Overview

Visit of about 45 minutes (on registration)

Presentation of the profession of watchmaker-repairer (15min)

By navigating the workshop, we will show you the different steps with the tools and machines necessary for repairing old clocks.

• Dismantling
• Cleaning & Resuscitation
• Correction of mechanical wear and defects
• Winding & lubrication
• Testing & adjustment

History of watchmaking around mechanisms under repair in the workshop (30min)

After a succinct introduction of the history of watchmaking starting from antiquity, we will dwell further on certain mechanisms.

• Clock Comtoise (also called Franc-Comtoise, Rooster Clock, Parquet Clock...)
• Chimney clock (Paris movement)
• Beef eye or Morbier;
• Hello or Black Forest;
• Officer’s clock or travel clock;
• Carillon ;
• Pocket watch.
• as well as ... (Depending on the mechanisms currently being repaired)

Informations Visits with a maximum quota of 6 people Book Accessibility

• Mobility Impairment

Address
19 rue barrème 69006 Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France