Independent Watch Lovers Meeting: Daniels & Smith

Key Points from the Discussion

• The George Daniels Millennium Watch is described as breathtaking, with its finer and more delicate proportions and hands preferred over the Roger Smith Series II when viewed side-by-side.
• While the detailing on the Roger Smith is slightly better upon close inspection, the George Daniels Millennium Watch, being the very last one George Daniels made, is described as heart-stopping to behold.
• The Daniels Millennium Watch uses an off-the-shelf movement, while the George Daniels (GD) has a traditional guilloche dial made with George's rose engine. The specific Roger Smith (RS) watch features a dial engraved by a shotgun engraver, making both magnificent in their own right.
• A collector expresses a strong desire to see the George Daniels pieces in person, planning a trip to California for a watch delivery and considering it a 'religious pilgrimage.'
• The two British watches, a George Daniels and a Roger Smith, are described as 'watches of my wildest dreams,' with the Daniels piece being 'immaculate, otherworldly stunning.'
• A collector expresses anticipation for seeing more Lang & Heyne watches on the East Coast, having recently experienced their first in person.
• The watches from Lang & Heyne and Roger W. Smith are lauded as sublime, with a collector expressing privilege in owning a Friedrich III and hoping for a Konrad and a Series 2 in the future.
• Roger W. Smith and George Daniels watches are considered the pinnacle of handmade watchmaking.