Project Description

Hammered and oxidized gilt (gold leaf gilding) brass automaton : a man seated under a palm tree on a deserted island.

The automaton is automatically activated when someone approaches. You can hear the sea. The figure raises his head, stands up, speaks and waves his arms. After a short while, he sits down again.

  • Height: 3m (9.84 ft)
  • Width: 2.30m (7.54 ft)
  • Depth: 1.20m (3.94 ft)
  • Human figure size : 1.20m (3.94ft)
  • Operated with cam programmers and pneumatic actuators
  • Radar activated
  • Sound produced by CD player

Originally made to be in a window display, this automaton has been entirely restored and can now work autonomously. It will liven any interior.

Read also (in french) on patrimoine-horloge.fr the story by Gérard Guilbaud on the Deserted Island.