[time-nuts] Suggest time-and-tech related locations in Switzerland

Pete Stephenson pete at heypete.com
Thu Mar 15 12:22:45 UTC 2018


Also worth mentioning is the Swiss standards organization, METAS, in Bern. Their time and frequency group has a few atomic clocks, a maser, and some other shiny things they use for realizing UTC(CH), as well as a few research projects related to the subject. While not formally open to the public, they do tours on request.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018, at 9:18 AM, Bernd Neubig wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> the center of the Swiss watch & crystal industry is the small town of 
> Grenchen, location of many famous watch makers including the SMH group 
> which includes Microcrystal, previously also Oscilloquartz, and the 
> following wathc brands:
>      Prestige and Luxury:
>         Breguet (CH)
>         Blancpain (CH)
>         Glashütte Original (D)
>         Jaquet Droz (CH)
>         Léon Hatot (CH)
>         Harry Winston (USA)
>         Omega (CH)
>     Upper price segment:
>         Longines (CH)
>         Rado (CH)
>         Union Glashütte (D)
>     Middle price segment:
>         Tissot (CH)
>         Calvin Klein (CH)
>         Balmain (CH)
>         Certina (CH)
>         Mido (CH)
>         Hamilton (CH)
>     Base segment:
>         Swatch (CH)
>         Flik Flak (CH)
>     Private Label:
>         Endura (CH)
> 
> A few km away is Neuchatel (Neuenburg), a center of time and frequency 
> companies.
> I am not familiar with museums in that area, but I am sure there are 
> some. I think someone else on the list will have more details.
> The whole area is the so-called "Swiss Jura". 
> The area of time & frequency companies and institutes extends into 
> France up to Besancon.
> Neuchatel and Besancon are the locations where the EFTF (European Time 
> and Frequency Forum) started and is taking place in one of both every 
> two years.
> 
> Best regards
> Bernd
> DK1AG
> 
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] Im Auftrag von David Witten
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. März 2018 22:59
> An: time-nuts at febo.com
> Betreff: [time-nuts] Suggest time-and-tech related locations in Switzerland
> 
> My wife and I are traveling to Switzerland for the last week in May.  I 
> have never been there before.
> 
> I would appreciate suggestions for time / tech sites of interest to visit.
> 
> We plan to fly to Zurich, but travel immediately to Geneva and then work 
> our way back to Zurich by train, stopping (at least) in Bern.
> 
> I would like to see what I can at CERN, I plan to attend the Ham meeting 
> in in Friedrichshafen June 1 - 3.
> 
> Dave
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