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:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von David Witten > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. März 2018 22:59 > An: [email protected] > 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 > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. -- Pete Stephenson _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
