# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CCmK2maH4St
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12829773-sothebyswatches-instagram
- **Posted:** 2020-07-13T20:54:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

Tightrope walkers have fascinated through the ages, from Ancient Greece to Blondin crossing the Niagara in 1859 and Napoleon’s favourite Madame Saqui, who crossed between Notre-Dame cathedral’s towers to celebrate the birth of the Emperor’s heir.
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Musical watches incorporating an automaton ‘funambulist’ are among the most captivating of their genre. Only a handful are known to exist.
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Made circa 1810 by Dubois and Fils, this 'tightrope walker' goes for sale tomorrow in London, in the ‘Collection of a Connoisseur’ sale.
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Click the link in bio for more info.
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#SothebysWatches #tighropewalker #Automaton #automata

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automata, automaton, tighropewalker, sothebyswatches

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