The Watchmaker's Apprentice

George Daniels grew up poor. His childhood conditions were something out of Dickens. He came to be regarded as the finest watchmaker of the modern era. Some called him the best in two hundred and fifty years. Watches he made now sell for over a million pounds. Roger Smith wanted to be his apprentice. He spent seven years on that. It was an effort that turned into an obsession. In the end he became not just the apprentice but the equal. The documentary is about the relationship between these two men. It shows what handwork actually means. The last interview Daniels gave is in the film. He died a few months after it, in 2011. John Rhys-Davies narrates. Roger W. Smith and George Daniels appear in the sixty seven minute documentary, a British production David Armstrong finished in 2015.