Chronometrophilia

Chronometrophilia is described in its byline as the "Swiss Association for the History of Timekeeping / Association suisse pour l'histoire de la mesure du temps / Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Geschichte der Zeitmessung".

They invented the term chronometrophilia from the Greek chronos (time) and philia ("the love of"); and meter, a Teutonic word cognate to the Latin modius (bushel).

[1] The association was founded in 1976 and unites collectors, scholars and museum professionals interested in the historical aspects of clocks and watches.

Meetings are held about 4 times a year in various locations in Switzerland and are usually conducted bilingually in French and German.

"Chronometrophilia" is also the name of their semi-annual glossy, scholarly journal (published with articles in both French and German).