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more about #jaquetdroz more comments → Nick1693: So when you first get it before the time is set, does it keep writing 12:00? more » something_unique_and_descriptive: As a feat of mechanical engineering this is most impressive... As a practical means of telling time, not so much. more » MinskyBA: ...I don't even know what this is, I haven't read the article yet. However, I hereby offer up my soul as payment for whatever this magnificent contrap... more » bosskev: Huh. Is that what's inside my Etch-a-Sketch? more » -
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Jaquet Droz Time-Writing Machine: Elegant in Still Life, Clumsy on Video
Gaze upon Machine à Ecrire le Temps—so elegant, you say it in French—created by watchmaker Jaquet Droz as an homage to its robot-building 18th-century Swiss founder. Live, though, the $342,000 line-drawer ain't so smooth. More »
