George Daniels, master watchmaker, died on October 21st, aged 85 via the Economist
Zajimavy clanek o zivote hodinare, ktery, mimo jine, vymyslel co-axial movement. O vynalez ale zpocatku nebyl zajem:
Ze jsem dneska zabehl Olympic plus triathlon (1.5km plavani, 90km kolo, 10km beh) pod ctyri hodiny Ted trocha pauzy a pristi tyden dalsi, tentokrat klasicka Olympic distance v Hyde Parku.
Pekny clanek v New York Times o vojenskem zajatci Charles B. Woehrlem ve WWII, ktery si z vezeni objednal Patek Philippe Calatrava. Jelikoz nemel ve vezeni penize, Woehrle, slibil, ze zaplati az bude vysvobozen.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/fashion/a-prisoner-a-watch-a-war-story.html?_r=1&emc=eta1