History

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Pierre Jaquet-Droz

Pierre Jaquet-Droz

1721-1790
Swiss clockmaker and mechanic.
Father of Henri Louis Jaquet Droz.
Adopted father of Jean Frédéric Leschot.

1768-1774
Construction, with Henri Louis Jaquet Droz and Jean Frédéric Leschot, of several automatons including the “writer” (6,000 parts), the “lady musician” (2,500 parts) and the “draughtsman” (2,000 parts), now kept at the Museum of Art and History at Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
The first manufacturer of singing bird boxes.
Adaptation to chiming clocks and pipes.

Research

Research

For research into the first Rieussec chronographs, the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie wishes to locate this piece, made between 1820 and 1830.

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