With spring right around the corner and butterflies beginning their migration north, it seems particularly appropriate to welcome the newest limited edition automaton timepiece in the Jaquet Droz ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...