CBS, aired an informative 13-minute phase on it’s award-winning 60 Minutes present Sunday, targeted on the Swiss watchmaking business.

Jon Wertheim and his 60 Minutes crew visited the well-known Vallée de Joux, within the valley of the Swiss Jura Mountains, a picturesque farming and watchmaking panorama that’s thought-about the guts of Swiss watchmaking. In addition they visited Geneva, which is the large metropolis, and business coronary heart of Swiss watchmaking, on the opposite facet of the Jura Mountains.

The phase began with none aside from legendary watchmaker Philippe Dufour, within the Vallée de Joux village of Solliat, the place he operates his small workshop, alongside his daughter, Danièla Dufour, who’s following in her father’s footsteps.

Wertheim additionally visited Le Sentier, and the Jaeger-LeCoultre manufacture, one other Vallée de Joux village, which can be house to Breguet (previously the Lemania manufacturing unit).

Vallee de Joux overhead Jaeger-LeCoultre factory

Richard Mille, MB&F, and Patek Philippe have been additionally highlighted on what was one of the vital informative and spectacular watchmaking movies we’ve seen to this point.

 

Screenshots by CBS/60 Minutes.