====== Daniels, George ======
**George Daniels** was an English watchmaker and inventor.

===== Master watchmaker =====
George Daniels (19 August [[1926]] - 21 October [[2011]]), from the Isle of Man, England, became famous as inventor of the [[co-axial escapement]], which since [[1999]] is used by [[Omega]], first in a smaller, then in a larger number of high-quality [[wristwatch]]es. He was one of the few watchmakers who could manufacture a complete watch in full handwork alone.

Daniels was a master of the ancient watchmaker association [[Clockmakers' Company]], founded [[1631]] in London, from which he received a rare gold medal as award for his outstanding service.

After he had discovered his passion for the famous French watchmaker and inventor [[Abraham-Louis Breguet]], he wrote a standard work about him, which was published in [[1974]].

Besides of his watch enthusiasm he was a motor racer and collector of classic cars, mainly Bentleys.

===== Awards =====
  * Gold Medal of [[Clockmakers' Company]]
  * Gold Medal of the [[British Horological Institute]]
  * Gold Medal of City of London Guild
  * Kullberg Medal of the Stockholm Watchmakers' Guild
  * [[2001]] [[Prix Gaïa]] Artisanat-Creation award

===== Bibliography =====
  *//Watches//, Clutton, Cecil and George Daniels, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London, 1965
  *//English and American Watches//, George Daniels, 1966
  *//The Art of Breguet//, George Daniels, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 1974 ISBN 0-85667-004-9 
  *//Watchmaking//, George Daniels, Sotheby's, London, 1981 ISBN 0-85667-150-9 (Ausgabe 2002 ISBN 0-85667-497-4)
  *// The Practical Watch Escapement//, George Daniels, Isle of Man, 1994
  *//All in good time  reflections of a watchmaker//, George Daniels, Isle of Man (UK), 2000

===== Video =====
  * [[http://www.webofstories.com/play/george.daniels/1|George Daniels, Master watchmaker: Did I have a miserable childhood?]] Video

===== Weblinks =====
  * [[http://www.danielslondon.com/|George Daniels]], official website
  * [[http://www.economist.com/node/21540211|George Daniels, master watchmaker]], The Economist
  * [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8846796/George-Daniels.html|George Daniels]], The Telegraph


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