George Daniels lives in London. He is a watchmaker. His work
continues the (36) of the English watchmakers of the 18th and
19th centuries. Today that (37) is almost dead. Daniels is
the only man in the world who (38) his own watches, makes all
the (39) himself, and then puts them together.
A Daniels watch is the product of his hands (40) . One
of his watches, which is now in an American museum, took 3,500 hours to
(41) . He usually makes one watch a year. Each one is written
"Daniels, London", and costs about $ l0,000. Of course, they are not
(42) watches--they are very beautiful and will (43)
at least three centuries. George Daniels has always
been fascinated by clocks and watches. When he was five, he used to take his
father’s clock to pieces, and put it back together again. At school he used to
repair the teacher’s watches. (44) . After he had left the
army, he became a professional watch-repair. Then from 1958 to 1968, he restored
antique watches, and finally began making his own watches.
(45) . Most of them will be disappointed, he chooses his
customers very carefully indeed. "It must be someone who understands the
subject." He says, " (46) ."