{"id":37342,"date":"2025-11-02T18:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/?p=37342"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:57:38","slug":"historic-rediscovery-henri-grandjean-observatory-tourbillon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/historic-rediscovery-henri-grandjean-observatory-tourbillon\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic rediscovery: Henri Grandjean Observatory Tourbillon"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span><strong>Mentioned in a reference book devoted to the Tourbillon, Henri Grandjean&#8217;s \u201c<em>El Cronometro Torbellino<\/em>\u201d was a star attraction at the 1872 National Exhibition in Lima. It definitively links the name of the great Le Locle watchmaker Henri Grandjean to the Tourbillon complication. <a href=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/historic-rediscovery-henri-grandjean-observatory-tourbillon\/2025-1015_henri-grandjean-cie_tourbillon-historique_v9_gb_mr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37376\">2025-1015_Henri-Grandjean-Cie_Tourbillon-historique_v9_GB_MR<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>A Shaniah Asha Gibson&#8217;s selection \/ @TRP, Writings &amp; Influences Cabinet<\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trpublicrelations\/\">Insta<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/trp-public-relations\/\">Linkedin<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheRightPlace.ch\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jshmagazine1876\/\">Insta JSH<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swisswatchpassport\/\">Insta SWP<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jsh-journal-suisse-horlogerie.org\/boutique-online-shop#!\/products\/jsh%C2%AE-mag--0x7c--abo--0x28-2-%C3%A9dition-0x29-\">S\u2019abonner \u00e0 JSH<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/?attachment_id=37376\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Press Release<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Thanks to this revelation, which came to light through meticulous historical research, the name Henri Grandjean now belongs to that ultra-niche circle of watchmakers and Maisons capable, in the second half of the 19th century, of manufacturing what was then considered the ultimate complication: the Tourbillon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Observatory precision, Leading tourbillon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the delightful name \u201c<em>El Cronometro Torbellino<\/em>\u201d, this timepiece belongs to a family of ten rare tourbillon models tested at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neuch\u00e2tel_Observatory\">Neuch\u00e2tel Observatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This exceptional Tourbillon made its first appearance in a catalog published by the auction house Dr. Crott Auktionen before being featured in 1992 in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksimonin.ch\/fr\/1940-das-tourbillon.php\"><em>Das Tourbillon<\/em>,<\/a>\u201d Reinhard Meis&#8217;s famous reference volume.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8216;El Cronometro Torbellino&#8217;: Henri Grandjean presented this Observatory Tourbillon in 1872 at the National Exhibition in Lima, Peru<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Henri_Grandjean_and_Cie_tourbillon_2_mr_R-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Henri_Grandjean_and_Cie_tourbillon_2_mr_R-scaled.jpg 853w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Henri_Grandjean_and_Cie_tourbillon_2_mr_R-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Henri_Grandjean_and_Cie_tourbillon_2_mr_R-388x600.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lima_International_Exhibition\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Lima National Exhibition (1872)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span><strong>History revisited, more than 60 calibers<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nAmong the discoveries unearthed by a specialist historian are two sales catalogs, copies of which are kept in the archives of the State Archives and the Public Library of Neuch\u00e2tel. Until now, collectors and enthusiasts of antique watches had attributed the manufacture of around 150 timepieces to the watchmaker Henri Grandjean during his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>However, the two volumes found in Neuch\u00e2tel, one in French and the other in English, present more than sixty calibers intended for Henri Grandjean&#8217;s timepieces, covering four segments of manufacturing, including the most complex complications, served in original combinations in a variety of luxuriously decorated and engraved gold, silver, or steel cases. It is now accepted that a significant number of these pieces are still in circulation around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06c_Henri_Grandjean__Cie_Henri_Grandjean_Musee_Chateau_des_Monts_Le_Locle_by_night_lr-copie.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06c_Henri_Grandjean__Cie_Henri_Grandjean_Musee_Chateau_des_Monts_Le_Locle_by_night_lr-copie.jpg 538w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06c_Henri_Grandjean__Cie_Henri_Grandjean_Musee_Chateau_des_Monts_Le_Locle_by_night_lr-copie-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span><strong>Henri Grandjean, museum legitimacy and auction best valuation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to pieces found in major museums, such as the Ch\u00e2teau des Monts in Le Locle, the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, and the Royal Collection in England, Henri Grandjean watches are increasingly performing well in the world of global watch auctions. One example is this memorable and rare \u201c<em>Quarter Repeater<\/em>\u201d from the private collection of Dr. Helmut Crott, a world-renowned expert who was recently honored with the prestigious Ga\u00efa 2025 award and who co-founded watch auctions with Oswaldo Patrizzi.