All in Good Time Reflections of a Watchmaker

All in Good Time is the remarkable story of George Daniels (1926-2011), the master craftsman, who was born into poverty but raised himself to become the greatest watchmaker of the twentieth century. Daniels stands alone in modern times as the inventor of the revolutionary co-axial escapement, the first substantial advance in portable mechanical timekeeping over the lever escapement, which has dominated ever since its invention in 1759. Daniels's love of mechanics embraced not only the minute, however - he was also a passionate collector and driver of historic motorcars. This revised and expanded edition of his autobiography also contains a new section that illustrates and discusses over thirty of the pocket and wrist-watches Daniels himself made over the years. Witness here the triumph of intelligence, ingenuity, matchless skill and singularity of purpose over the most unpromising of beginnings.

ISBN:	9780856676802
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint:	Philip Wilson Publishers
Published date:	30 Jun 2017
DEWEY:	681.114092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xiv, 221
Weight:	750g
Height:	230mm
Width:	164mm
Spine width:	28mm

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