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David
Knight is a watchmaker from Hampshire, UK. He is a watch repairer
by trade but always dreamed of becoming a watchmaker. In the 1990s
he got his chance. The repairing work dried up and he was left out
of work. He took advantage of this situation and went on to produce
the superb K1 and K2 watches.
David: "To give my sculptured figures room in my collectable
watches, leaves them a little on the large side, thus slightly impractical
for daily use, except for special occasions perhaps. Never the less
my watches are objects of art and desire."
"Apart from the jewels and springs, I make every part myself.
Everything is of my own design and is engraved and crafted by myself
to high standards of watch making excellence and finish. I use no
other mass produced parts, or employ the skills others. There are
few watchmakers in the world today who could make such a claim."
"I could not make a watch in less than one year, the first
taking 4,000 hours. In the year 2000 I was 52, with only two watches
completed, designed and made in my own unique style. By the time
I retire, it is unlikely I would have made more than 15 watches,
typically today taking at least 2,000 hours each to make (prices
start from £40,000 Stirling)."
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