Electronics Museum

Opening

Wednesday, 13 December 2006 marks the opening of the new electronic clocks section at the Clock and Watch Museum Beyer. Beyer has a close association with electronic timepieces, for the store included such a department from 1964 to 1988. To this day, dozens of Beyer clocks are still to be found in public areas; the best known are the Meeting Point clock at the main railway station and the Flower Clock at Bürkliplatz.

The first electric clocks, which date back to around 1890, were really mechanical timepieces equipped with an electric impulse unit. With the rapid adoption of electricity in households and public places, the requirements became increasingly complex. The exhibits on show are a representative but not exhaustive cross-section of electronic and electric clocks, illustrating the rapid development of and change in technology during the last century. The museum’s electronic clocks section is located at Sihlfeldstrasse 10 in Zürich, and is open by prior arrangement on the first Wednesday of the month, from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm.