Sorry to advise you a little late but today at Sotheby’s one of George Daniels watches came up for sale with an estimated price between £80.000 and £120.000.
diameter 37 mm
Sorry to advise you a little late but today at Sotheby’s one of George Daniels watches came up for sale with an estimated price between £80.000 and £120.000.
Alexandre Meerson has been drip, dripping hints about his latest watch for a couple of months – we now have a more complete picture. The limited edition, Mutiny Chronograph.
Why Mutiny ? This is Alexandre’s explanation.
The name comes from the idea that this watch defies conventions and the status quo in modern watchmaking. The Mutiny Chrongraph expresses that:
The design of the Mutiny is simple, balancing style and function in a timeless style. The wire lugs reminding you of the trench watches of the First World War.
Chronograph watches lend themselves to personalisation, another key feature of the Mutiny. The sub dials and counters, the hands offer many opportunities for self expression.
Here are some of the extensive personalisation options offered:
From a technical perspective, the Swiss precision mechanical movement delivers the heartbeat and playful soul of the watch. For this watch, Meerson needed a hard-working, robust movement. So they selected the Concepto manufacture to deliver the AM-0788 – a Swiss calibre of traditional heritage and design that has a superb reputation for accuracy and reliability.
It is based on a clone of what was the Valjoux movement and is now known as the 7750 ETA movement. The first Meerson Chronograph in the 1980s was powered by the Valjoux . It is a fabulous “workhorse” of a movement, wonderfully made by Concepto in its interpretation (calibre 99001). Alexander wanted to retain this spirit, but made by a refined manufacture, hence why they use it.
The last question that comes to mind is the origin of the name “Mutiny”. To this I received a more complicated explanation than I expected.
Meerson are taking orders for the Mutiny Chronograph through this secure website. The watch starts at £4,475 (£3,730 excluding UK VAT). A deposit of £500 will secure your order in the next manufacturing run, for worldwide delivery from October 2017.
I am really looking forward to seeing one of these in the metal.
I had been meaning to watch this film every since it came out. Finally, prompted my a fellow watch lover I got round to watching it last night.
What you get from it are several things one a fascinating insight into the work of a watchmaker, which looks a lot tougher than you might romantically imagine. Then you get a clear idea of the personalities of the two men George Daniels and Roger Smith. I have never met George Daniels and the film confirmed the opinion I had always held that George Daniels is one of the most important figures in the history of horology. We also get to discover some of the other facets of the man’s personalty such as his passion for vintage cars and perfectionism.
On the other hand I have briefly met Roger Smith who has always struck me as being a very pleasant and patient man. What the film showed very well also was his dedication and perfectionism. How many people would work on a project to help obtain an apprenticeship for seven years?
So as well as being of horological interest this film is very motivational, showing that to achieve greta things you need dedication, dedication and more dedication.
If you are a Christopher Ward fan but not on their mailing list I thought you might appreciate me posting this news.
Spring is here, and Christopher Ward is clearing out old stock to make way for the new, saving you Half Price on a huge selection of dress, dive and aviation watches – but only until midnight, Easter Monday*.
Well, if you don’t enter you cannot win !
So ,although I am not completely convinced my picture than some of the great entries, here is my entry.
Wish me luck.
Two important parts of the British watch world are important for the starting of Grinidgetime – Bremont and Salon QP. Here they are together. An interesting article in Salon QP about Bremont’s military watch programme. Well worth a look :
https://www.salonqp.com/features-2/guide-bremont-military-watches/
Over the next couple of months not one but two George Daniels watches are being auctioned at Sothebys.
The first being a Millenium Watch that will be auctioned on April 25th.
The second watch will be on sale on July 6th it is a gold tourbillon chronometer.
George Daniels have consistently achieved amazingly high prices. Given the state of the watch market recently it will be interesting to see if this continues.
There is an Instagram page where you can see the entries already submitted. Just to see what you are up against.