HOROPEDIA PARTNERS WITH WATCHDNA TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO HOROLOGIST (WATCHMAKER) CULTURE AND VOCABULARY
The Horopedia Foundation announces a new partnership with WatchDNA. Driven by a shared ambition, the two organizations have begun a collaboration aimed at making Horologist (watchmaker) knowledge accessible to as many people as possible, primarily through the provision of a shared Horologist (watchmaker) glossary.
A shared desire to transmit
The Horopedia Foundation is a public-interest, unifying and impartial organization, serving the entire Horologist (watchmaker) community — schools, craftsmen, institutions, professionals and the general public. Through its online encyclopedia Horopedia.org and, soon, the House of Horologist (watchmaker) Arts & Culture (MACH), it works towards preserving, transmitting and promoting watchmaking know-how and culture to current and future generations.
This mission aligns with that of WatchDNA, a platform dedicated to educating, entertaining and connecting the players and enthusiasts of the watchmaking world. WatchDNA notably offers original editorial content, thanks to a network of expert contributors, as well as watchmaking news translated into several languages. Its ambition is to become a reference directory for watchmaking, accessible on a global scale.
It is around this shared ambition that the Horopedia Foundation and WatchDNA have chosen to collaborate in order to facilitate access to horological knowledge and to contribute to its dissemination to an ever wider audience.
An ABC to explore watchmaking vocabulary
As the first concrete outcome of this partnership, the Horopedia Foundation is making its Horologist (watchmaker) ABC from A to Z available to WatchDNA, developed as part of the Horopedia.org encyclopedia. Now accessible directly on the WatchDNA platform, this tool allows visitors to familiarize themselves with watchmaking vocabulary and access Horopedia’s resources to deepen their knowledge.
This initiative is fully in line with the educational approach shared by both institutions. The partnership will continue over the coming Months with a series of publications devoted to watchmaking vocabulary, to be discovered on WatchDNA’s various communication channels.
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ABOUT HOROPEDIA
The Horopedia Foundation was created in February 2023 and has been granted public interest status. The Foundation’s Board is composed of Philippe Dufour (President), Dr. Helmut Crott, André Colard and Marc André Deschoux.
The Foundation manages Horopedia.org, the first online video encyclopedia on watchmaking. The platform was launched in 2022 and quickly received unanimous support within the community.
To date, more than 100 multilingual documentary films on Museums, watchmaking schools, horological tools and components, and the mechanical principles behind their operation can be found on Horopedia.org. To reinforce its educational mission, the platform also incorporates visual teaching aids to facilitate a better understanding of the information provided. The site offers nearly 1000 pages with detailed definitions horological terms and historical anecdotes about significant horological inventions.
Horopedia.org meticulously covers all aspects of the fascinating watchmaking industry in French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. It offers detailed definitions of tools and complications, 3D images of movements, and in-depth video explanations on the production of components, their history, and their functions in a watch. A dedicated section of the site lists horological institutions, including schools and museums in Switzerland and around the world.
More recently, the Foundation unveiled its ambitious project: the Maison des Arts & de la Culture Horlogère (MACH). More than a museum, the MACH will be a vibrant space for exhibition, transmission, and exchange around the art of watchmaking. Located in the heart of the Banking District, this house of 1,250 m² 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 shop, an auditorium and various interactive spaces designed to spark curiosity and encourage discovery. Open and lively, the MACH aims to become the crossroads of watchmaking in Geneva.
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