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Taking a watch apart and putting it back together – in a tick

The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie promotes the culture of fine watchmaking worldwide. In Geneva it offers workshops where people can become amateur watchmakers for a few hours. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

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