Independents

tony p
567

• Show profile
• Show other posts

Hi Andrew, great post!

Now, in the above reply to Thomas, you seem to be searching for a way to express something about the Daniels finish which is - maybe -   beyond words.

In doing so, you make pointed reference to Daniels' unusual career arc, which consists of 36 unique watches, each with a different (and therefore presumably unique) movement, each movement representing an incremental step in Daniels' ongoing quest for better timekeeping.

It would appear that this was the main force driving his career. Yet we know (from various sources, not least Roger Smith's descriptions of his apprenticeship under Daniels) that Daniels was also obsessed with reviving the great English traditions of movement finishing, and with achieving the kind of perfection that would make his movements look effortless, as if they had been made by a machine - which of course they could never have been...

To me, you are intimating that the intellectual achievement represented by these pieces is so towering, and the finishing on the actual watches so transparent and subtle, that it's difficult to focus on it without becoming distracted by all the other stuff that's going on?

Or I have I completely misread you?

Cheers
Tony P