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HORLOGE FLEURIE (FLOWER CLOCK)

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Jardin anglais, Quai du Général-Guisan, Geneva, Switzerland
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2024
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The magnificent mosaic of plants, flowers and a watch mechanism is the jewel of Swiss watchmaking.

If you don't leave with a watch on your wrist, at least leave with a photo of the flowered clock. Installed since 1955 on the Promenade du Lac, it is the witness of the Swiss and Genevan know-how of the world high-end watch industry. You have to go back in time to understand why Geneva has such an emblem today. The first "orologeur", a Frenchman named Thomas Bayard, took office in 1554. The Reformation was adopted in 1536 and Calvinism did not allow the wearing of jewelry, which was considered ostentatious. The city's goldsmiths and the know-how of many Protestant refugees encouraged the development of clock-making. The clock represents a double feat: a gardener's feat on the one hand, and a technician's feat on the other. A plant mosaic that is modified four to five times a year and the hands are changed according to the seasons. On the bolts side, the movement must animate each second the largest hand-trotteuse of the world (2,50 m, 27 cm of course of a second to another). The watch has a diameter of 5 m. Its look changes according to the seasons and is composed of more than 13,000 new plants and flowers transplanted such as alternanthera for the frieze, santolina for the number part and begonias in the heart. The renowned watch brand Patek Philippe has added three sets of new hands to the magnificent decoration. As for the precision system, it is directly connected to an electronic time setting by satellite.


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cheguemanu
Visited in august 2022
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Certes cela fait un peu cliché, mais avouons que c'est très bien fait! Il y a beaucoup de monde devant, mais cela vaut le coup d'attendre un peu pour avoir sa photo devant cette horloge pour le moins originale!
Joelinou
Visited in september 2020
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Spot photo !
Super endroit, vraiment très original. Possibilité de faire une très belle photo avec la grande roue derrière.
kro25
Visited in august 2019
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Un autre incontournable de la ville. Je ne m'attendais pas à cela, mais j'ai trouvé cette horloge très jolie. Je suppose qu'elle change d'apparence au fil des saisons en fonction des fleurs utilisées
Daniel98000
Visited in september 2018
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Cette horloge fleurie fait partie des endroits incontournables à voir à Genève!
Diverses fleurs de plusieurs couleurs ornent cette horloge et donne un charme au bord de cette route. De plus à côté vous y trouverez le jardin anglais qui est très agréable pour se promener durant les beaux jours.
Visited in june 2018
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Très belle création et qui en plus donne l'heure! Particulièrement belle lorsque les fleurs sont présentes!

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