"One of Journe’s biggest inspirations was the legendary British watchmaker George Daniels (1926-2011), who revolutionised mechanical watchmaking by inventing the co-axial escapement — an incredibly accurate energy-release system that did away with the need for certain lubrication oils. Journe said it was thanks to Daniels’s books, The Art of Breguet and Watchmaking, that he ‘learned patiently on my workbench how to make my first watch’."
