Saint-Imier

Saint-Imier is best known in Switzerland for its long-established watchmaking industry, notably as the birthplace of Longines, founded here in 1832. The town follows the Suze through the Vallon de Saint-Imier, a narrow Jura valley below the Chasseral range, where pastureland and wooded slopes contrast with Switzerland’s Alpine resorts. Watchmaking workshops shaped local work and the townscape for generations, and the Longines Museum preserves part of that industrial legacy. Saint-Imier also holds a place in political history: the 1872 Saint-Imier Congress helped establish the anti-authoritarian International. Find related webcams in the surrounding Jura to build a fuller picture of Saint-Imier and the Bernese Jura.

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