[time-nuts] Suggest time-and-tech related locations in Switzerland

Jean-Louis Oneto jl.oneto at free.fr
Fri Mar 16 11:27:57 EDT 2018


There is a Laser Ranging station in Zimmerwald which is related to 
METAS. They measure distance of artificial satellites down to few 
millimeters by fly time of sub-nanosecond laser pulses, so they have 
very accurate time-interval measurement systems.

There is also a nice Museum d'horlogerie in Le Locle, near Neuchatel :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Locle

Best regards,

Jean-Louis


On 15/03/2018 12:22, Pete Stephenson wrote:
> Also worth mentioning is the Swiss standards organization, METAS, in Bern. Their time and frequency group has a few atomic clocks, a maser, and some other shiny things they use for realizing UTC(CH), as well as a few research projects related to the subject. While not formally open to the public, they do tours on request.
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018, at 9:18 AM, Bernd Neubig wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
>> the center of the Swiss watch & crystal industry is the small town of
>> Grenchen, location of many famous watch makers including the SMH group
>> which includes Microcrystal, previously also Oscilloquartz, and the
>> following wathc brands:
>>       Prestige and Luxury:
>>          Breguet (CH)
>>          Blancpain (CH)
>>          Glashütte Original (D)
>>          Jaquet Droz (CH)
>>          Léon Hatot (CH)
>>          Harry Winston (USA)
>>          Omega (CH)
>>      Upper price segment:
>>          Longines (CH)
>>          Rado (CH)
>>          Union Glashütte (D)
>>      Middle price segment:
>>          Tissot (CH)
>>          Calvin Klein (CH)
>>          Balmain (CH)
>>          Certina (CH)
>>          Mido (CH)
>>          Hamilton (CH)
>>      Base segment:
>>          Swatch (CH)
>>          Flik Flak (CH)
>>      Private Label:
>>          Endura (CH)
>>
>> A few km away is Neuchatel (Neuenburg), a center of time and frequency
>> companies.
>> I am not familiar with museums in that area, but I am sure there are
>> some. I think someone else on the list will have more details.
>> The whole area is the so-called "Swiss Jura".
>> The area of time & frequency companies and institutes extends into
>> France up to Besancon.
>> Neuchatel and Besancon are the locations where the EFTF (European Time
>> and Frequency Forum) started and is taking place in one of both every
>> two years.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Bernd
>> DK1AG
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] Im Auftrag von David Witten
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. März 2018 22:59
>> An: time-nuts at febo.com
>> Betreff: [time-nuts] Suggest time-and-tech related locations in Switzerland
>>
>> My wife and I are traveling to Switzerland for the last week in May.  I
>> have never been there before.
>>
>> I would appreciate suggestions for time / tech sites of interest to visit.
>>
>> We plan to fly to Zurich, but travel immediately to Geneva and then work
>> our way back to Zurich by train, stopping (at least) in Bern.
>>
>> I would like to see what I can at CERN, I plan to attend the Ham meeting
>> in in Friedrichshafen June 1 - 3.
>>
>> Dave
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