George Daniels - Millennium sold at Bonhams

At Bonhams was a George Daniels "Millennium" wristwatch, cased in yellow gold, sold for 182 759€. The Millennium watch made by George Daniels was a limited edition of 50 pieces overall, 8 in white gold and 42 in yellow gold. The first five watches have a skeletonized rotor as on the third picture below. (The 3 first pictures below I took from the book "A Master Watchmaker & His Art", written by Michael Clerizo) Interesting to know is, that the prototype is the only watch of this series George Daniels worked on. The other watches were finished by his protégé and outstanding watchmaker R.W. Smith, who is a well known master of horology in these days!

The following pictures show extracts of George Daniels book "All in good time" describing the work on the Millennium watches by Roger W. Smith. After the series was finished, Roger Smith started his own workshop with an order of 2 tourbillons made by George Daniels (last picture), who wanted to make the transition easier for his protégé with this commission.

Both books, "A Master Watchmaker & His Art" and "All in good time", are really great readings for every watch enthusiast!

All the best.

Christian