{"id":45857,"date":"2025-07-24T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paysdesecrins.com\/my-desire-to\/discovery\/the-vigneaux-clock\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:00:21","slug":"the-vigneaux-clock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.paysdesecrins.com\/en\/my-desire-to\/discovery\/the-vigneaux-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vigneaux clock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Home<\/a><\/span> My desire to<\/a><\/span> My desire for Discovery<\/a><\/span> The Vigneaux clock<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

The right time since 1976! <\/h2><\/div>\n\n

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Hanging from the bell tower of the Saint-Laurent church, the Vigneaux Clock<\/strong> has been beating time for more than two centuries. Forged in 1786 for the collegiate church of Brian\u00e7on, this “eight-day” clock (autonomy of one week) has had several lives… before finding refuge in Les Vigneaux. In 1890, considered outdated, it was dismantled. But he did not count on the village priest, Henri Faure, who recovered it with the help of the inhabitants to install it in the bell tower. There was a long silence afterwards, until high school students from the Brian\u00e7on high school<\/strong> resurrected it between 1989 and 2011, as part of the “Altitude Clocks” project. Since then, it has been turning, ringing, living. <\/p>\n\n

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There are no minute hands here: we live on a slow hour. Three strokes a day \u2014 8 a.m., 12 p.m., 7 p.m. \u2014 and every six days, a team of volunteers cranks the weights. Without them, total silence. It’s living heritage, in the literal sense. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How to discover the Vigneaux Clock?<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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  • Guided tour of the bell tower<\/em> \u2013 on registration (beware, steep staircase!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Winding demonstration<\/em> \u2013 every other Saturday<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • LegendR tour<\/em> \u2013 augmented reality around the church<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Wine trail<\/em> \u2013 1h30 from the bell tower<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Irrigation canal loop<\/em> \u2013 2-hour walk nearby<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Frescoes of the Saint-\u00c9tienne church in Vallouise<\/em> \u2013 5 km away<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Vigneaux town hall car park<\/em> \u2013 access in 2 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    The Vigneaux Clock is much more than an old mechanism: it is a collective project, a ticking passed down from generation to generation. And you, are you coming to see it film? <\/p>\n\n

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