The Restoration Of The Double-Barrel Pistol And Its Songbird By Parmigiani Fleurier
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2016
- Michel Parmigiani belongs to the intimate circle of watchmakers that is today able to restore super complex, vintage micro mechanical creations. Together with a few other highly skilled craftsmen, he runs the discreet but necessary restoration workshop belonging to the Parmigiani Group, where he is also in charge of maintaining the Sandoz collection.
Just recently, Parmigiani unveiled the result of his team’s latest task: a pistol integrating an automaton singing bird that pops out of the barrel once the mechanism has been started. Michel Parmigiani and his coworkers naturally benefited from the previous experience of restoring a similar object belonging to the Patek Philippe Museum. It helped them save precious time as this singing bird pistol was in worse shape.
To start, the watchmakers created a bigger reproduction of the mechanism, thereby counting on the help of the whole group in terms of research and development. This leads us to mention the fact that the Parmigiani Group is one of the most integrated today and thus able to repair delicate mechanisms of yesteryear according to the rules of the art form as well as inventing the most fascinating mechanisms bound to populate the future of watchmaking - such as the Senfine concept watch introduced at the 2016 edition of SIHH, which integrates a silicon “sauterelle” regulator that tremendously increases the power reserve.
Two other double-barrel pistols outfitted with songbirds have also been identified elsewhere in the world. And they, too, need to be restored.
Lastly, it unveiled the result of its last mission: a pistol integrating in its double barrel a singing and moving bird that pops out once the mechanism is started. To succeed, Michel Parmigiani and his coworkers could benefit from the experience of a previous restoration of a similar object belonging to the Patek Philippe Museum. It helped them save a precious time as this present singing bird pistol was in a worst shape. To succeed, the watchmakers created a bigger reproduction of the mechanism and could hopefully count on the help of the whole group in terms of research and development.
This leads us to the fact that the Parmigiani Group is one of the most integrated one today and, thus, able to repair ancient delicate mechanisms in the rules of the art as well as inventing the most fascinating future of watchmaking with, for instance, the Senfine watch introduced as last SIHH and that integrates a silicon “sauterelle” regulator able to multiply tremendously the power reserve. Today, two other double-barrel pistols with songbird are identified around the world. And they need, also, to be restored. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Knowing the absolute precision needed to reproduce those components, to the point where I'm surprised even the best modern CNC machines were able to do so, the thought that this was done by hand nearly 200 years ago will always amaze me. Such skills and craftsmanship, I wonder if anyone today has that ability, or if we're entirely dependant on the machine?
Good to see that someone is keeping these treasures and restoring them.
I'm stunned by its speed, precision, and mechanical complexity today in 2016, can only imagine what people 200 years ago thought of it.
+SoCalFreelance Precisely, people must have gone crazy seeing such an incredible object.
Michel martelly
Very Nice!
Those restoration projects are fantastic to follow! Best to you
@@WATCHESTVcom OK! Best to you, too!
Insane. The item itself is staggering. The fact Parmigiani could do this is mad. Crazy level of engineering and technology now, let alone 200 years ago. The finish...! 5000 hours spent fixing it, the level of detail. Must have cost near a million too. Wonder how much it's worth, it's just a crazy item.
+V Cccc You're totally right!!
And that is made in the 19 th century, without machines and computers! It is a little mechanic wonder. Wow!
What an incredible piece of machinery! The detail on it... Belongs in a museum!
Such beautiful machine components in a single video of such a remarkable antique masterpiece, thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Today is my birthday and I consider this video as a gift to myself from you guys, thanks :)
Happy Birthday!! All the best to you :)
+timstring0902 This is most probably one of the nicest comments ever received, thanks so much and we wish you a super happy birthday!
Oh my goodness! This is epic, fantastic, and thank-you so much for bringing this to us!!
+Carlos Grazzi You are very welcome, it's really a pleasure for us
So it’s basically the first and luxurious version, of the bang flag gun, cool
This is an astonishing piece and really a work of art. Reminded me of the Charming Bird by Jaquet Droz at first but it has much more to it than that wristwatch. Exceptional craftsmanship and as always wonderfully captured by you guys! Have a good day, cheers :)
I definitely agree with you!
+G-FORCE Thanks so much and very true that the Charming Bird is today's interpretation of this savoir-faire.
The guy that handles your beats and music is awesome. Loved how the gird tweet got incorporated. Very Cool vid :)
+Agentxphile Thanks
Amazing work! Thanks for sharing
I wish they begin selling these as some sort of expensive non-electric toys in the next few decades with the advent of 3D printing.
That, or just have another replica built but with Mystia Lorelei with an electric guitar in place of the bird.
Imagine using those in a dual. Their would be no deaths and would make a fun time
speechless! the charming 🐦 grandfather! the restoration need parts from high cnc machine's! how on 🌎 they did it back then,!
+yiannis merianos It took a long long time!
But, it can't move up and down like the older ones can, after that a perfect recreation with no doubts.
i want one
I'm trying to imagine the skill involved in designing that, much less making it!
What I'm curious about is the provence. Who had such an item, some foppish champion of the people who distracted aristocratic villains with it? The Scarlet Pimpernel himself?
That's it, you got it ;)
What Was it used for? Just to Impress?
At the time one could say this, kind of having your Bugatti Chiron of Gulfstream with you all the time!
thanks
Is that really how it sounds?
+d3liux3 Yes, there are a few notes.
I felt so dumb just looking at these diminutive machinery
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Michelle Martelli
its a shame they arnt repairing this by hand and jussst CNCing everything. thats hardly faithful restoration. imagine if it were a breguet pocketwatch or something how sad it would be to have CNC'd partss in something with such historical value
+felix pinto A lot is being done by hand but for some parts it's definitely easier with machines. If everything was done by hand, I think the project would require another extra 3 years!!!
in watch making we have a thing called faithful restoration, where if you work on a historical peice of importance you dont use new technology to improve it you just make it as good as it was. it would be like taking john harrisons clock and just CNCing a whole new one.
the point is that its a craft that we as watchmakers should try to keep alive the hand skills that were involved in making these things are dying off. It makes me sad, in my opinion they should have spent the 3 years (and it wouldn't take that long if the whole thing is on CAD )
+felix pinto I understand your point of view and they did use many ancient tools too during this restauration project. The goal was definitely not to improve the initial mechanism and be true with the original design and construction and very importantly do all this in a reversible way. But regarding the idea of maintaining alive these competencies, this is really a very important priority indeed.
+felix pinto dude people Can not work for all eternity on something lol, get real
So much time, skill, and money wasted on something that is absolutely pointless.
Which makes it precisely unique ;)
Leggo My Ego It has great entertainment value, it is a status symbol, it draws in the crowds, and it is an advertisement of the maker's skills. It does all this so well that even today we are impressed and realize that people in the watchmaking and jewelry businesses back then really knew their stuff. Very much NOT pointless. These days these same sorts of creations have computers and are called robots. Two hundred years ago, those were justifiably termed "marvels."
1772 Silver Swan automaton in the Bowes Museum.
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Or the Peacock Clock from that same era also by Cox, in the Hermitage.
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Here are some in human form, same era, by Jaquet Droz.
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