To mark its 280th anniversary, Jaquet Droz presents the Parrot Repeater Pocket Watch, a one-of-a-kind automation with minute repeater. It carries on the long tradition of automata originally established by Pierre Jaquet-Droz, spurring it today to push new technical, creative and artistic boundaries.
This true work of art depicts an animated naturalist scene. The birds that take centre stage here are a beloved motif for Jaquet Droz. Admired for their romance as much as for their singing, they chirp throughout history in the brand’s celebrated Bird Repeater automata.
The macaw was chosen for the beauty of its colourful plumage. At the heart of the composition, an adult pair watches over its two chicks. Each of the family of five is animated: the bird on the left-hand side moves its entire body; its partner on the right wiggles its head. The first chick hatches from its egg, while its sibling hops back and forth. A bird of paradise is visible, and a tiger pauses for a drink at the foot of an animated waterfall. Another tiger can be spotted at 6 o’clock, at the bottom of a mother-of-pearl dial upon which two gold hands keep time.
For more details on the 2018 novelties by Jaquet Droz, visit www.jaquetdroz.com.
