Reply With QuoteThanks for posting, as you say, a very interesting read.
A genius.
RIP.
Free sample of 'best bits' of The Economist given away tonight on my way home.
This was in it, interesting read. Sorry if it's been posed before.
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M
Thanks for posting, as you say, a very interesting read.
A genius.
RIP.
Great to see his expertise getting this level of coverage - Great credit to a great innovator ..... RIP
Really interesting read. God look after his soul and may his spirit live forever in WISdom...
A genius indeed, but a flawed one.
RIP
Out of interest why flawed?Originally Posted by Cannop
Interesting read. It seems like we're quite a lot of those type of guys.
Nobody will really know what went on in his private life, but the fact he ignored his daughters existence suggests a flawed personality. By his own admission he said he hadn't been a good father.Out of interest why flawed?
I have deep respect for anyone who thinks outside of the normal conventions. And anyone who pays great attention to detail.
Thanks for posting Mark.
Fascinating stuff. Would love to read a bit more about him.
This is better:
GEORGE DANIELS
http://www.webofstories.com/play/10679
john
THIN is the new BLACK
It's only fairly recently that I've come to learn about Daniels. Fascinating character.
Great post. Thanks.
Thanks for the second link too...
Just spent the best part of 3 hours watching the clips....
Funnily enough I was talking with a friend at the weekend who had a tenuous connection to George Daniels (friend of a friend's, aunt's vet's, neutered cat's watch dealer kind of connection!), so did a quick search yesterday and came up with this article http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 67792.html
This link is superb and well worth watching. Interesting to know that Patek couldn't and wouldn't make his co-axial escapement properly so he buggered off to Omega!!This is better:
GEORGE DANIELS
http://www.webofstories.com/play/10679
john
Cue the inevitable disputation of that comment! :roll: But, yeah, thats about the essence of it "couldn't and wouldn't". Well-put.This link is superb and well worth watching. Interesting to know that Patek couldn't and wouldn't make his co-axial escapement properly so he buggered off to Omega!!This is better:
GEORGE DANIELS
http://www.webofstories.com/play/10679
john
He was a rare character to think outside the box in such a staid and progress-fearing industry. RIP.
A genius, what great contributions he made to the world of time.
He will go down in history with the greats for sure.
Genius is an often over used term to describe ability or achievement.
With Daniels, "Genius" does'nt seem quite enough of an accolade.
A bit bonkers ? possibly..
Spike Milligan was described as a comedy genius & was barking mad for much of his life ! :wink:
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