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(Hardback)

By: George Daniels

ISBN: 9781781301319
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
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In this long-awaited reprint, the late George Daniels, a master watchmaker of the twentieth century, documents the important contribution made by England and America in the development of the pocket watch from the earliest times.


(Hardback, Revised edition)

By: George Daniels

ISBN: 9780856676802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2012
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
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Tells the story of George Daniels, the master mechanic, who was born into poverty in London but raised himself to become the greatest watchmaker of the twentieth century. This revised edition also contains a section that illustrates and describes over thirty of the pocket and wrist-watches Daniels himself has made over the years.


(Hardback)

By: George Daniels

ISBN: 9781781301074
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
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A long-awaited reprint of the definitive illustrated story of the father of modern horology and his work


(Hardback)

By: George Daniels

ISBN: 9780856676871
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2016
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
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One of George Daniels' central contributions to horology is his co-axial escapement. This book explains the action of the escapement in terms accessible to both expert and layman.


(, New edition)

By: George Daniels

ISBN: 9780856677045
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
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Discribes and illustrates the making of the precision timekeeper, at each stage with line drawings and brief explanatory captions. This handbook provides an insight to the enthusiast and watch-collector who, until its publication, had often been able only to admire the superb craftsmanship of a fine watch without understanding how it works.