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Music and automata (1770-1850) |
| Genevese and Swiss watches and objects with automata and music (1770-1850) |
Geneva’s flair for the art of the automaton, 1770 to 1850
During the 1780s, Geneva opened a most intriguing chapter of horological history. The city developed, with great flair, the art of automatons: machines designed to imitate the movements of live beings or creatures. They ranged from the simplest forms, where a figure’s moving arms could point to the time, to complex, full-scale productions, such as pastoral scenes, theatre pieces or concerts. Automata were soon being used to animate a ...
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