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Cité du Temps

Headquarters of The Swatch Group · Nicolas G. Hayek Strasse 2, 2502 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Timber grid arch ending above a street, next to a glass building with a suspended silver oval
Where the shell meets the Cité du Temps · Schiplagerheide / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Night view of the illuminated glass building and the timber arch above a plaza
Cité du Temps at night · MHM55 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Where is Cité du Temps?

Cité du Temps is at Nicolas G. Hayek Strasse 2, 2502 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. It is the headquarters of The Swatch Group.

When did The Swatch Group come to Cité du Temps?

2011–12: Shigeru Ban wins the competition. Shigeru Ban's design won the architectural competition for a new Swatch Headquarters, a new Omega Manufacture and the Cité du Temps, keeping Omega's listed early-industrial buildings and protected trees.

Cité du Temps in The Swatch Group’s history

  1. 2011–12
    Shigeru Ban wins the competition

    Shigeru Ban's design won the architectural competition for a new Swatch Headquarters, a new Omega Manufacture and the Cité du Temps, keeping Omega's listed early-industrial buildings and protected trees.

  2. 2019
    The Swatch Headquarters and the Cité du Temps

    After almost five years of construction, Swatch inaugurated its timber headquarters on October 3, 2019. Next door, the Cité du Temps holds the Omega Museum, Planet Swatch and the Nicolas G. Hayek Conference Hall; the Group's office address is Nicolas G. Hayek Strasse 2.

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