\u00a0<span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/?attachment_id=37336\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Antiquorum Top 10 Action (2022)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-slider style_none fit_scaledown nav_none count_2\"><div class=\"w-slider-h\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"royalSlider\"><div class=\"rsContent\"><a class=\"rsImg\" data-rsw=\"933\" data-rsh=\"1320\" href=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Watches-and-Jewels-Auctions-Antiquorum-Auctioneers-since-1974_p2-scaled.jpg\"><span data-alt=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rsContent\"><a class=\"rsImg\" data-rsw=\"933\" data-rsh=\"1320\" href=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Watches-and-Jewels-Auctions-Antiquorum-Auctioneers-since-1974_p1-scaled.jpg\"><span data-alt=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Watches-and-Jewels-Auctions-Antiquorum-Auctioneers-since-1974_p2-scaled.jpg\" width=\"933\" height=\"1320\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"w-slider-json\" onclick='return {&quot;autoScaleSlider&quot;:true,&quot;addActiveClass&quot;:true,&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;fadeInLoadedSlide&quot;:false,&quot;slidesSpacing&quot;:0,&quot;imageScalePadding&quot;:0,&quot;numImagesToPreload&quot;:2,&quot;arrowsNav&quot;:true,&quot;arrowsNavAutoHide&quot;:false,&quot;transitionType&quot;:&quot;move&quot;,&quot;transitionSpeed&quot;:250,&quot;block&quot;:{&quot;moveEffect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:300},&quot;thumbs&quot;:{&quot;fitInViewport&quot;:false,&quot;firstMargin&quot;:false,&quot;spacing&quot;:4},&quot;controlNavigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;pauseOnHover&quot;:true,&quot;delay&quot;:1500},&quot;autoScaleSliderWidth&quot;:933,&quot;autoScaleSliderHeight&quot;:1320}'><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/dr-helmut-crott-horological-auctions-owe-him-their-hundreds-of-millions\/\">Dr. Helmut Crott<\/a>, Antiquorum ranked a gold pocket watch in the top ten of its November 5, 2022 sale, alongside nine other models from star auction brands, selling for more than 290% of its starting price! This timepiece, housed in a solid gold case of rare refinement, features an unusual configuration of eight watch complications, a testament to absolute mastery: retrograde perpetual calendar (flyback), chronograph, moon phases, quarter repeater with two hammers on two gongs, and dual time zone. Historical research has confirmed that this piece was also the star attraction exhibited by the great watchmaker Henri Grandjean, one of the most medal-winning figures of the 19th century, at the 1876 World&#8217;s Fair in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"968\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Capture_d_ecran_2022-10-17_a_02.00.05-removebg-copie.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Capture_d_ecran_2022-10-17_a_02.00.05-removebg-copie.png 968w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Capture_d_ecran_2022-10-17_a_02.00.05-removebg-copie-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Capture_d_ecran_2022-10-17_a_02.00.05-removebg-copie-447x600.png 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/fr\/list\/1302\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Unesco Submission 2009<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Henri Grandjean, watchmaker and builder: from the Neuch\u00e2tel Observatory to UNESCO<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span>The history of Swiss watchmaking excellence owes a lot to chronometer maker Henri Grandjean, who, along with other watchmakers, led the construction of the Neuch\u00e2tel Observatory, a watchmaking institution that the most prestigious brands still claim to belong to and which, from 1931 until 2022, broadcast the radio time signal throughout Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to his involvement as a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parlament.ch\/en\/biografie\/henri-grandjean\/2195\">Swiss National Council<\/a>, Switzerland also owes him a debt of gratitude for the master clock installed in Le Locle (the city of precision) thanks to the cable he had laid between the Observatory and the Le Locle Watchmaking School, an institution he also founded. Finally, among other architectural and sectoral achievements, he was responsible for the construction of the Quartier de l&#8217;An-Neuf (now known as the Quartier du Progr\u00e8s), which in 2009 enabled Le Locle to join La Chaux-de-Fonds&#8217; application to have watchmaking urbanism listed as <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/fr\/list\/1302\/\">a UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a>.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mentioned in a reference book devoted to the Tourbillon, Henri Grandjean&#8217;s \u201cEl Cronometro Torbellino\u201d was a star attraction at the 1872 National Exhibition in Lima. 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