GENEVA WATCH TOUR
Discover the Famous Watchmaking City
If Greenwich is the geographical center of timekeeping, Geneva Switzerland is the de facto center of time pieces. Picture a city where the art of watch-making is present at every turn. Streets of watchmakers and watch sellers everywhere. The tradition, expertise, and innovation are synonymous with what Geneva represents in the world of time as an object of art, design and prestige. This astonishing inheritance of craft, continuously updated and envied, remains unparalleled in the world.
Geneva has been home to watch-making craftsmen for more than four centuries. Generations of watchmakers based in the city arose to fame through the love of accuracy, beauty and exclusivity and made Geneva today the symbol of luxury watch-making Any tourist visit to Geneva is likely to include the desire to discover this mecca of time, whether to just wonder at the beauty and precision of miniature gears and intricate works, or to buy a signature time piece for the envy value. The “Geneva Watch Tour” offers you the opportunity in thousand and one ways to follow the trail of prestige horology and a shopping paradise.
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The Watch Tour is essentially a map and interactive experience which guides a visit of sites throughout the center of Geneva while discovering the watch industry at nearly a hundred boutiques and a dozen historical monuments linked to Geneva’s watch-making history. There is a cultural tour and a shopping tour, with an opportunity to plan a stay in the city by pinpointing ahead of time favorite brands in case you want to make a purchase. The tour is free to follow, though the watchmakers hope you won’t leave empty handed. Or naked-wristed.
Even the famous Jet d’Eau, the water fountain in the middle of the lake has its origins in the watch-making past of Geneva and cruise past it as part of the tour. Emblematic sites, beginning with the iconic Flower Clock, Geneva’s botanical symbol of its most famous industry, museums like the originator of Geneva’s reputation Patek Philippe (see Patek Philippe Museum Tour), the Piaget Time Gallery and shopping galleries and arcades, the Passage Malbuisson, walking tours, workshops, prestigious events and, of course, the most beautiful boutiques, offer a dazzling experience worthy of your time. The tour map is available through Geneva Tourism which also offers guided tours. © Bargain
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