I have never seen one fly, but
Sometimes they perch on the hand
Mist is when the sky is tired of flight
And rests its soft machine on the ground:
Then the world is dim and bookish
Like engravings under tissue paper
Rain is when the earth is television
It has the properites of making colours darker
Model T is a room with the lock inside --
A key is turned to free the world
For movement, so quick there is a film
To watch for anything missed
But time is tied to the wrist
Or kept in a box, ticking with impatience
In homes, a haunted apparatus sleeps
That snores when you pick it up
If the ghost cries, they carry it
An  Audemar  or a  Patek Philippe ? 
 Due to the other historical references, this is probably a reference to one of these early watchmakers
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home