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Henri Grandjean<\/span><\/span><\/h1>

(1803-1879)
\nGreat Orlogeur, Great Builder
\nFleurier, Le Locle, Geneva and the World<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Duty of Memory<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

This official website highlights the Swiss watchmaker Henri GrandJean (1803-1879) whose life and work still have a major impact on Swiss watchmaking today. According to the experts, he is credited with the inclusion of Le Locle in the Unesco dossier submitted jointly with the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds. This native of Les Ponts-de-Martel, La Sagne, erected the Neuch\u00e2tel Observatory, which is still claimed by today’s most prestigious watchmaking brands. He is also the man behind the establishment of the Ecole d’Horlogerie du Locle. If Le Locle is still called today “City of Precision<\/em>“, it is surely because Henri GrandJean had the Observatory of the Lower Canton linked to the School of Watchmaking of the city by cable, thereby establishing there the ultimate accuracy.<\/p>\n

This historical and lively display is dedicated to one of the greatest names in Swiss watchmaking excellence. A name and families whose origins go right up to the Val de Travers. A name closely connected to Le Locle, often overshadowed by the fame of other great names. Henri GrandJean fully deserves the same honors and memorial duties. And even if he already has a street in his name<\/a> in Le Locle, a political track in the registers of the Swiss Confederation<\/a>, models in the main watchmaking museums and above all, an amazingly vivid quotation among the great world collectors, he deserves much better than the clumsiness of forgetfulness.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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