Call them horological follies, but automata, or animated watches have become a fascinating sub-genre where the likes of Van ...

Three of these are housed at the art and history museum in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, now known as the Jaquet-Droz automata. His heritage continues to inspire the Manufacture's ingenious craftsmen ...

Automata have been created and manufactured since the dawn ... designed an android that could handle a pen and write a composition of up to 107 words. Pierre and Henry Louis Jaquet-Droz, Swiss ...

During the 18th and 19th century, automata reached new levels of intricacy and artistry. Swiss watchmakers Pierre Jaquet-Droz and Henri Maillardet built mechanical wonders that could draw ...

His legacy is well-documented: he and his descendants dazzled royal courts and empires around the world with automata, many of which can still be seen today, both at Jaquet Droz and in Neuchâtel.

Some of these masterpieces are preserved in notable collections, such as the Jaquet-Droz family automata at the Musée d’art et d’histoire in NeuchâtelExternal link. These creations ...