Jaquet Droz is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the Swatch Group’s Prestige and Luxury division.
The company is named after Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721-1790), a famous Neuchâtel watchmaker. Pierre Jaquet-Droz was a brilliant manufacturer of watches, clocks and so-called “Automatons”, mechanically driven characters. These machines were legendary world famous, and their inventor was almost burned at the stake for alleged witchcraft.