CASTLE OF MÔTIERS

Located in Môtiers, the oldest village in the Val-de-Travers region, the Château was built in the 13th century. In 1957, the descendants of Henri-François Du Bois-BOVET donated the Château to the canton of Neuchâtel. 
 

Whether by chance or by destiny, all the events leading up to 2007, when Pascal Raffy, President of BOVET, purchased the Château, paved the way to the realization of his dream of offering BOVET a unique opportunity to return to its own heritage.
 

The Tradition of high quality standards

BOVET maintains its heritage with an authentic Artisan Haute Horlogerie Watchmaking Workshop, confined in a constant controlled atmosphere which is hermetically sealed. BOVET assures its timepieces controlled conditions of optimal temperature and humidity as well as strictly limited quantity of suspended dust. The case up of Haute Horlogerie complication timepieces is thus achieved in the most excellent environment possible to ensure BOVET’s high quality standards.
 

As BOVET’s center of artisan craftsmanship, decoration and watchmaking as well as artistic talent, the Château de Môtiers will continue to host watchmakers, artisans of decorative finish, artisan engravers and miniature painters in the future.
 

The BOVET Museum

Destined to become the artistic center of BOVET, the Château will also house, in the Diesse Tower, a BOVET Museum open to visitors. It will display BOVET’s private collection of its antique 19th pocket-watches. An idyllic setting for preservation of its creative history and the inspiration of posterity in artistic creations of an authentic Swiss watchmaking house.