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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows Swiss master Francois Junod working on a moving mechanical artwork, in his workshop in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows birds part of a moving mechanical artwork, in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows the back of a moving mechanical artwork representing Leonardo da Vinci writing in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows a moving mechanical artwork representing a clown writing, in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows a moving mechanical artwork in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod, in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows a moving mechanical artwork in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod, in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows a moving mechanical artwork representing a robot that was used during a theatre performance, at the entrance of the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows Swiss master Francois Junod posing with his tools and some heads used for the molding of parts of moving mechanical artworks, in his workshop in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows parts of moving mechanical artworks, in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows the head of a moving mechanical artwork representing Leonardo da Vinci in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod, in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows the back of a moving mechanical artwork representing Leonardo da Vinci writing in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod, in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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A picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows birds part of a moving mechanical artwork, in the workshop of Swiss master Francois Junod in Sainte-Croix. In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations. In December 2020, the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics in the Juras were jointly inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD
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Switzerland's timeless art mechanics embraces 3D future

Switzerland's timeless art mechanics embraces 3D future

In his snow-bound workshop, Swiss master Francois Junod's moving mechanical artworks whir into action: birds whistle, historical luminaries write poetry -- traditional craftsmanship newly recognised as being among the world's cultural heritage.
In the Jura mountains running along the French-Swiss border, the precision skills behind some of the planet's finest watches and automatons have been handed down through the generations.