Uhrenmuseum Beyer, Technology museum on Bahnhofstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland
The Beyer Watch and Clock Museum is a technology museum located beneath a watch retailer in Zürich, displaying more than 250 timekeeping instruments from multiple origins. The subterranean exhibition space houses mechanical and astronomical timepieces collected over many decades.
The museum grew from Theodore Beyer's personal collection of antique timepieces gathered throughout his lifetime, establishing a foundation for preserving horological knowledge. His passion for timekeeping devices enabled the safeguarding of information about how time measurement evolved across centuries.
The collection displays timekeeping devices from many cultures and periods, including sundials, water clocks, and fire clocks that reveal different approaches to measuring time. These objects tell stories of craftsmanship traditions and the human effort to understand nature.
The museum opens on weekdays from 2 PM to 6 PM, with German-language guided tours available at specific times. The collection is arranged in an underground space that you explore on foot at your own pace.
The collection includes a rare sympathetic clock from 1795 by renowned watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, a masterwork of timekeeping engineering from that era. Alongside it are astronomical pocket watches by European craftsmen that reveal how precision and artistic craftsmanship were inseparable in their work.
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