The profil of the craftsmen, clockmakers:

Duvoisin Jacques

Education and Experience

Personal interests

From his childhood, Christian developed his mechanical mind in "modifying his boguet" (in Switzerland, a boguet is a motor cycle). Because of his ingenuous desire for improving the engines by reaming cylinders, rectifying and machining the crankshaft and other mechanical components, Christian, quite naturally, undertook an apprenticeship of car mechanic. After a few years in this field, he realized that his desire of precision work would hardly be satisfied. He thus changed his career direction and "sharpened" his capacities by developing his microtechnic sens through his work in two large companies of the Neuchâtel area. He worked at the development and fine tuning of complex machines, a job requiring good knowledge in mechanics, micromechanics and even pneumatics. He widened thus his range of knowledge and developed his acuity for the search for solutions with sometimes extremely complex problems.

By his marriage with Isabelle Duvoisin, Christian has quickly been "soaked" in the environment surrounding the work of a clockmaker. He was already familiar with this clock-making environment since his relatives (Couvoisier) were also active in the clock industry from several generations. Great-great-grandson of Paul Courvoisier (Manufacture of dials La Berna), Christian even uses still today some tools of his forefathers!

Rubbing shoulders with Jacques, Christian quickly impassioned himself for clocks, but not only for their mechanical aspect! Indeed, thanks to his interest and with an important documentation, he forged an excellent knowledge about the styles and the history of the clocks and clockmakers (mainly from Neuchâtel and from France). Since 2003, Christian "transformed" his mechanical and micromechanical skills in clock making practices while working with his father-in-law Jacques, eager to pass on, as well as possible and to the closest of his conscience, his experience and this inheritance gained from five generations of clock and watch makers in his family. Together they furrowed secondhand trades, auction sales, flea markets and merchants of Paris, etc. in order to learn how to perceive well which are the objects to be excluded from a rigorous selection. Thus, only carefully selected and perfectly restored objects will continue to be offered by Christian Loutz, with, for a few years still, the councils and the critical glance of Jacques.

Thanks to his knowledge of english and to a Web site increasingly visited, Christian will be able to develop even more the international contacts of Antique Clocks - Pendulantic. New options are currently being prepared in the field of the trade of machines and specific tools, intended for the clock and watch makers.