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Live a unique watchmaking experience

Les apprentis du Temps
Les apprentis du Temps. © Fabien Nissels
  • Place
    • La Chaux-de-Fonds

    Ort

Slip into the skin of a watchmaker in this introductory workshop.

Learn about watchmaking on a discovery tour of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle. You’ll stay at the Maison Dubois in Le Locle, a charming guesthouse within one of the oldest watchmakers’ houses in Switzerland, dating from 1785.

Prices
Prices
  • Prices per person
    1 person
    • CHF 360.-
  • 2 persons
    • CHF 440.-
  • German or English translation
    • CHF 75.-
Good to know
Good to know
    • The price includes the following services (per person):
    • 1 night with breakfast at the Maison DuBois, Le Locle
    • Free Neuchâtel Tourist Card for the Neuchatel public transports as well as for many touristic attractions (including museums, boat
    • cruises…)
    • An introduction to watchmaking In the shoes of a watchmaker at the ‘Les Apprentis du Temps’ workshop, Le Locle*
    • A traditional meal at the Ferme des Brandt restaurant, La Chaux-de-Fonds**
    • *Languages: French, English and Italian. Translation into German is available at an additional cost of CHF 75.
    • ** Closed on Mondays and Wednesdays; traditional meal: cheese fondue, Jura country ham with röstis (fried potatoes) or vegetarian plate (excluding beverages).
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