The Swiss watchmaking firm Jaquet Droz has short-circuited the 18th and 21st centuries with the Charming Bird. It's a wristwatch that includes a tiny automaton bird inside the crystal, that sings and ...
Appraisal: Swiss Bird Automaton, ca. 1900, from Special: Somethings Wild. In ROADSHOW'S Special: Somethings Wild, Christopher Barber appraises a Swiss bird automaton ...