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> a clock called the Chronophage Until recently there was one in the wall of a bar in Douglas here on the Isle of Man. Apparently, the inventor of the thing l
by lproven 1y ago
> a clock called the Chronophage
Until recently there was one in the wall of a bar in Douglas here on the Isle of Man. Apparently, the inventor of the thing lives here. Another is in his home.
However that bar, the rather rough 1886, is now the Island's first Wetherspoons... :-/
- 2b3a51 1y agoGeorge Daniels, Roger Smith and this clockmaker John Taylor. Must be something in the tides?
- lproven 1y ago> Must be something in the tides? Or the tax régime, I suspect, TBH...
- 2b3a51 1y agoYeah, Daniels was selling watches for low 7 figures so VAT or other forms of purchase tax would have been a significant chunk of change. And income tax of course. "Daniels claimed that there was little money to be made in watchmaking, but his lifestyle suggested otherwise. In 1982 he moved, for tax reasons, to the Isle of Man, where he bought a substantial Georgian house complete with tradesmen’s entrance and sweeping drive." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8846796/George-Daniels.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8846796/George-D...