Museum
Watchmaking town planning Showroom
- OrtPlace
La Chaux-de-Fonds
- DauerRecommended Duration
- 20 Minutes
The ideal place to unravel the secrets of this UNESCO-registered site: a multimedia presentation with a film and an exhibition featuring the city's impressive industrial heritage and unique urban design.
The Watchmaking Urbanism Space offers an immersion into the unique urban heritage of this city, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Designed and developed around the watchmaking industry, La Chaux-de-Fonds is a rare example of a city planned to meet the needs of a specific industry.
Through exhibitions and historical documents, the space highlights the close link between urban organisation, architecture and economic development based on watchmaking. Visitors discover how the watchmaking industry shaped the very structure of the city: straight streets, large windows, workshops integrated into homes, etc.
This is an unmissable visit for understanding how the watchmaking industry and urban planning influenced each other, creating a model that is unique in the world.
- From 1 May 2025 to 31 Oct 2025
- Monday - Sunday
- 10:00 - 12:00
- 13:00 - 16:30
- From 1 Nov 2025 to 30 Apr 2026
- Monday - Sunday
- 13:00 - 16:00
- Single priceEntrance
- Free
- Access by public transport: bus n° 301, 303, 311 or 312 (stop Théâtre)
- Ideal starting point for anyone who wants to discover the secrets of the UNESCO site.
- Languages : French, German, English or Italian.
- Out-of-hours opening available on request.
- Closed on December 25 and January 1
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Activities
- Exhibition / explanations
- Services
- Suitable for groups
- Shop
- Public transport
- Directions
- Espace de l'urbanisme horloger Rue Jaquet-Droz 23 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds +41 32 889 68 95 [email protected]