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Two masterpieces by George Daniels
Same size, same unusual crown position, two tourbillon timepieces by a master watchmaker...
Best, Emmanuel
A/ The Chronograph Wristwatch
This 42 mm watch with an unusual crown at 12 o'clock has three complications:
- a power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock
- a chronograph with pushers unusually placed on the left of the case
- a four-minute tourbillon with Co-Axial escapement
Elapsed seconds & minutes are combined on the left sub-dial. The constant seconds sits on the right sub-dial.
Detailed views of the guilloché dial
Grooved case back with see-through sapphire
The movement with four-minute Tourbillon & Chronograph mechanism
Visible at the right of the Tourbillon, the chronograph mechanism is made of a clutch-type system which engages and disengages the chronograph function from the going train
The Tourbillon with Co-Axial escapement
The watch on the wrist
B/ The “Spring Case” Tourbillon Wristwatch
This 42 mm wristwatch with crown at 12 o'clock is double-sided:
- The front side displays only the time (the hours and minutes in the centre with the seconds in an oversized sub-dial) and a power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock
- The back side shows a second dial with twin registers indicating the calendar (with the day at 2 o’clock and the date at 11) and, at 6 o'clock, a compact one-minute tourbillon featuring a “slim-line” Co-Axial escapement
The front with hour display
The back with Day-Date Calendar and four-minute Tourbillon
The case is made up of two components:
- an inner case holding the movement
- an outer case with the lugs.
A hinge at 3 o’clock secures the inner case to the outer one.
The inner case can be popped open via a pusher at 9 o'clock to reveal the reverse face while the watch is on the wrist (of a left-handed wearer) thanks to a curved spring that runs alongside the inside circumference of the outer case
The 3 o'clock hinge
Detailed views of the front dial
Detailed views of the back dial
The watch on the wrist
C/ Both watches together
Side view ("Spring Case" in the forefront with the 9 o'clock pusher enabling the opening of the watch)
Back view (Chronograph on the left & "Spring Case" on the right)
credit to all photos: Sjx & Phillips (only for the second photo of the opened case, with the 9 o'clock opening pusher in the forefront)
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Two masterpieces by George Daniels
Same size , same unusual crown position , two tourbillon timepieces by a master watchmaker ... Best, Emmanuel A/ The Chronograph Wristwatch This 42 mm watch with an unusual crown at 12 o'clock has three complications : a power reserve indicator at 12 o’cl...
The unslighly ratchet wheels should be hidden under the plate as was the english style
Maybe he did it this way to reduce the height
I personally like that we see them.
In fact, I like almost everything about these watches, including their somehow a bit "raw" appearance. Best, Emmanuel
There's indeed something a bit "raw" about the movement of the Chronograph.
Is it intentional? I couldn't say, but I personally like that it looks like a "work in progress". In fact, even the dial has some raw elements: look at the power reserve indicator. But I like what it lets us feel: the man alone at his bench doing everythi...
My heart skipped many beats... utterly incredible. Even the word 'Legendary' somehow lacks the importance of these timepieces.
It is impossible to imagine a world without them... and George.😍❤️👍
Both are truly stunning looking watches.
The craftsmanship on these of both the dials and movements is easy to see and appreciate. I don't know if it's just me but both look like vintage pocket watches that have had lugs added to convert them to wristwatches although this doesn't detract from th...
These watches definitely have a "strange" look,
but, as far as I know, they're not pocket watches converted to wristwatches. I personally like this "strangeness" a lot because I see it as the creation of a lonely man doing everything by hand and pursuing an inner idea of unseen beauty... Best, Emmanuel...
I love how 'hand made' these look...
...it is what attracted me to Smith back in the day. That, and I saw an early Smith rectangular watch that might be my all-time favorite. But from photos, it seems that Smith watches have lost some of that 'simple' look.
These are just achingly romantic to me
The current vogue of handmade is eye-popping perfection, where the idea is to do handwork that involves fine details that are beyond the capacity of any (current) machine. But this is the kind of handmade I value most where, as quattro was saying above, t...
"Men will always choose the hand made product over a machine made." Karl Marx
This is a very fine example.
