It's a unique moment, a very special emotion: at workbench height, you have just finished assembling and fitting together a movement made up of hundreds of components, between screws and cogs.
And, with a simple gesture of your tweezers, you suddenly give life to a watch.
A timepiece that you can wear on your wrist every day, that may outlive you, will be passed on to your children.
Such is the magic of the art of watchmaking: creating living, durable, almost eternal objects.
What enthusiast hasn't dreamed of spending a day on the other side of the looking glass to learn not only how to take care of their own watches, but also how to assemble one from A to Z, before proudly displaying it?
From time to time, the major watch manufacturers invite a few lucky customers, loyal among the faithful, to take part in discovery workshops, such as Antoine's workshop at Jaeger-LeCoultre, in the Vallée de Joux, in Switzerland.
Closer to us, and within everyone's reach, in the heart of the district...
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