For one day, become a watchmaker.
A day at the workbench, loupe in your eye, a watchmaker by your side. You discover the secrets of a mechanical watch and, if you wish, you leave with your own on your wrist.
No shop window here. You take the watchmaker's place: the tools, the gestures, the focus. For a few hours the rest of the world fades away; there is only you, the piece and the gesture. No experience needed, just curiosity.
Trained watchmakers and certified adult trainers, they show you each gesture once, then let you do it yourself.
The second includes the first. No experience needed.
AI-generated imageDiscoverySaturday · 9 am – 12 pm
Open the heart of a watch, then bring it back to life, piece by piece.
AI-generated imageYour watchThe full experienceSaturday · 9 am – 5 pm · lunch included
Your watch, designed and then assembled by your own hands. By the evening, it is on your wrist.
Choose the dial, hands and strap, and look at it from every angle. This is the watch you will assemble.
None of these dates suits you? Be notified of the next sessions
Private dates on request, on weekdays or Saturdays, from 6 people. Ask for a date
Yes, it is exactly for you. The watchmaker shows you, you do it yourself, at your own pace.
To discover the gestures: the Discovery. To leave with your own watch: Your watch.
Qualified watchmakers (CFC diploma), microtechnology technicians and engineers, who are also certified adult trainers (SVEB certificate, federal diploma). Teaching is what they do.
Discovery: Saturday from 9 am to 12 pm. Your watch: from 9 am to 5 pm, lunch included.
Sessions are open to everyone from 14 years old. Under 16, participants come with a registered adult. A lovely experience to share between parent and child.
In English or French, depending on the group.
During the Discovery, a practice movement, which stays with us. With Your watch, your own watch: you fit the dial, hands and strap, then case it. It leaves with you the same evening (sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 30 m, 2-year warranty).
An automatic mechanical movement, ETA 2824 or Sellita SW200 depending on availability: two robust, well-proven calibres of the same construction. We confirm the calibre before your visit. It arrives ready to tick; you give it its face (dial, hands, strap) and fit it into the case.
The watchmaker, the tools, all materials and your souvenir photos. With Your watch, also: lunch, your watch, its case and your certificate.
Click “Book” and fill in the form: that's all. We reply within 24 hours, and your place is confirmed with the deposit (TWINT or QR bill).
More than 30 days before: refund minus a CHF 50 fee. 30 to 15 days before: 80 % refunded. 14 to 4 days: 50 %. After that, the place is due. You can always transfer your place free of charge, and in case of illness or accident with a medical certificate, we postpone it free of charge. All conditions
A session takes place from 4 participants. Otherwise, we let you know at least 7 days before and you choose: another date or a full refund.
Our first session: a small group of 6 people at most, at the pilot price of CHF 1,050 instead of CHF 1,200 for Your watch. The programme is the same.
12 months from issue, for the chosen option, on the date of your choice subject to availability. After that, its value can still be used for another 24 months, on any option, at the current price: if the price has gone up, you only pay the difference.
Steel case of 38 mm (men) or 33 mm (women), sapphire crystal, ETA 2824 or Sellita SW200 automatic movement with about 38 hours of power reserve, interchangeable leather strap. Water-resistant to 30 m: it handles rain and splashes, not swimming. 2-year warranty provided by HOREA. The origin of each part is given to you before your visit.
You choose the option, for one or two people. The voucher is sent to you as a PDF by e-mail as soon as your payment is confirmed, ready to print or forward. The person who receives it chooses their own date, on the site or by e-mail, quoting the voucher number.
Yes, as a private group of 6 to 10 people, on a weekday or a Saturday, in English or French. Discovery: CHF 350 per person. Your watch: CHF 1,100 per person, lunch included. Invoice in the company's name; we confirm the date within 24 hours.
Nothing to bring: tools and loupes are provided. Come with clean hands, no hand cream, and your reading glasses if you wear them. A particular need (eyesight, mobility, a less nimble hand)? Tell us when you book: the watchmaker adapts.
In Geneva. The exact address will be announced very soon; it will also be confirmed with your booking.