The Swiss Federal Office of Metrology (METAS), in partnership with Neuchâtel University's Institute of Physics, has developed an atomic clock, the primary reference in precision. Unique in the world, it positions Switzerland at the forefront of time measurement.

Fine Watchmaking's preservation of the applied arts now extends to Japanese lacquer techniques, as Vacheron Constantin and Van Cleef & Arpels brilliantly demonstrated at the last SIHH.