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Newsome chronometer – £2700 at Henry Adams.

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With a silver case made by Isaac Jabex Theo Newsome, Chester, 1902, and a white enamel dial marked Newsome & Co Coventry 148646, the timepiece was in a fitted brass and mahogany case with ivory plaque.

It was pitched at £500-700 at the September 5 sale but sold to a UK collector at £2700.