Unique in its architectural and museographical design, the Musée international d’horlogerie (MIH) houses the world’s greatest collection devoted to the measurement of time. This fascinating collection, which is in the heart of the watchmaking town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, reveals the mysteries of time and brings to life the technical, artistic, social, economic and cultural history of watchmaking in Switzerland and around the world, from sun dials to atomic clocks, from clocks and watches to automata and machines as well as tools dating from the 16th century to the present day.

Visitors to the museum can see master watchmakers in the workshop, whose knowhow is inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and browse the gift shop and specialist book store.

In the park near the museum, a monumental electronic carillon lights up and chimes every quarter of an hour.