If you are visiting Geneva this spring or summer, Vacheron Constantin would like to remind you exactly how the city became the epicenter for Swiss watchmaking. As part of the partnership between Geneva and the city of Beijing, the Capital Museum China, in cooperation with the Museum of Art and History, Geneva (MAH) and Vacheron Constantin, are showing the exhibit “Geneva at the Heart of Time – The Origin of Swiss Watchmaking Culture” from April 23 to August 12, 2015.
Vacheron Constantin was asked by the museum to exhibit some 350 historical timepieces to round off its own extensive timepiece collection. The company has supplied timepieces, objects, machinery and equipment and a reconstruction of an eighteenth century Geneva cabinotiers workshop. All the objects presented trace the history and the excellence of Swiss watchmaking. In addition, representative artisans of the five artistic crafts will be presented alternately and at set times, including a master watchmaker, enameler, gemsetter, engraver and guillocheur.
Scroll over the interactive image below for images and descriptions of many of the highlights from the exhibit.
