I found this in Leslie Caron's memoir Thank Heaven.
She describes several "automatons": the clockwork creations of 18th-century craftsmen.
Famous historical automata are primarily housed in Swiss museums and prestigious European private collections.
Below are a few videos (with some overlap) that show these devices
https://youtu.be/6Nt7xLAfEPs?
The world's premier and most famous examples of these precise 18th-century android automata can be found at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
https://youtu.be/6Nt7xLAfEPs?
The Jaquet-Droz Automata: Created between 1768 and 1774 by Pierre Jaquet-Droz and his son Henri-Louis, these 3 clockwork marvels (known as The Writer, The Musician, and The Draughtsman) are examples of the incredible workmanship involved.
https://youtu.be/nITEU4fsqCU?
https://youtu.be/buRMXn6iedE?
MORE! automata
https://youtu.be/EElOwG_RVLg?
(I have yet to explore this "tunnel")
Swiss National Museum: The Swiss National Museum - Château de Prangins also preserves significant historical horological collections from the 18th and 19th centuries.
https://youtu.be/C7oSFNKIlaM?
https://youtu.be/WofWNcMHcl0?
https://youtu.be/Mwt080v24gA?
