Vintage Watches and Tools at My Favorite Swiss Watch Fair

In June I took my iPhone to L'Abbaye in the Vally 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!

Bourse Horlogère & Brocante L'Abbaye (Watch Exchange & Flea Market)

Grande Salle de L'Abbaye

Rte de l'Hôtel de Ville 9, 1344 L'Abbaye

June 14, 2025

Including conversations with:

00:00 Philippe Narbel

https://www.manufactor.ch/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZAPsd27P8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-TxPH2nsNw

02:42 Daniel Baud

1180 Rolle (see video at 06:44 for contact info)

06:47 Fidius, @TheLazyWatch (instagram)

10:42 Pascal Savary, le Collectionn'heure (physical shop in La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Rue Numa-Droz 2

2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds

12:17 Gurdeep Singh Kundan

TradeLink Marketing & Sales (vintage movements in quantities of 300 pcs or more!)

[email protected]

19:31 Arafat Kabir

Kabir Watches (Plainpalais and Exchanges around Switzerland)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxVA-ewdaEU

22:34 Henrik Hounanian

Horlogerie de la Cité

[email protected]

31:10 Tommaso Mancini (ricardo.ch and exchanges around Switzerland)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxjmcWzWhc

36:32 Henry Berney, Sylvia Berney and Simon Berney (founder of the event and his family members)

44:16 More tools! Purchasing a jewelry saw and a sprit lamp.

47:55 Philippe Narbel (philosophical discussion, masterclass in anglage)

https://net.nawcc.org/NAWCC/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=CL042825WM

https://vaud.unia.ch/actualites/article-1/a/22158

(Philippe Narbel video links at the top)

Thanks for watching!

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