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For twenty plus years George Daniels had attempted to introduce his escapement to the Swiss industry. The story is well documented, so I will not proceed on that path, but I do have some examples of "industry" watches, which he fitted the Co-Axial to in hopes of impressing upon his audience how his escapement is adaptable to their watches. The pictures are B&W and do not always display the escapement well, but trust that, indeed, the Co-Axial is present and working. This first lot of photos show an Omega 1045 from 1975 and 1996:
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| 1996 | These pictures are of a Patek from 1980.
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| Zenith El-Primero | There are many reasons why these companies entertained Daniels and many reasons why they decided to pass on the escapement. It does seem that in the main it was an issue of expense to retool and develop the escapement for series and that it was an unknown quantity, which was made in one-offs for the connoisseur. Daniels, of course, believes it was an issue of Swiss pride and lack of understanding, which he still probably believes, as Omega lubricated his escapement and did not follow his advise for the vph. Again, I am sorry for the poor quality of the scans. They do not clearly show the escapement, as I had wished, but do give the impression and demonstrate Daniels dogged efforts to introduce his escapement to the Swiss industry. |
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! q% k* c- `- p, v2 J3 e! _实在抱歉,我的精力很有限,原文在此,容后再译。
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