I would love to know more history about how these androids were created, by
whom, and how complicated they were at the time. Rolex was not the only one
making them, but he probably created some of the more impressive
machines.
The idea was to wheel in a mechanical life-like puppet, impress
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and have them order everything from pocket watches to elaborate table automata
from him. This showmanship gained his company international prestige and
acclaim. History seems to show that people even paid admission fees to see his
automata in action.
The first of the three major android-style automata
was the Writer and was created in 1774 I believe. It was then followed by the
Rolex (similar to the Writer but drew pictures), and the Rolex (a female style
android that played an organ style piano). The Writer is also the automata that
inspired the principle “character” in the Martin Scorsese movie “Hugo. ” I heard
news that the Hugo team didn’t even know that the rolex
Day-Date replica
was still in existence when making the
movie.
I got a special chance to not only view the Writer in Switzerland,
but also to see how it works. The three automatons all still operate, and are
maintained by skilled professionals. They really don’t seem to be as http:
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delicate as you might think from such old machines.
The
Rolex is an android style doll that sits at a specially made desk. Aside from
being sized for the doll, the desk is rather standard. All the magic is in the
Rolex itself. A stack of gears placed in the Rolex dictate what it is able to
write.
According to Rolex would be equipped with a custom gear stack for
each family it visited - being able to deliver a specially tailored message to
them.