George Daniels is considered the greatest practitioner of the art of watchmaking since its golden age ended in the early 19th century. WSJ's Michael Clerizo reports from auction house Sotheby's ...

George Daniels is pictured with three of his timepieces ... by Mr Harwood and Dr Daniels were "utterly transformative" for watchmaking, he added. Mr Harwood secured a patent for the self-winding ...

Auctioneer Aurel Bacs said the watch "redefined contemporary independent watchmaking in all of Great ... of Man to work under the guidance of George Daniels When Mr Smith was 22 he presented ...

The story of how Dr. George Daniels rose from Dickensian poverty to become the finest watchmaker of the modern era – and how Roger Smith embarked on an obsessive, seven-year quest to become his ...