Automaton Makers

Antoine Rojard was probably the son of the horologist Jean-Daniel Rojard, and worked in Geneva at the end of the 18th and early 19th century. He is known to have…

Isaac Daniel Piguet (1775 – 1841) and Henri Capt (1773 – 1837?) were partners from 1802 to 1811 in the firm bearing their name, Piguet & Capt. The duo are…

Meuron & Cie was active around 1800 in Geneva , Neuchatel , La Chaux-de-Fonds and Paris. Percussion clocks, automaton skeleton watches and pedometer were produced. Pedometer watches were delivered to…

James Cox (c. 1723–1800) was a British jeweller, goldsmith and entrepreneur and the proprietor of Cox's Museum. He is now best known for creating ingenious automata and mechanical clocks, including…

Karl Griesbaum. The Griesbaum firm for more than half a century dominated among the companies that produced snuffboxes with singing birds. Its production capacity exceeded the production capacity of all…