Father time: Why George Daniels is the world’s best horologist

George Daniels is one man for whom you definitely don't want to be late – which is why I am knocking on the back door of his grand white house at 2pm on the dot. Perhaps I needn't have worried: the grandfather clock in the hall doesn't seem to be telling the right time and Daniels himself later reveals he often doesn't wear a watch – not quite what I was expecting from a man frequently described ...

Holy Horology

Everything began by a ‘mass’ or ‘service’ on Tuesday April 10, the day before the opening of BaselWorld. At the end of the day, a small el-egant crowd gathered at the Elizabethan Kirche in Basel, squeezing together on the church benches under the high and colourful stained glass windows.