If you ask any person the question: “What is Switzerland famous for all over the world?”, You can get a completely affirmative and comprehensive answer: delicious chocolate, banking institutions and, of course, the most accurate and reliable watches.
However, not everyone, unfortunately, knows that the most accurate and unique watches of their kind are made in a very small Swiss open-air museum town, the factory town of La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Surprisingly, but this Swiss city is listed on the famous UNESCO World Heritage Site. Many travelers who choose a tour to Switzerland do not pay attention to the notes in the tourist brochures calling to visit La Chaux-de-Fonds with a tour.
And in vain, by this they deprive themselves of the opportunity to form an idea not only about the amazing city, which is considered one of the highest in the entire Old World, but also about what impeccable accuracy and order are.
It so happened that such definitions as attentiveness, order, accuracy characterize the German nation. Naturally, there is some truth in this, but those tourists who are lucky enough to visit the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, with a population of just under 40,000 people, will change this long-held opinion for themselves for life. The very lifestyle in the alpine La Chaux-de-Fonds is reminiscent of the impeccable work of Swiss watches. Many guides who conduct excursions in Switzerland say about this unique city of its kind that it started its own countdown in the 18th century. It was at that time a real revolution took place in La Chaux-de-Fonds... A revolution not associated with the use of weapons or the overthrow of the current government, but an industrial revolution that forever changed the world view of watches.
In just 70 years, a small Swiss city has become an industrial center, which produces the most reliable, highest quality watch movements in the world. 
Even the world famous economist, philosopher and writer Karl Marx, in his work "Capital" insisted that the best model of a city where there is a clear division of labor is La Chaux-de-Fonds, which is located high in the mountains nearby from Neuchâtel. If you come to this Swiss city, the first thing that catches your eye is the clear scheme of boulevards, which are parallel to each other. A huge number of buildings with glass domes, reminiscent of ultra-modern buildings, were erected in La Chaux-de-Fonds not today, but at the end of the 18th, early 19th century! Such a desire for order is not accidental in this city, everything in it is built in such a way that workers can quickly get to their place of work (one of the many watch shops), and not lose a minute of their precious time. How could it be otherwise in the place where the best watches in Switzerland are made, which are in the highest demand on the world market.
You should visit La Chaux-de-Fonds at least to see firsthand the most famous Clock Museum. It presents a wide variety of exhibits: watches that were made during the industrial revolution, and exclusive ultra-modern watches, the cost of which exceeds several hundred thousand euros. Besides, the unique Clock Museum La Chaux-de-Fonds presents not only mechanical, but also precise electronic and even atomic (!) clocks. This museum is surrounded by a luxurious park with an organ that emits a rolling sound from its bells and trumpets every hour. The Swiss city, characterized by a unique combination of unspoilt nature and cutting-edge industry, is home to the Center for the Study of Time, which is part of the aforementioned Clock Museum. In it, experts conduct various experiments with time.
In La Chaux-de-Fonds, you can not only have a good rest and understand what the highest quality and impeccable accuracy are, but also buy Swiss watches that will not be, albeit high-quality, but a fake. By the way, it was here that a company called Omega was formedthat does not need special introduction. While in a Swiss city, you shouldn't miss the opportunity to walk across the small bridge, which is located under the mechanism of a huge clock. They say that at this moment you need to make your most cherished wish, and it will come true over time (!). It cannot be otherwise, because in La Chaux-de-Fonds time flows in a special way - very accurately.
