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George Daniels (1926-2011), one of the foremost pocket watch creators of his era, was so taken by the historic nature of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing that it inspired him to fashion his own inimitable tribute to the men and the mission – the 1982 Space Traveller. Designed to meet every need of even the most demanding deep-space explorer, its intricate mechanism simultaneously indicates both mean-solar time and sidereal time.
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As this cosmically-inspired chronogram was sold almost as soon as it was completed (and was only to be seen again in public more than 30 years later), Daniels so regretted the impetuosity of the transaction that he immediately set about creating the Space Traveller II, which remained his personal watch the rest of his life.
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One of just 23 pocket watches to have been handcrafted by Daniels, the Space Traveller’s unique provenance recently saw sell it for US$4.56 million, making it the most expensive English watch ever sold at auction, as well as the highest price commanded by a single watch this year to date.

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While ‘modern pocket watch’ may seem somewhat oxymoronic&nbsp;in terminology terms, a particularly prized example of just&nbsp;such a haute horological highlight – a George Daniels Grand&nbsp;Complication pocket watch – stunned industry insiders recently when&nbsp;it sold for a staggering US$2.4 million, an all-time high among the&nbsp;specially-sourced lots going under the gavel in Geneva this season.
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While many may not be familiar with the name ‘George Daniels’, he is&nbsp;an English horologist of a 1926-2011 vintage and oft considered one of&nbsp;the greatest watchmakers of his generation. His chief claim to fame lies&nbsp;in his invention of the co-axial escapement, a monumentally innovative&nbsp;mechanism that continually keeps precise time without the watch’s&nbsp;movement requiring any conducive lubrication.
This particular pocket watch, created at the height of the ’70s&nbsp;Quartz Crisis, features that very mechanism, as well as Daniels’ first-ever&nbsp;instantaneous perpetual calendar, a retrograde date, a minute repeater, a&nbsp;thermometer, an equation of time and a power reserve indicator.
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Obviously only too aware of its value, Alexandre Ghotbi, head of sales&nbsp;for <a href="http://www.philips.com">Phillips Geneva</a>, described this unique statement timepiece as “the&nbsp;greatest horological invention of the last 200 years.” And he should know.

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