Picture a golden cherub driving a golden chariot pulled by a golden butterfly through a golden forest. Then picture this richly gilded scene framed against the backdrop of a 150-million-year-old slice ...

Jaquet Droz makes watches for people who demand more of their timepieces than mere utilitarian function—the intricate automaton watches are real showpieces in both aesthetic and old-world watchmaking ...

One of Jaquet Droz's 18th-century android automata, The Draughtsman, amazingly sketched a cherub on a chariot chasing a butterfly. Dating back to 1774, the drawing titled Le Papillon Conduit Par ...

Everyone knows that Jaquet Droz isn't interested in cookie-cutter watchmaking. Quite the opposite, because when it comes to creating ornate, artisanal complications, JD has no equal. Exhibit A: the ...

The new limited-production Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Papillon Automate ($290,000, vancleefarpels.com) reflects the personality of its owner in a very physical way: The translucent wings of a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the world of haute horlogerie, nature is teeming. Jaquet Droz’s latest automaton casts the fluttering wings ...