How Watches Work: A Brief History Of Automatons And Their Relationship With Mechanical Watches

By Brandon Baines

Automatons, or automata, have amazed human audiences for over two thousand years. Designed by humans to mimic living beings, automata’s lifelike movements have fascinated everyone, from ancient royalty and medieval city-dwellers to 18th-century courtiers and modern-day museum visitors. What people may not realize, however, is just how closely related horology and automata really are. In […]

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