Man in the Moon 🌕: Moments ago in our New Bond Street galleries, the legendary ‘Space Traveller I’ rocketed to a sky-high £3,615,000 – an auction record for an English watch and a timepiece by an independent watchmaker. After 7 minutes of battling between four bidders, the pocket watch fetched over 30 times the price it achieved in 1988, the first and last time it appeared at auction. Hailed by Daniels to be “the kind of watch you would need on your package tour to Mars”, this extraordinary piece is one of the most technically accomplished watches of all time. The innovative watchmaker created the ‘Space Traveller I’ in 1982 to commemorate the 1969 American moon landing - an event that left a great impression on his life. The Space Traveller was built with both solar and sidereal time, equation of time, and phases of the moon, as well as utilising Daniels’ famous independent double wheel escapement, which has captivated collectors since its inception in 1974. It is also the most reve...