The company refers to these exceptional creations as the “art of astonishment,” and indeed these pieces take an incredible amount of detail and hours to create and are often years in development ...
The Swiss watchmaking firm Jaquet Droz has short-circuited the 18th and 21st centuries with the Charming Bird. It's a wristwatch that includes a tiny automaton bird inside the crystal, that sings and ...
The three tune musical automaton bird cage clock by Bautte & Moynier (Geneva, 1825-30) (courtesy Sotheby’s) (click to enlarge) The birdcage clock was a relatively late addition to the automata created ...
Person of Interest: Antiquarian Horologist Nico Cox’s World of Mechanical Clocks and Automaton Birds
What does an antiquarian horologist do? It’s a cross-disciplinary trade. I mostly work with antique clock or watch-based objects that perform specific functions. Anything from making a facsimile of a ...
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