Seems a pity that this collection is going to be split up. George Daniels truly was an interestng person. I suppose his workshop and equipment is going to be sold off too, now that the cars have gone (his cameras are going to be auctioned in Hong Kong soon).

GD is just one of the persons who talk about their lives and experiences on this website, I am in awe of what some of these people have done.

Ian

**LINK**

Edit.

This editor creates the links which I suppose helps with the 'text over adverts' problem, but its not very intelligent with the result that there is no clue as to what one is being linked to. In this case its a website called 'Web of Stories'.

PS

Normally I avoid clicking on unamed links as they have the look of spam!  

Edited By Ian Phillips on 27/09/2012 22:38:11

>Well that's relief. At least it will be used and appreciated.

I have had a quick look at some of the Roger Smith videos and its good to see the techniques that previously I only read about.

In one video after filing the watch hands to shape he used 'coarse' (30 micron!) abrasive film to start polishing them.

Ian

His book was reprinted recently and I bought a copy (read cover to cover twice but I still pick it and read chunks again). It was in the book that I learnt a lot about watchmaking engineering, the videos add to the knowledge.

Ian

Michael

I must have lost the plot somewhere, because I can't work out what you misunderstood or why you apologised! Maybe its because I have spent too many hours today watching the Roger Smith and G Daniels videos, all absolutely fascinating.

Ian

An update, for those who were wondering …

The sale reached a total figure of £8,285,139

Ref: Horological Journal, December 2012, pp542-543

MichaelG.

I missed this thread the first time round. Non horologists might be interested to know that he once started a little operation making wheel cutting engines that eventually morphed onto Chronos.

The originator of Chronos was Eliot Issacs it was he who designed the wheel cutting engine It was serialised in Clockmaker magazine @ 1991/2 I made one and still use it

Eliot sold Chronos off I think in the eighties

Thanks for the correction. I knew it was someone significant in Horology and got he wrong man.

Try again. Elliot Isaacs started it with a friend to sell the the wheel cutting engine. After a while he ducked out and in the early '80's it was just starting to branch out of purely horology and I bought my Hobbymat from them in their sort of backyard shop/shed.

In the nineties you couldn't buy one anywhere

Whilst we are amongst 'clockies' does any one know how to remove the gunge left after a clock has been lierally soaked in wd40. It's like varnish I've tried soaking in washing soda and also Paraffin

According to Wikipedia they have permission to be vague on their datasheets – only listing the safety critical information. there are other 'secret' ingredients.

Neil

Roy

You don't say what kind of clock you have (I have jumped to conclusions and eliminated it being digital!) or whether the sticky deposits are external or actually on the working parts.

If its the latter I doubt there are short-cuts and the only options is to dismantle and clean the parts individually, more or less overhauling the clock.

Ian