Chronometrophilia
Chronométrophilia is the name derived from the Greek for the Swiss Association of Watchmakers (In French: Association Suisse des amateurs d'horlogerie ).
The Chronométrophilia unites watch enthusiasts, watch collectors and professionals from the watch industry, helps them to personal contacts and to information about watchmaking and timekeeping that can be historical, scientific and artistic. The society was founded in 1975 as the "Swiss Society for the History of Timekeeping" in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Today it still has around 400 members, most of whom live in Switzerland. The Chronométrophilia has association structures and does not pursue any commercial purposes.
Publications
The company publishes two bulletins a year with over 100 pages, usually in German and French, and publishes selected books on the art of watchmaking. The Chronométrophilia organizes several thematic excursions, visits or lectures every year and supports the organization of the watch exchange of the International Watch Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds (2019 for the 43rd time)
Bureau
- Jean-Michel Piguet, President and Editor of the Bulletin
- Antoine Simonin, honorary president
- Niklaus Maag, Vice President German-speaking Switzerland
- Michel Viredaz, Vice-President French-speaking Switzerland
Sister organizations
The large organizations with similar goals are:
- Antiquarian Horological Society (AHS), United Kingdom
- Association Française des Amateurs d'Horlogerie Ancienne (AFAHA), France
- German Society for Chronometry eV (DGC), Germany
- HORA Associazione Italiana Cultori di Orologeria Antica , Italy
- National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC), United States
Web links
- Website
- Most of the over 80 bulletins and all books are z. B. available from Editions Simonin .
- Literature by and about Chronometrophilia in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ About | Chronométrophilia | Switzerland. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
- ↑ About us. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Bulletin | Chronométrophilia | Switzerland. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Swiss Society for the History of Time Measurement - ZVAB. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Chronométrophilia. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Fleurier.ch, une région et son horlogerie. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .