Pierre Jaquet-Droz
Watchmaker from Neuchâtel (1721–1790)
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, in the Principality of Neuchâtel.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Pierre Jaquet-Droz (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Jul 28, 1721, died Nov 28, 1790.1
About
He lived in Paris, London, and Geneva, where he designed and built animated dolls known as automata to help his firm sell watches and mechanical caged songbirds.
The Jaquet Droz luxury watch brand is now owned by The Swatch Group.
From Wikipedia’s article on Pierre Jaquet-Droz, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Jaquet DrozFounder10
Career
Occupation: watchmaker, mechanical automaton engineer.4
- Date not recordedFounded Jaquet Droz3
Known for: Jaquet-Droz automata.5
Personal life
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- 1WikidataPierre Jaquet-Droz on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPierre Jaquet-Droz on Wikipedia
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- 10WikidataJaquet Droz, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsPierre Jaquet-Droz photo by unknown, Public domain