[lproven]

> 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]

George Daniels, Roger Smith and this clockmaker John Taylor. Must be something in the tides?

[lproven]

> Must be something in the tides?

Or the tax régime, I suspect, TBH...

[2b3a51]

Yeah, 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-D...