George Daniels, CBE, FBHI, FSA, AHCI (19 August 1926 – 21 October 2011) was an English horologist, inventor of the coaxial escapement, author and a classic car collector.[1]
He hand built 23 pocket watches and two wrist watches, as well as clocks.[2] As at December 2022, only Patek Phillipe and Rolex watches have achieved higher prices. Six of his watches have each sold for in excess of USD$1.5 million.
Producing a single watch and its components required 2,500 hours from Daniels, over about a year.[3] Commentators have referred to them as 'works of art' and 'technological and horological master pieces'.[3] Typically his watches had clear, clean dials with subsidiary dials interwoven with the main chapter ring.[4]