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For travellers who are passionate about the art of Swiss watchmaking, there is a very unique experience.
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Watches Magazine 01.10.2017
Initium - initiation in Latin - is thus the eternal memory of a unique experience of the mechanics of time.
Voir l'article (PDF)L’Agefi 20.05.2016
With a screwdriver and tweezers in your hands, you will feel like a master of time for a day.
Voir l'article (PDF)Europa star 04.11.2020
Five years after the beginning of its courses in Switzerland, Initium can pride itself on having completely modernised the introduction to watchmaking.
Voir l'articleLe Matin Dimanche 01.05.2015
A tailor-made watch is good. It's even better to assemble it yourself.
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Matin Dimanche 01.05.2015
I wanted a more classy, dressy watch, and I couldn't find the one I had in mind.
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Temps 01.03.2016
A day with your hands in the winders, crown wheels, barrels and other escapements, to go home with your own watch on your wrist.
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You can create and assemble your own watch. This can be done in half a day at Initium.
Voir l'article (PDF)My Switzerland 04.04.2017
High-quality handmade watches are fascinating marvels full of elegance and precision.
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Quotidien Jurassien 15.01.2021
The Noirmont based start-up, Initium, uses a new participatory financing model, the crowdinvesting, to accelerate its international development.
Voir l'article (PDF)L'Express 18.11.2017
At Initium, anyone can become a watchmaker in just one course. Sandra Fernandez is one of the professors who oversees the operations.
Voir l'article (PDF)RTS 02.09.2016
Les intrépides - presentation of Initium (episode 1)
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Les intrépides - Initium in front of the jury (episode 5)
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RTS report
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Follow an Initium course in pictures, thanks to a report by Canal Alpha
Voir l'articleLe Temps 16.06.2016
Spending a day with a watchmaker to assemble your own watch is becoming increasingly popular and attractive. Le Temps went to Le Noirmont to handle tweezers and screwdrivers.
Voir l'articleFH Suisse 21.05.2015
Immerse yourself in the world of watchmaking and create your own timepiece in the homeland of the first farmer-watchmakers! An original experience proposed by Initium.
Voir l'articleUne porte sur deux continents 29.08.2015
A great opportunity to make your own Swiss made watch under the supervision of a watchmaker-teacher!
Voir l'articleStay Tuned For Life 29.07.2016
Five must-do experiences in the Swiss Jura!
Voir l'articleArc Hebdo 25.08.2016
Active in watchmaking initiations, the company Initium au Noirmont will be taking part, from Friday, in the new series "Les Intrépides", an educational reality show signed RTS 1.
Voir l'articleBilan 08.09.2016
The Jurassien Mathieu Gigandet proposes a dive into the watchmaking country, in Le Noirmont. Welcomed by professionals, visitors are introduced to the profession. A start-up to be discovered in the RTS "Les Intrépides" series.
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A young entrepreneur plays the intrepid watch in hand
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How nice would it be to not only have a watch custom made, but custom make it yourself? Initium offers just that with their classes in their workshop in Le Noirmont, Switzerland.
Voir l'articleEuropa star 01.12.2020
A Swiss company that specialises in running introductory watchmaking workshops, Initium, is reacting by launching kits that allow people to make their own watches at home.
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After five years of existence, the balance sheet is flattering for the Jura startup Initium: more than 1000 participants left their workshops with their own Swiss watch on their wrist.
Voir l'articleLe Quotidien Jurassien 31.05.2015
The company Initium Creawatch, based in the Créapole premises in Le Noirmont, has been offering introductory watchmaking courses for a tourist clientele since this spring.
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Matin Dimanche 01.05.2015
I wanted a classy watch, more dressy, and I couldn't find the one I had in mind.
Voir l'article (PDF)The Gentleman Blogger 01.10.2018
Become a watchmaker at Initium, in the heart of Geneva, meet an authentic watchmaker and learn the art and science of watchmaking. - Matthew Zorpas, 186k subscribers
Voir l'articleThe Rollinsonlondon 01.01.2019
Initium offers a complete immersion in the fascinating world of mechanical watches. - Nathan Rollinson, 83k subscribers
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I have always been fascinated by the mechanics of timepieces, and in this case, Initium was the best place to learn. - Amy Aed
Voir l'articleAlloVoyages 31.10.2020
What if you were to live the experience of mastering time? In its small workshop located in Geneva, Initium invites you to plunge into the meticulous and hushed world of watchmaking.
Voir l'articleTages-Anzeiger 07.09.2017
The Watch Valley in the Jura offers the best insight into the art of Swiss watchmaking. Laymen with steady hands can even build their own watch.
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Matin 19.03.2015
You can choose your timepiece at Baselworld, which opens today, but you can also assemble one yourself, thanks to a small Jura company.
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Matin Dimanche 31.05.2015
A tailor-made watch is good. It's even better to assemble it yourself. Initium, based in Le Noirmont (JU), puts its customers at the workbench. And it works.
Voir l'article (PDF)Der Bund 11.09.2017
The Watch Valley in the Jura offers the best insight into the art of Swiss watchmaking. Laymen with steady hands can even build their own watch.
Voir l'article (PDF)L'Impartial 24.08.2016
Very quickly, we understood that people wanted to be actors, and that we had to allow them to assemble their mechanical watches themselves. - Mathieu Gigandet
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Matin Dimanche 21.08.2016
On 26 August, the French-language channel is launching "Les Intrépides", a programme that follows five start-ups in their development.
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Franc Montagnard 20.08.2016
Initium CreaWatch, a company based in Le Noirmont offering immersions into the world of timepieces, has been selected to represent the Jura region on the new RTS programme "Les Intrépides".
Voir l'article (PDF)Le Quotidien Jurassien 13.07.2016
The young boss Mathieu Gigandet will represent the Jura in the new RTS programme "Les Intrépides" which, at the start of the new school year, will present the daily lives of five promising young entrepreneurs.
Voir l'article (PDF)L'Express 24.08.2016
Selected from more than 100 candidates, Mathieu Gigandet judges that "it is already a victory to be among the five finalists".
Voir l'article (PDF)L'Est Républicain 13.06.2015
At Le Noirmont in Switzerland, three young watch enthusiasts teach visitors how to make their own watches.
Voir l'article (PDF)GHI 15.06.2017
An introductory watchmaking workshop teaches you the basics of creating a mechanical watch.
Voir l'article (PDF)FH Suisse 21.10.2017
A Canadian tourist even decided to make a trip explicitly to Switzerland to take advantage of our offer. - Mathieu Gigandet
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