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    Pierre Jaquet-Droz (French: [ʒakɛ dʁo]; 1721–1790) was a watchmaker of the late eighteenth century. He was born on 28 July 1721 in La Chaux-de-Fonds,...
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    The Jaquet-Droz automata, among all the numerous automata built by the Jaquet-Droz family, refer to three doll automata built between 1768 and 1774 by...
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  • politician Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721–1790), a Swiss-born watchmaker of the late eighteenth century, also working in Paris and London Jaquet-Droz automata, the...
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    makers include the prolific Swiss Pierre Jaquet-Droz (see Jaquet-Droz automata) and his son Henri-Louis Jaquet-Droz, and his contemporary Henri Maillardet...
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    city of Geneva and its invention in 1784/85 is attributed to Pierre Jaquet-Droz. The French term tabatière has also come to be used for any small decorative...
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  • Breguet Certina Endura Flik Flak Glashütte Original Hamilton Harry Winston Jaquet Droz Léon Hatot Longines Mido Omega Rado Swatch Swiss Timing Tissot Union...
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  • Springs Jacques du Manoir Jacques Lemans Jaguar Jaeger-LeCoultre Pierre Jaquet-Droz Georg Jensen Jacob & Co Jean Perret F.P. Journe Jowissa Junghans Jules...
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    and other mechanisms. He spent a period of time in the shops of Pierre Jaquet-Droz, who was in the business of producing watches, clocks, and automata....
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  • 2020 Rusudan Petviashvili collaborated with luxury Swiss watch brand Jaquet Droz, creating an exclusive wristwatch with her artwork called The Woman with...
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    and the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, which houses the Automates Jaquet-Droz (Jaquet-Droz Mechanical Figurines). During the summer of 2002, Neuchâtel was...
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  • Age painting The Musician, one of three figures from the 18th-century Jaquet-Droz automata The Musician (Tamara de Lempicka), a 1929 painting by Tamara...
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  • Selznick had seen in the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, as well as the Jaquet-Droz automaton "the writer". A portion of the scene with Harold Lloyd in Safety...
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  • of the Swatch Group, taking charge of Blancpain, Breguet, Glashutte, Jaquet Droz, and Swatch Group Central and South America. "Swatch Taps Founder's Daughter...
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  • Constantin (Est. 1755), Breguet (Est. 1775), Blancpain (*Est. 1735), Jaquet Droz (Est. 1738 in La Chaux-de-Fonds). Abraham-Louis Breguet played a great...
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    IWC Selectus Jacques Etoile (cal. IV.C4) La Joux-Perret/Jacquet (for Jaquet Droz, Bremont BE-83, and others) Maurice Lacroix ML112 Paul Picot ("Atelier...
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    time and distance calculations on light aircraft. In the 1770s, Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a Swiss watchmaker, built a mechanical doll (automaton) that could write...
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    civilization, including Yan Shi, Hero of Alexandria, Al-Jazari, Pierre Jaquet-Droz, and Wolfgang von Kempelen. The oldest known automata were the sacred...
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    constructed with such skill and ingenuity". In the 1770s the Swiss Pierre Jaquet-Droz created moving automata that looked like children, which delighted Mary...
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  • Moritz Grossman H. Moser & Cie Hamilton Hublot IWC Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaquet Droz Lang & Heyne Maurice Lacroix Omega SA Orient Oris Panerai Parmigiani...
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    it to Maelzel. Automaton Hugo, 2011 film The Invention of Hugo Cabret Jaquet-Droz automata The writing hand "Maillardet's Automaton". The Franklin Institute...
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    within a thunderstorm. Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721–1790), mathematician, watchmaker and machine designer Jean-Pierre Droz (1746–1823), medalist and Minter...
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    compartment. About 30 years later in Switzerland the clockmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz made several complex mechanical figures that could write and play music...
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  • 1726–1767), German watchmaker, Mannheim, clockmaker of the court. Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721–1790), Swiss clockmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds. James Cox (1723?–1800)...
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    The Illusionist. In the same period, a Swiss watchmaker called Pierre Jaquet-Droz made some highly sophisticated automotas, including "The Writer" (made...
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    created a mechanical robot duck that was able to drink and eat. Pierre Jaquet-Droz created The Writer, The Draftsman and The Musician - toys that are still...
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    History) is a museum in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Among its exhibits are the Jaquet-Droz automata. The collections of paintings include works of Claude Monet...
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    Neuchâtel. He had business connections with the Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz and Jean-Frédéric Leschot. These watchmakers tried to find technical...
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  • Albus Janice Em Janice Kawaye Japan Robot Association Japanese robotics Jaquet-Droz automata Jaydev P. Desai Jean-Claude Latombe Jed the Humanoid Jedikiah...
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  • Andrew Jackson James "Bell Bottom Jack" Jackson Elizabeth Jaffray Pierre Jaquet-Droz David Jayne Hill Richard "Dick" L. Jervis Andrew Johnson Jack Johnson...
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    19th century android makers, particularly Jacques de Vaucanson, Pierre Jaquet-Droz, Jean-Frédéric Leschot, and the great Parisian makers of the golden age...
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