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Article: The museum of horology: the Musee International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds is one of the best known watch museums in the Suisse Romande area--and with good reason.(Business)
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- Swiss News
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- April 1, 2005
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Set in what resembles an underground nuclear bunker, the museum has a fascinating collection of watches, clocks and a smattering of musical boxes. Here, you can trace the course of watchmaking history, and investigate and admire the many clocks and watches--pendants, bracelets, pocket watches--some encrusted with jewels, others brightly painted in enamels, or etched with scenes and figurines.
A video (without dialogue) displays the mechanisms of several clocks and a very, realistic birdcage. Nearby is a mechanical representation of a Basel street in days gone by; the video shows the extraordinary detail of one person chopping wood, another sharpening a knife, ...