A horological fable
The Manufacture presents the first automaton wristwatch in its contemporary history, inspired by a pocket watch designed by Louis Cottier in 1958 that displays the hours and minutes on demand. Based on Jean de La Fontaine's fable The Crow and the Fox, the fascinating animation of time plays out on on the surface of a rose gold Officer’s-style case and a brown “Matara” dial.
Dial
Opaline matara brown. 18K gold dial plate. Applied “fox” and “crow”, hand-engraved foliage decorations in gold.
Case
Rose gold. Diameter: 43 mm. Thickness: 11.55 mm. Water-resistant to 30m. Sapphire crystal case back protected by a dust cover with invisible hinges.
Strap
Alligator leather with square scales, shiny chocolate brown. Rose gold patented triple-blade fold-over clasp.
Movement
31-260 PS HMD AU
Self-winding
On-demand retrograde hours and minutes
Automaton
Decorative small seconds
Diameter: 33.8 mm. Thickness: 4.00 mm. Number of parts: 267. Number of jewels: 28. Power reserve: min. 38 hours – max. 48 hours. Winding rotor: platinum off-center minirotor. Balance: Gyromax®. Frequency: 28,800 semi-oscillations/hour (4 Hz). Balance spring: Spiromax®. Distinctive sign: Patek Philippe Seal.
