The Peacock Clock is one of the greatest masterpieces of the 18th century automaton art. When activated, the peacock opens its tail, the owl turns its head, the rooster crows, and time becomes a performance, revealed discreetly in the cap of a mushroom. Created in London by James Cox in the 1770s and acquired by Catherine the Great, it remains the
It's been moving for 250 years, but this machine was fully taken apart only once. This is the Silver Swan, an automaton built in 1773. It still runs today using nothing but springs and gears, moving its neck and beak with lifelike precision. What looks like flowing water isn't water at all. It's an illusion created by rotating glass rods.
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