Capital Museum holds Swiss watchmaking exhibition

0 Comment(s)Print E-mail Chinaculture.org, April 28, 2015
Adjust font size:

The exhibition "Geneva at the Heart of Time—The Origin of Swiss Watchmaking Culture" is now underway at the Capital Museum in Beijing.

A pocket watch on display at the Capital Museum. [Photo: capitalmuseum.org.cn]


350 timepieces, as well as tools, clock mechanism and equipment are on display. Along with the watchmaking and enameling collections of the Geneva Museum of Art and History, one of the most important watch and clock collections in the world, the exhibits also include the most exclusive collections of Manufacture Vacheron Constantin, one of the major players in watchmaking history.

There is also a reconstruction of an 18th century Geneva watchmaking workshop, based on a painting by Christophe François von Ziegler kept at the Geneva Museum of Art and History.

Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conversation.
1   2   3   4   5   Next  


Print E-mail Bookmark and Share

Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)

No comments.

Add your comments...

  • User Name Required
  • Your Comment
  • Enter the words you see:   
    Racist, abusive and off-topic comments may be removed by the moderator.
Send your storiesGet more from China.org.cnMobileRSSNewsletter