le Locle
In addition to in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, the first settlement in the area. The JeanRichard here in 1705 opened the first watchmaker workshop in the region. Later, including Abraham-Louis Perrelet, the investigation 尔斯费莉丝恩 and Charles Emile Tissot zenith founder George Favre-Jacot name. A visitor walking results in the past many of the buildings have root watchmaking. The MuséeduChâteau Hotel des Monts, 18th century watchmaker live, you can see the clock in the Louis XVI-era decorative appreciate, there is a beautiful stage set and watch. Automata of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, (mobile mechanical representations of people, animals, and scenery) and 3D movie museum's treasures.
8. Of Le Brassus watchmaking and Le Sentier
The road from the Lac de Joux, lakes and valleys, this route is the most beautiful legs. Yamaguchi Marchairuz photos in addition to the natural features of the ultra-complicated watches, located Valléede Joux, professional visitors. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre, Breguet, Audemars Piguet table as well as factory near the village of Le Brassus watchmaking and Le Sentier. Who do not pay attention to the small village in the past, from the right moderate. "There is nothing better to do, warning the shores of the lake - light drunk birds at a local technical schools, a watchmaker training. Excellent mechanical fans do not stay in the cold: both simple and Museum Le Sentier love home flaunt old pocket watch, as well as more recent works of the first workshop.
9. Geneva
Five days after the end of our tour of the city, in 1601, created the first watchmaker Association. Generate nearly six thousand craftsmen Two hundred years later, there are about 50 million a year, and Switzerland the first swiss replica watches school open. Although more and more competition still from the top shelf the Geneva watchmaking synonymous. 1886 created a quality flag Geneva, Poinçon, inspire enthusiasts around the world. Jiang Vacheron Constantin and Piaget in the adjacent diagram-les-Ouates (the "Plan-the LES-Watch) of drapery, only from a distance to see, but to be in Geneva two address more than good. In the first Pictet Patek Philippe Museum, you soon Sweet few hours. thousand gems occupy four floors of beautifully decorated pocket watch, of automata and brand creation portrait miniatures collection of security personnel to monitor and mysterious reason, we even the pencil and ballpoint pen exchange.