A VIDEO TUTORIAL TO EXPLORE THE WATCHMAKING ENCYCLOPAEDIA WITH EASE
Horopedia is launching a new video tutorial to guide visitors through its online encyclopaedia. The aim is to make navigation easier, highlight the platform’s interactive features, and help users fully benefit from the educational content available on horopedia.org.
Meeting between the Horopedia Foundation and the management of Swiss watchmaking schools,
7 November 2025 (Horopedia, 2025)
An encyclopaedia designed for a new way of learning
Horopedia.org is the first online video encyclopaedia dedicated to watchmaking and horological culture. Developed by the Horopedia Foundation — a public-interest, neutral and independent foundation — the platform’s mission is to preserve, transmit and promote watchmaking knowledge through educational content accessible to everyone.
With over a hundred educational films and more than a thousand textual pages, the encyclopaedia covers the entire watchmaking ecosystem — excluding brands — and is aimed at students, professionals and curious enthusiasts alike.
To help users navigate this rich body of content, Horopedia now offers a video tutorial directly accessible from the website’s homepage.
A tutorial to master all the platform’s features
This new video provides a clear and structured guided tour of the platform. It introduces the three main ways to navigate the encyclopaedia:
• 1/ the glossary (horological A–Z),
• 2/ the search engine,
• 3/ the thematic menu.
The tutorial also highlights one of Horopedia’s most innovative features: interactive videos. Thanks to clickable elements integrated directly into the films, users can access complementary content, return to a specific moment, consult a definition, view a technical data sheet or open an external link. The tutorial video itself includes several interactive elements, encouraging users to test them and become familiar with this new way of learning — more immersive, intuitive and suited to all audiences.
Designed as a progressive and intuitive introduction, the tutorial is aimed both at first-time visitors and regular users wishing to make fuller use of the platform.
An invitation to explore without limits
Horopedia.org has been conceived as a true gateway to watchmaking knowledge, where each page naturally leads to another — from mechanical principles to basic elements and technique, from training and professions to institutions.
Through a combination of educational videos, 3D animations, technical sheets, interactive tools and interconnected content, everyone can learn at their own pace, according to their interests and level of knowledge.
►► Watch the tutorial video now on horopedia.org and dive without limits into the world of watchmaking expertise.
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ABOUT HOROPEDIA
Horopedia Foundation was established in February 2023 and given the status of public interest. The Foundation Council is composed of Philippe Dufour (President), Dr. Helmut Crott, André Colard, and Marc André Deschoux.
The Foundation governs Horopedia.org, the first online video encyclopedia on watchmaking. The platform was launched in 2022 and quickly gathered unanimous support within the community.
To date, over 100 multilingual documentary films on museums, watchmaking schools, watch tools and components, and the mechanical principles behind their work can be found on Horopedia.org. To enhance its educational mission, the platform also incorporates visual pedagogic materials to facilitate a better understanding of the provided information. The website features nearly 1000 pages with detailed definitions of watchmaking terms and historical anecdotes about significant horological inventions.
Horopedia.org meticulously covers all facets of the fascinating horological industry in French, English, and German. It offers detailed definitions of tools and complications, 3D images of movements, and thorough video explanations of component production, their history, and functions in a watch. A dedicated section of the website lists horological institutions, including schools and museums in Switzerland and worldwide.
More recently, the Foundation unveiled its ambitious project: the Maison des Arts & de la Culture Horlogère (MACH). More than just a museum, the MACH will be a dynamic venue for exhibitions, knowledge-sharing and dialogue around the art of watchmaking. Located in the heart of the Quartier des Banques, this 1,250 m² house will span four floors, offering didactic, thematic and chronological exhibitions, complemented by a space dedicated to temporary exhibitions. Visitors will also be able to enjoy a boutique, an auditorium and a variety of interactive areas designed to spark curiosity and encourage discovery. Open and vibrant, the MACH is intended to become the crossroads of watchmaking in Geneva.