Dr. Roger W. Smith OBE apprenticed to George Daniels, and in the present day carries on the legacy of the Daniels Methodology of watchmaking together with his personal particular person model. Watches made by Smith epitomize British horology, that includes finely completed actions, engine-turned dials, and the Daniels Co-axial Escapement. Over his a few years on the bench, Smith has additional optimized the Daniels Co-Axial escapement, inventing a single wheel model that eliminates any variance of alignment between the 2 escape wheels. In 2013, Smith was requested by Prime Minister David Cameron to turn out to be an Ambassador for the GREAT Britain marketing campaign. Smith then made the long-lasting “GREAT Britain” watch, with a very complicated dial. Smith lately launched his Sequence 1, 2, three, and four wristwatches with new problems, similar to an instantaneous triple-calendar with touring date aperture. In 2019, Smith introduced a collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan College to discover using nearly frictionless nano-coatings utilizing molybdenum disulfide.
