An
exceptional collection of watches and clocks belonging to the great British
watchmaker and inventor George Daniels (1926 –2011) will be sold at Sotheby’s
in London on 6th November. George Daniels’s life story is an
extraordinary ‘rags to riches’ tale that begins in poverty and neglect, and
ends under the world’s spotlight. He became the greatest British horologist of
the 20th century, an important collector and innovator, who was welcomed into
the families of the celebrated European watchmaking dynasties. Sotheby’s sale
of his personal collection – comprising timepieces he made himself as well as
fine examples of antiques watches and clocks - is a major auction event. With estimates
ranging from £200 to £900,000, the majority of the 137 lots have never before
been offered on the open market.
George
Daniels only ever sold his watches to those people he liked – for he only
created 27 watches over a forty year period, carefully making each of these by
hand. He was one of only a few people able to handcraft an entire watch,
including the screws, which can take some 3000 hours. The sale will include
nine prized timepieces handmade by Daniels himself, and all of the proceeds
will go to benefit the George Daniel’s Educational Trust.
18K White Gold Automatic Centre Seconds watch estimated at up to RM 400,000
1999 Millennium watch estimated at up to RM 300,000
Co-axial Chronograph with 4 minute tourbillion valued at up to RM 1 million
Gold open-faced chronometer tourbillon watch estimated at up to RM 1 million
Co-axial open-faced 4 minute tourbillon with chronograph mechanism, 48 hour power reserve,1994. Valued at up to RM 2.5 million
18K yellow gold 1 minute tourbillon with slim co-axial escapement, minute repeating, perpetual calender, equation of time, moon phases, thermometer, power reserve indication. This grand complication watch is valued at up to RM 4 million! Circa 1987
Space Traveller's watch; 18K yellow gold chronograph with Daniels independent double wheel escapement with mean solar and sidereal time, age and phase of moon and equation of time valued at up to RM 3 million. Circa 1982
1999 Millennium watch estimated at up to RM 300,000
Co-axial Chronograph with 4 minute tourbillion valued at up to RM 1 million
Gold open-faced chronometer tourbillon watch estimated at up to RM 1 million
Co-axial open-faced 4 minute tourbillon with chronograph mechanism, 48 hour power reserve,1994. Valued at up to RM 2.5 million
18K yellow gold 1 minute tourbillon with slim co-axial escapement, minute repeating, perpetual calender, equation of time, moon phases, thermometer, power reserve indication. This grand complication watch is valued at up to RM 4 million! Circa 1987
Space Traveller's watch; 18K yellow gold chronograph with Daniels independent double wheel escapement with mean solar and sidereal time, age and phase of moon and equation of time valued at up to RM 3 million. Circa 1982
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