The idea of an exhibition germinated from the presence of the historic automata constructed by Pierre and replica rolex submariner Henri-Louis Jaquet-Droz in the collections from the Musee d'art et d'histoire de Neuchatel and the latter's desire to gain more scientific knowledge about these innovative geniuses and the globe of clockwork automata.
The Musee d'art et d'histoire de Neuchatel, the Musee international d'horlogerie de La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Musee d'horlogerie du Locle-Chateau des Monts came collectively to present an exhibition on three outstanding masters of 18th-century clockmaking: Pierre Jaquet-Droz, his son Henri-Louis and their colleague Jean-Frederic Leschot.
At first from the Neuchatel Mountains, the Jaquet-Droz father and son team made a reputation for themselves as brilliant inventors and astute businessmen. They were famous in rolex watches replica Europe and world-wide for producing luxury goods characterized by the purity and elegance of their design. Among these remarkable objects were pieces ofjewelry with miniaturized mechanisms, musical clockwork automata, such as singing birds, and clocks with automata, including humanoid automata.
To highlight the Jaquet-Droz and Leschot genius, as well as their quest for answers - something that connects them to today's planet - the three museums decided to share their expertise and collections in order to mount an exhibition enriched by numerous exceptional pieces on loan from private and public collections. Presented simultaneously at all three institutions and in three languages (French, German and English), this international artistic and technical event will just take the visitor through the 18th towards the 21st century.
The Automates & merveilles exhibition (From April, 28th to September, 30th 2012)will be divided into three sections. Each museum will explore a single aspect of the life and imitation rolex watches times of the Jaquet-Droz family that is covered by its own collections. It will use among the three humanoid automata preserved with the Musee d'art et d'histoire de Neuchatel to introduce this aspect. Two in the automata will relocate from their home museum to partner museums for that occasion.
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