Laurent Barotte
Watchmaker-Pendulummaker
Porrentruy
About
« When I restore an old clock, I am in contact with its builder and always ask myself what he would think of my work, my methods and the finishes. »
Laurent Barotte was born in 1961 in Giromagny. It was in Besançon that he obtained his watchmaker-repairer CAP in 1980 and in Le Locle that he graduated as a clockmaker from the School of Watchmaking in 1984. He opened his workshop in 1990 in Friborg and between in education from 1994.
His skills earned him prestigious restorations, including the Berbatte and Saint-Ursanne clocks, equipped with a monumental movement, as well as the Saint-Petersburg clock.
« Transmitting such a complex know-how, which combines technique and gesture, encourages you to remain constantly in motion. »
"The class where Laurent Barotte teaches (watchmaking section of the Technical Division - DIVTEC - of the Jura Center for Education and Training, in Porrentruy) has become his workshop.
With his students, he created the clock for the 100th anniversary of DIVTEC and participated in the creation, manufacture and installation of the JURA-QUEBEC clock, a grandiose collective work. In 2016, he restored, with his students, the clock of the Town Hall of Porrentruy dated 1761.
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Diplomas
1980 CAP and BEP as watchmaker-repairer, Besançon
1984 Diploma in clockmaking, Watchmaking School, Le Locle
Honors
2022 Gaïa Prize, Crafts & Creation category, International Watchmaking Museum and the City of La Chaux-de-Fonds
2015 Artisan 2015, JEMA Jura
Connections
RFJ: http://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Actualites/Regionale/20140606-Une-clock-qui-cree-des-liens.html
Arc Info: http://www.arcinfo.ch/fr/regions/des-privilegies-decouvert-l-clock-porte-bonheure-561-1291316
Le Quotidien Jurassien: http://lqj.ch/region/une-antique-clock-renovee
Paticipation ACD
GOOD 2018 Jura
Canton
Arts Crafts
Domain
The crafts of watchmaking and jewelery
Other
Possible access for people with reduced mobility
Accessible by public transport
Car park nearby
Address
rue de Lorette 60
2900 Porrentruy
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