Making faces: A visit to dial maker Cadrans Flückiger

A Swiss specialist dial maker applies 150 years of expertise to make fabulous fronts for the finest timepieces, reports Ian Thorley

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Little over an hour away from the bright neon watch logos adorning the buildings near Lake Geneva lies the true heart of Swiss watchmaking – the Jura mountains.

The industry developed in these hidden valleys as artisan watchmakers worked, often on their own, cut off from civilisation by deep snow for months at a time. Here, a man had a great deal of time to kill; the choices were to go mad or make watches. The Swiss of the Jura chose the latter.

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