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Currently a fellow researcher at the Osaka University in Japan, Pierre-Yves Donzé has particularly been the scientific collaborator of the Lausanne and Neuchâtel universities and guest researcher of the Kyoto and Rutgers (USA) Universities. He has based his career as researcher and historian in two different fields. 

An automaton-maker inspired by the tradition of great watchmakers from the 18th century, François Junod studied for a diploma at the school of fine arts in Lausanne and undertook an apprenticeship as an automaton-restorer after he completed his studies at a technical school.