Jaquet Droz Gives Wing to Charming Bird Watches

Earlier this year, the company unveiled a customizable mechanical device that can sign signatures or messages in any language, a new tropical bird automata minute-repeater wristwatch, and a one-of-a-kind minute-repeater pocket watch featuring two moving parrots in an exotic setting Now the watchmaker has just unveiled two new versions of its Charming Bird automata timepieces, limited to just eight pieces each in red gold and white gold with an ivory Grand Feu enamel dial The Charming Bird timepieces, first introduced by Jaquet Droz in 2013, are the first-ever wristwatches to feature a singing bird.

Housed in a case creating Jaquet Droz's signature figure-8 aesthetic-with one circle formed by the case encircling the singing bird beneath the sapphire crystal dome, and the top circle formed by the hour and minute hands-the aesthetic adds a modern touch to a centuries-old marvel Two separate mechanisms operate inside, with one powering the hours and minutes and the second powering the chirping singing bird When activated by a pusher at two o'clock, the bird springs into action, twirling and chirping for 40 seconds thanks to a magnetic speed control that regulates the animation and melody and minimizes the noise from the power distribution, isolating the bird's song in the acoustic space.

The latest singing bird timepieces are more modern in appearance than their 2016 predecessors, which featured a hand-engraved, hand-painted, decorative mother-of-pearl dial featuring a scenic Swiss countryside scene. . Source