Parmigiani bird pistol

[Honus]

Don't know if anyone here has seen this but it's an amazing piece of work, especially since it was originally constructed around 1815. Parmigiani estimates they spent around 4000+ hours restoring it. I've seen some of these singing bird automatons in person but never anything like this.

[alexstar]

Saw that and love it. I am in awe of craftsmen who were able to construct such works of art. See also these Japanese automata from the 17th century, still functional.

[Matthew Strongin]

Amazing. I saw a similar pistol at the Patek Philippe Museum and it's pretty incredible. Here's a video of the pistol along with some other items. My parents have an old cuckoo clock with a functional singing bird and it's always fascinated me.

[chrisn]

I've never seen anything quite like this before, the level of craftmanship and detail in these devices is simply mind-blowing.

Thanks for sharing