Description: COLLECTORS TIMEPIECE BOOKTITLE: "ALL IN GOOD TIME" - REFLECTIONS OF A WATCHMAKER: GEORGE DANIELSPUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 2006 (REVISED EDITION)LANGUAGE: ENGLISHCOVER TYPE: HARDBOUND PUBLISHED WITH DUST JACKETSIZE & # OF PAGES: 18.5CM x 26.5CM - 156 PAGESPUBLISHER & AUTHOR: PREMIER PRINT - GEORGE DANIELSCONDITION: SUPERB FOR AGE, GREAT FOR YEAR, 8.5 OUT OF 10 - TO FURTHER PROTECT THE DUSTJACKET IT HAS NOW BEEN FITTED WITH A SPECIALIST REMOVABLE SLEEVE (FITTED IN IMAGES HENSE SOME GLARE)Detailed Item Description:ALL IN GOOD TIME IS THE REMARKABLE STORY OF GEORGE DANIELS (1926-2011), THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN, WHO WAS BORN INTO POVERTY BUT RAISED HIMSELF TO BECOME THE GREATEST WATCHMAKER OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. DANIELS STANDS ALONE IN MODERN TIMES AS THE INVENTOR OF THE REVOLUTIONARY CO-AXIAL ESCAPEMENT, THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCE IN PORTABLE MECHANICAL TIMEKEEPING OVER THE LEVER ESCAPEMENT, WHICH HAS DOMINATED EVER SINCE ITS INVENTION IN 1759. DANIELS'S LOVE OF MECHANICS EMBRACED NOT ONLY THE MINUTE, HOWEVER - HE WAS ALSO A PASSIONATE COLLECTOR AND DRIVER OF HISTORIC MOTORCARS. THIS REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY ALSO CONTAINS A NEW SECTION THAT ILLUSTRATES AND DISCUSSES OVER THIRTY OF THE POCKET AND WRIST-WATCHES DANIELS HIMSELF MADE OVER THE YEARS. WITNESS HERE THE TRIUMPH OF INTELLIGENCE, INGENUITY, MATCHLESS SKILL AND SINGULARITY OF PURPOSE OVER THE MOST UNPROMISING OF BEGINNINGS.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DELIVERED AND HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CAREWILL CONSIDER REASONABLE OFFERS AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS - WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMSPLEASE VISIT OUR SHOP FOR MANY MORE MOTOR RACING & AUTOMOBILIA ITEMSSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave
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