Jaquet Droz’s philosophy is most evident in its groundbreaking creations, but its inspiration runs deeper. In 2025, a decade after winning the GPHG’s “Mechanical Exception” category, the legendary Charming Bird returns—now reimagined in a Grade 5 Titanium case. This marks a world-first: the only wristwatch with a musical automaton crafted from this ultra-modern yet notoriously challenging metal.
Posts tagged #Automaton Watches
Introducing: Jaquet Droz Rolling Stones Automaton 'Some Girls' Unique Piece
Jaquet Droz is taking on an icon of rock history and presents the Rolling Stones Automaton ‘Some Girls’ unique piece. A unique piece for the most criticized album cover in the history of rock. The ‘Some Girls’ album cover from The Rolling Stones had to be significantly changed to align with the standards of the time. A backdrop that the highly disruptive Jaquet Droz could not help but revisit, devoting a unique piece to this monumental work of graphic art, and paying an irreverent homage to this album, which was released over 45 years ago.
Insider: De Bethune Cempasúchil II. A Unique Piece with Two Dials for Day of the Dead.
The De Bethune Cempasúchil II Unique Piece was just presented two weeks ago at the SIAR Mexico 2023 in Mexico City and we had the pleasure of perusing it. A new one-of-a-kind creation in its Maestri’art collection comes as a sequel to the DW5 Cempasúchil I presented in 2020 and which we brought you here —pictured below. Hovering between life and death, with a touch of naughty humor, just like the joyous and colorful Mexican ‘Dia de Muertos’ —Day of the Dead celebration.
News: Jaquet Droz Unveils Three New Versions of the Loving Butterfly Automaton
For Baselworld 2017, Jaquet Droz released the Loving Butterfly automaton, a watch that features a 90-second on-demand animation —read our hands-on review here. Today, Jaquet Droz has decided to add three new versions of the Loving Butterfly Automaton to their collection. The three new versions of the Jaquet Droz Loving Butterfly include new choice of dials in meteorite, aventurine and opal. Each of the compositions draws on the Jaquet Droz codes: automatons, Ateliers d’Art, exceptional mechanisms, mineral dials and numerus clausus —limitation.
Baselworld 2017: Jaquet Droz Loving Butterfly Automaton. Live Pictures, Hands-on & Price.
The history of Jaquet Droz and his automatons is very rich and part of the true heritage of this brand. For Baselworld 2017, Jaquet Droz has released the a new automaton that joins the Bird Repeater, the Charming Bird and the Lady 8 Flower previous released. This new automaton timepiece named 'Loving Butterlfy' is a watch that features a 90-second on-demand animation. Available with a 43 mm case in 18K rose or white gold, the new Jaquet Droz Loving Butterfly is exclusively available in a limited edition of 28 pieces for each metal.
