The Watchmaker's Apprentice
Release date: 2015-06-01
Votes: 9
Genres: Documentary
The story of how Dr. George Daniels rose from Dickensian poverty to become the finest watchmaker of the modern era – and how Roger Smith embarked on an obsessive, seven-year quest to become his apprentice and equal.
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