Vintage Watches and Tools in L'Abbaye, Switzerland

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28,935 views Aug 7, 2025 L'ABBAYE
In June I took my iPhone to L'Abbaye in the Vallée de Joux to document one of my favorite vintage watch fair and flea markets in French-speaking Switzerland. Join me on a tour that includes the most beautiful watches and watchmaking tools that I could find. I also had lovely conversations with many of the participants, including the ninety two year old founder of the annual event, Henry Berney, and four generations of his family!
Including conversations with:

02:12 Daniel Baud
1180 Rolle

06:17 Fidius,

10:12 Pascal Savary, le Collectionn'heure (physical shop in La Chaux-de-Fonds)
Rue Numa-Droz 2
2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds

11:47 Gurdeep Singh Kundan
TradeLink Marketing & Sales (vintage movements in quantities of 300 pcs or more!)


19:01 Arafat Kabir
Kabir Watches (Plainpalais and Exchanges around Switzerland)
• Talking Vintage Watches and Tools with Ara...

22:04 Henrik Hounanian
Horlogerie de la Cité
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30:40 Tommaso Mancini (ricardo.ch and exchanges around Switzerland)
• A Horological Field-Trip in Switzerland!

36:02 Henry Berney, Sylvia Berney and Simon Berney (founder of the event and his family members)

43:46 More tools! Purchasing a jewelry saw and a sprit lamp.

Thanks for watching!