Songbirds were always a favorite with automaton-makers. Since the Age of Enlightenment, skilled artisans have faithfully rendered their movements and songs. But the horse is a whole new level of difficulty. Combining force with grace, power, and agility, the kinematics of trot and gallop summon up hundreds of muscles and movements synchronized in perfect harmony and fluidity.
The association of perfect stability on the hind legs with an asynchronous mobility of the two forelegs required for. A watchmaking graduate, who was awarded a gold medal at the French Best Apprentice competition, he opened his own workshop in In , he was recruited by the Swiss brand Ulysse Nardin as a designer.
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He became an independent designer and watchmaker in and settled in France where he creates exceptional automatons — the Duel, the Car Clock and the Cheetah being among the most notable. Next came the mechanical conception. All pieces work together in perfect gestural harmony, without the slightest jolt — as would be the case with automatons of a lesser craftsmanship.
This translates into the fluid movements of its legs, mane, and head, as well as into its delicate finishing touches. Watches - Clocks L'Abeille. Fascinating humanity through the ages as its most trusty companion and noblest conquest, the horse can be said to have reached the status of a living mythical animal. Horses have been at humanity's side all through history, their silhouettes decorating the earliest cave paintings, their pace giving rhythm to the everyday life of thousands of thoroughbred connoisseurs.
Artists have always been challenged by the mechanical reproduction of their mighty stride. Rearing, in particular, has always eluded automaton-makers. Until now. Are there any limits to human-made mechanical creation? One might be inclined to think so. Our own inventions, from cars to spaceships, are always being perfected, polished, up to the point where they seem to take on an intelligence of their own. But it takes an outstanding amount of talent to reproduce a movement that we did not create: to emulate nature, with all its subtleties.
