Le trésor caché de la plus ancienne boutique horlogère du monde 🇨🇭 | Beyer Museum Zurich

Located on the famous Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyer Chronometrie is considered the oldest watch shop in the world. Founded in 1760, this family-owned house has been passed down through generations for more than 265 years and is now led by Muriel Zahn-Beyer, the eighth generation of the Beyer family. 00:00 Introduction — Heading to the Beyer Museum in Zurich 00:32 The history of the Beyer family 01:11 Running the world’s oldest watch shop 01:52 How the Beyer Museum was created 02:46 Why the museum is about time, not just watches 03:27 How the museum pieces are selected 04:31 The major brands featured in the collection 05:00 The hidden stories behind certain pieces 05:18 The Chinese Imperial Pagoda and Queen Elizabeth 06:02 How Theodor Beyer sourced rare watches 06:22 Who visits the museum today? 07:28 A vision of modern watchmaking 08:45 Pieces coming directly from private collectors 09:21 Rebecca’s favorite pieces in the museum 09:57 The earliest instruments used to measure time 11:12 The watchmaking steam machine 11:39 The church clock from 1522 12:25 Painted miniatures and works of art 13:56 Rare colors and materials in watchmaking 14:44 The watches of George Daniels 15:11 The chronograph that projects ink 16:45 The first pilot watches 17:31 The first automatic watches 18:01 The smallest mechanical calendar watch 18:19 Beyer-signed watches 18:39 Marine chronometers 19:02 Jewelry watches and women’s accessories 19:45 The heliocentric planetarium 20:01 Miniatures inspired by the Louvre Museum 20:17 The beginnings of the quartz clock 20:41 The historic relationship between Beyer and Patek Philippe 21:06 The Rolex Deep Sea Special and the Mariana Trench 21:31 The creations of Svend Andersen 21:51 The Jaquet Droz automaton birds 22:29 The “Party Clock” and the Mystery Clock 22:53 Napoleon’s military watches 23:13 Abraham-Louis Breguet’s Sympathique Clocks Hidden beneath the boutique lies another treasure: the Beyer Museum, opened in 1971 by Theodor Beyer, passionate collector and one of the great figures of Swiss watchmaking. Unique on Bahnhofstrasse, the museum retraces several centuries of timekeeping history through an extraordinary collection of watches, clocks, and rare objects ranging from Antiquity to the present day. In this two-part documentary, we first meet Rebecca Ramö Streith, Head of Museum, who tells us the fascinating story of the Beyer family and the origins of the museum. In the second part, she takes us inside this exceptional collection made up of hundreds of historical pieces among the rarest in the world of watchmaking. Between family heritage, hidden treasures, and unique creations, welcome to one of the most fascinating places in Swiss watchmaking. 📍 Zurich, Switzerland 🎥 Documentary by The Dial Circle 🕰️ Beyer Museum / Beyer Watch & Clock Museum