Promotional Gimmick

[Bushmiller]

I would like to take the credit for sharing this, but I can't. It was sent to me by Forum member Crowie.

"The Writer" was made almost 250 years ago by Pierre Jaquet-Droz as a gimmick to promote his Swiss watchmaking business. He made a couple of other machines too, but this was the most complex.

The Writer Automaton (http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton)

Full credit to Crowie for bringing this to our attention. Absolutely amazing.

Regards
Paul

[_fly_]

Very Impressive.

[Chris Parks]

Astonishing, how anyone could have the ability to firstly plan and design and then actually build and get the mechanics of it perfect so it worked is beyond me.

[BEKKY]

Truly amazing piece of machinery.
How it was thought out and constructed is brilliant, even the boy's eyes follow the writing. :?:?:2tsup:
Thanks for that, Bushmiller & Crowie.
Keith.

[A Duke]

Let's see someone make one of those on a CNC machine.

[Handyjack]

... and it still works 240 years later.

Amazing.