Ruffian
434
Thanks.
Nov 06, 2022,02:55 AM
I knew he approached PP but didn’t know a Nautilus was a prototype.
Comments:
view entire thread
Tremendously cool!
By: InHavenPro : November 4th, 2022-22:21
I read the John Harrison book last year, it's excellent. I've never previously heard of this 'Space Traveller's' watch by G.D., but it looks fascinating.... Much appreciate the high quality photographs! Cheers, Filip
Thanks Filip.
By: GWIS : November 5th, 2022-09:19
I understand George Daniels made two Space Traveller’s watches. The first he was persuaded to sell but he missed it and so made himself another more complicated version, which is the one above. This Space Traveller 2 sold at auction, in 2017, for $4.3m. S...
Great
By: David_Chicago : November 5th, 2022-03:48
Virtual visit
By: Weems@8 : November 5th, 2022-08:09
Thank you for the preview Jon. GD is a genius, my Seamaster have his invention. While i like inventions, FC breaks the barrier with replacing the balance for a silicium disk. To mention John Harrison, as we are surrounded by satellites right now, he can b...
Movements and more
By: Weems@8 : November 5th, 2022-18:02
We all have a decent collection. I have the Co-Axial Omega, The FC monolithic, B&M Baumatic, A B&M with Selitta, A Longines with Eta, RT with Sellita to name who i measure accuracy. I am most proud of the Baumatic. A few seconds plus and a very long power...
Thanks for posting this.
By: Ruffian : November 5th, 2022-11:56
Could you say a bit about the Nautilus with the co-axial escapement? That's new to me.
As i recall, George Daniels approached PP about the coax design...
By: enjoythemusic : November 5th, 2022-12:51
PP turned it down, and so Omega took on the new design. PP offers many things that are not fully done in-house, and seems they want to keep costs down too as much as possible (a short two-year warranty for example). Love my Omega Speedy with coax movement...
Thanks.
By: Ruffian : November 6th, 2022-02:55
I knew he approached PP but didn’t know a Nautilus was a prototype.
Thanks, appreciate that.
By: Ruffian : November 6th, 2022-03:08
Wonder if they’re kicking themselves for not implementing it. Then again, as Thierry Stern once said of the calibre 324SC, if we wanted it to hack, it would hack.
Thanks for the reminder!
By: patrick_y : November 5th, 2022-14:53
The museums of London are amongst the best and most informative in the world!