The Implausible Seal: A Journey to Mauron Musy

On the shores of Lake Neuchâtel, Swiss manufacture Mauron Musy has spent the last decade solving a problem most watchmakers accept as inevitable: the need to replace rubber seals every few years.

The train to St-Aubin cuts through Swiss countryside with the mechanical precision of a good movement—reliable, predictable, faintly hypnotic. Outside the window, the Vallée de la Broye unfolds in th…