Monkey Automatons
Monkey Automatons. Monkeys are often popular subjects for automatons. Their humanoid characteristics make them perfect for performing actions which can also be carried out by humans. Below are some examples…
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Antoine Rojard
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…
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Musical Automatons
A music box or musical box is an automatic musical instrument in a box which produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or…
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Silver Automatons
Silver has long been valued as a precious metal and has a brilliant white metallic luster that can take a high polish which is so characteristic that the name of…
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Piguet & Capt
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…
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Gold Automatons
The earliest recorded metal employed by humans appears to be gold, which can be found free or "native". Small amounts of natural gold have been found in Spanish caves used…
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Meuron & Cie
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…
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James Cox
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…
