George Daniels' Personal Timepiece Put on Auction 

The Daniel’s watch is unreal. It’s one of the watches featured in his watchmaking book. His book has resulted in some of the worlds greatest independent watchmakers who have learned from it, and he invented the double escapement which has become the de facto standard in so many watches. It’s priceless, and should be in a museum.

George Daniels was a genius

IMHO the Daniels grand complication pocket watch should be either displayed at a museum or sold for over $10M, with at least half of the funds supporting new watchmakers/watchmaking schools.

The George Daniels' pieces is just outclassed everything. The future owner would certainly be proud, and rightly so.

those VC's are amazing.. what a history.. The father position of the holy trinity watch brands.

daniels' watchmaking book is a work of art

I would have cried if I had the Daniel's pocket watch in my hands... and I must admit that I am very happy for you that you had it in hands, well deserved Marc-André !!!

Beautiful watches. That Daniel's pocket watch is breathtaking.

I didn't think I would love this channel so much I was just curious, but now it's about science, technology, personal excellence just love it : )

The definition of masterpiece! Amazing story.

😮 wow! Thanks for showing us.

Wow! Thanks for the video. That Daniel’s pocket watch is just in a different league when it comes to aesthetics, not to mention the accolade that virtually every part is built from scratch! So nice to see Vacheron not be afraid of doing a full restoration and rebuild on a watch. You wouldn’t necessarily think an old, magnificent building that is covered in grime, diesel soot, and half-eroded sculptures should be left alone but in horology (imo) too many wonderful vintage watches just look plain tatty and unappealing because of this obsessive culture of thinking that a decayed, damaged dial is always better than a beautifully restored one. Common sense wins over in this case.

I do much appreciate your unique videos!!

Truly remarkable !

Excellent video! Keep it up!

Those are the kind of pieces that makes me believe in horology😀 Thanks for sharing Marc!

Roger W Smith learned all the Daniels methods

What an incredible and unique piece of art! It is so beautiful and elegant!

😲 great video as usual 👍🏆🥇🔥

What an incredible collection, of both VC and the genuine haute Daniels timepieces. I am in sheer awe seeing these fine watches, and you are a lucky person to see and handle them all Marc. Thank you so much for creating this (part 1) video, and many of us eagerly await the second part!

Good Job my friend nice interview.

Nice job thank you for the vid

🤤 great content ! Thank you. Great! 🤗 Keep it up man.

George Daniels is a legend. And his watches show that.

I dont get to watch your videos as much as I would like. As always they are the Ultimate. The subject ,your guest, the production, absolutely Fabulous!!!!!!

Outstanding timepiece the personal watch of Daniels.

Very nice !

Masterpiece; Augmented understatement.

That’s an amazing timepiece

Wow amazing timepieces👏

BRAVO! KEEP THE SPIRIT ALIVE!

Amazing watches, it's gong to be an interesting auction for so gorgeous pieces

What an impressive guy! Never heard of him. Shame on me☺

Is it ok if I swear? What a FU***NG genius. Genius is an overused word today but Daniels really was a true genius. Watch on RU-vid his lecture to the New York Horological Society to truly appreciate his genius, not only as a watchmaker but as a wider man. By the way, he also built his own cars.

Chime sounds so good out of an open case

❤ Greatest of Time ☝️

i really hope it reaches a few million

Who ever ends up with this masterpiece is a lucky man indeed.

George Daniels was very interesting guy. His life story was very interesting. And his watches are amazing.

I’m still waiting for your interview with Roger Smith!.........any chance Marc?

How that beautiful time piece can be worth a mere 1.5 m and a mass produced Rolex sell for ten times more just defies believe!

it is perfection at max

When you own one of his watches you truly have an in house piece

I can see if i were a rich person, rather then buying a painting or what ever, that would be the watch I'd want. Also Daniels among all those achievements, also made some of the most stylish watches, even with time it remains stylish.

It's just ridiculously beautiful! It's now on my "My wife will divorce me if I think too much about it" list, next to the Datograph and an F.P Journe.

Mein gott! Solche eleganz!

GD god of watch making.

Wonder if the Stern family will try to acquire some of these pieces for their Patek museum as these are of such historical/horological significance.

oh george

Great video! I agree that George Daniels is one of the greatest watchmakers of the 20th century; however, stating that he was the greatest is mere speculative hyperbole. To begin with, there were several great watchmakers in the 20th century. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to objectively determine who was the greatest.

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I don't think George Daniel's pocket watch should be sold, I think it should be in a museum for all to see the work of the greatest watchmaker !

How much did it go for?

At around 2 min mark, the watch is clearly ticking. Could someone tell me why the date indicator appears to be stuck between 24 and 25?

Minute repeaters are my favorite complication

I live close Daniels former home in south London

Does anyone know why the balance wheel looks like it’s not moving when he actuated the minute repeater? Is that frame rate trickery or is it somehow a totally separate mechanism?

1.8 million !

So Mr Daniels don’t fancy Patek Philippe.. what a surprise

Are you sure he never went to a watchmaker school?

Can't see it here, so the Daniels pocket watch made $2.4m

In a way it's sad that Mr Daniels' own watch will probably go into a private collection instead of being bought by the British government to be displayed for the public to see. I suppose that at least it will be held in a very secure setting.

They should have shown the VC first or before the Daniels, it looked pretty ordinary in comparison

Here are luxury watches and not those made in thousands of limited editions.

Dear You are really lucky you can touch and feel But I can't I feel jealous

Respectful silence - hahaha so true! #Perpetual

Imagine that this George Daniels watch is worth far less than many footballers, who are of course a finite and depreciating asset. Which would you prefer? We live in a weird world... And then this bald guy presents a fairly basic Vacheron chronograph as though it is the Holy Grail :) The George Daniels watch is on another planet compared to this Vacheron. And the Vacheron even has a retailer co-signature (not good - no one cares about Turler, a bygone age jeweler). To explain, back in the day, people valued their watches/jewelry as much by the jeweler that retailed them as the brand itself. Which is why watchmakers struck deals with famous jewelers. Today that would be strange. Today if you buy a Rolex, for instance, you do not care about the retailer you buy it from - Watches of Switzerland, an airport, from the Dubai mall etc, it doesn't matter; you only care that you are buying an authentic new Rolex. You cannot imagine, for instance, a Rolex GMT Pepsi with 'Watches of Switzerland' also on the dial. I find myself smiling and almost laughing. It would of course completely devalue the watch. Who you buy from has decreased in 'value'. It does not matter, as long as you are sure that the watch is authentic. So.... I love the Vacheron gold chronograph but the Turler signage actually devalues the watch. But this dude, because he is invested, is trying to add value to the Turler signage. Over and out.

No Patek Philippe . Thanks God

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Breguet must be upset that a replica version is more valuable than the real thing.....

I have a great working 1926 South Bend 19 jewels 4 temp settings glows in the dark. Push winder knob down to open face player. 2 Dials. Anybody wanna buy it?

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No Patek Philippe . Thanks God