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Daniels pocket watch
This watch (the picture shows the back) was made by a man called George Daniels in 1976. Mr Daniels is one of the most famous mechanical watchmakers in the world today and his watches are highly sought-after. The watch is fitted with a unique escapement developed by George Daniels himself.
Although the Daniels' escapement uses new technology to make it more accurate, it still essentially works in the same way as other time pieces: a controller allows power to be transmitted (escape) from the spring at a steady rate. If you look at the picture you can clearly see the balance wheel (the controller). This swings back and forth when the watch is running and does the same job as the pendulum in the long case clock and even the table in the rolling ball clock.