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Jaquet Droz The Charming Bird Automaton Watch Sings And Dances
Museum objects produced by Jaquet Droz and his contemporaries (seen here) in the 18th century often take the form of automaton birds geared to emulate in eerie detail actual birds complete with movement and sound. Bird songs were produced by moving a piston style tube in and out of a shaft rapidly. A small air hole would whistle, sounding remarkably like a real bird. The mechanical bird figurines were designed to often have moving heads, wings, and even beaks. These machines were often parts of ornate clocks.For the first time ever, Jaquet Droz has produced a miniature automaton bird small enough to put into a timepiece. The Charming Bird watch features a bubble in the sapphire crystal for the bird, and a mechanical bird call to reproduce the sounds of a bird song. The remarkable movement developed by Jaquet Droz is exactly what the brand should have been working on from day one. Jaquet Droz smartly designed The Charming Bird with an open movement architecture so that the entire mechan
Alpina Extreme Diver Watch Review
The Extreme Diver is a watch I am about to gush about. Not totally and?apologetically, but Alpina’s very well-mannered timepiece is a product I am going to recommend without much hesitation. The sister brand of Geneva-based Frederique Constant, is doing a great job of offering a solid product at a reasonable price – which is for the most part a hallmark of the group. This isn’t the first dive watch from the brand, and it won’t be the last, but those hungry for a good looking “real watch” have a good option here.I recall the moment I saw the Extreme Diver for the first time in person. It was while meeting the brand in Las Vegas last year. My eyes sort of immediately gravitated toward the watch’s polished hour markers and matte black dial framed by a black bezel with the brand’s signature “triangle” screws. It certainly wasn’t the watch the brand was most interested in me seeing. Alpina and Frederique Constant had just com