Welcome to the Joux Valley Museum of Watchmaking in Les Saintes!

This news will interest all fans of watchmaking art, and especially those who regularly happens in Switzerland, or ready to make a trip to the cognitive goal Rechb goes on updated museum Joux Valley Museum of Watchmaking in Les Saintes, which opened on May 25 after reconstruction.

The museum is located in an area of ​​500 sq.m. in the building, which at the beginning of last century, the company settled a factory Zénith. In 1979 the building became the commune of Le Sheni, and in 1996 they settled first time a museum in the canton of Vaud.

The project proponent headers Vincent stressed that his goal was to create not just a museum, learning center, where the novice watchmakers and the information they need to undergo training.

The museum is not only a rich exposition, but also a separate room for training novice watchmakers assembling machinery, workshop, in which in which college students Valley TeJoux chnical College (ETVJ) will be able to demonstrate their skills, shop, and 3-D-cinema. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:30 to 17:30 from May to October and from 13.00 to 17.00 from November to April. Admission fee for adults is 12 francs.