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Considering this was created circa 1815, this is AMAZING!! The detail and jeweled adornments are simply exquisite... === In 2016, after twelve months' work, Parmigiani Fleurier revived a unique object from the Sandoz family collection, a double-barreled pistol and its songbird. This rare automaton was created, probably around 1815, by the famous Rochat Brothers using a design based on a cavalry pistol. When the hammer is cocked, pulling the trigger releases a brightly feathered songbird out of the muzzle instead of a gunshot ball. The bird pirouettes, opens its beak, turns its head, and flaps its tail and wings, all the time singing a beautiful melody before vanishing as amazingly as it appeared. Unfortunately, before it fell into the hands of the Parmigiani Fleurier restorers, this beautiful clockwork had sustained damage to most components. The passage of time had affected the mechanism, and over the decades, no less than six interventions had been carried out on the artifact. Most of these were hasty defective and ended up deforming the piece as a whole. The Parmigiani Fleurier restorers had to start from scratch, unraveling the mysteries of the mechanism one by one. They remodeled every part of the pistol, from the gears to the enamel and the feathers of the bird. Today, after that one-year revival, the masterpiece has been faithfully returned to its former form. Enjoy this treat to your eyes and ears! "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | ||
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La Fontaine aux Oiseaux ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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I don't have the words to accurate describe how fugly that is to me. That thing is so over the top gaudy it's absurd. This is where my signature goes. | |||
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The level of craftsmanship and skill is amazing. | |||
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Yeah, right. But do they offer it in 10mm? 0-0 "OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20 | |||
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| Gone but Together Again. Dad & Uncle  |
Incredible!!! | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
Thanks for posting, erj_pilot. An awesome mechanism. Serious about crackers | |||
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