{"id":556,"date":"2021-07-28T09:05:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrigrandjean.genevaworld.ch\/familles-grandjean\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:57:24","slug":"familles-grandjean-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/henrigrandjean.genevaworld.ch\/en\/familles-grandjean-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Familles Grandjean"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">One man, one name, several families<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_50 thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7e19293a\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>As early as 1600, the first traces of the Grandjean families could be found in the Val de Travers and the Sagne Valley, in rugged and climatically hostile mountainous regions. These families played their part in forging the peasant- watchmaker tradition, to use a terminology now accepted by official Swiss history. These were valiant, fearless, self-determined, and independent people.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_64 hidden cols_3\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--gap:15px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:1024px){#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{width:50%}}@media (max-width:600px){#us_grid_1 .w-grid-list{margin:0}#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{width:100%;padding:0;margin-bottom:var(--gap,0px)}}.layout_64 .w-grid-item-h{}.layout_64 .usg_vwrapper_2{transition-duration:0.3s;transform-origin:50% 50%;transform:scale(1) translate(0%,0%)}.layout_64 .w-grid-item-h:hover .usg_vwrapper_2{transform:scale(1) translate(-10%,0%);opacity:1}.layout_64 .usg_vwrapper_1{position:relative!important}.layout_64 .usg_vwrapper_2{background:#ffffff!important;padding:1rem 1.5rem 1.5rem 1.5rem!important}.layout_64 .usg_post_content_1{font-size:0.9rem!important;line-height:1.5!important}.layout_64 .usg_post_title_1{font-size:1.3rem!important;line-height:1.2!important;margin-bottom:0!important}.layout_64 .usg_post_date_1{color:#A8A8A8!important;font-size:0.8rem!important}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\"><\/div><div class=\"w-grid-preloader\">\t<div class=\"g-preloader type_1\">\r\n\t\t<div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"w-grid-json hidden\" onclick='return {&quot;action&quot;:&quot;us_ajax_grid&quot;,&quot;infinite_scroll&quot;:0,&quot;max_num_pages&quot;:0,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;template_vars&quot;:{&quot;columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;exclude_items&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;img_size&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;ignore_items_size&quot;:0,&quot;items_layout&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;items_offset&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;load_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;overriding_link&quot;:&quot;%7B%22type%22%3A%22post%22%7D&quot;,&quot;post_id&quot;:0,&quot;query_args&quot;:{&quot;post_type&quot;:[&quot;post&quot;],&quot;tax_query&quot;:[{&quot;taxonomy&quot;:&quot;category&quot;,&quot;field&quot;:&quot;slug&quot;,&quot;terms&quot;:[&quot;familles-grandjean&quot;]}],&quot;post_status&quot;:[&quot;publish&quot;],&quot;posts_per_page&quot;:&quot;3&quot;},&quot;orderby_query_args&quot;:{&quot;orderby&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;DESC&quot;}},&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;us_grid_post_type&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;us_grid_ajax_index&quot;:1,&quot;us_grid_filter_params&quot;:[],&quot;us_grid_index&quot;:1,&quot;page_args&quot;:[],&quot;lang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}}'><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><div class=\"w-grid-none type_message\">No results found.<\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:#F1EEE9\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><blockquote>\n<p>In Switzerland&#8217;s canton of Neuch\u00e2tel lies the small village of La C\u00f4te-aux-F\u00e9es, birthplace of the Piaget and Grandjean families. There is also the Val de Travers and the Vall\u00e9e de La Sagne, home to other Grandjeans and many other illustrious names in watchmaking history: Abraham Louis Breguet, Louis Moinet, Ferdinand Berthoud, and Pierre Jaquet-Droz.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_0a0350d4 has_text_color\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Jo\u00ebl A. Grandjean<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One man, one name, several families As early as 1600, the first traces of the Grandjean families could be found in the Val de Travers and the Sagne Valley, in rugged and climatically hostile mountainous regions. 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