English gold hunting cased carousel deck watch Circa 1901

Heavy gold deck chronometer by J. Newsome & Co. / George Makin & Sons
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A fine, heavy English deck chronometer with a 34-minute carousel according to Bahne Bonniksen, circa 1901.
Accompanied by a Class A Kew Certificate of National Physical Laboratory, Kew Observatory, Richmond Surrey marked Especially Good.
18 Carat gold, polished case with engraved monogram, case maker’s punch mark I.J.T.N. (J. Newsome & Co.), pusher for seconds stop at 5, and a gold dome with dedication engraving: Presented to Sir Bosdin Leech as a token of esteem and affection by the members of the Manchester Waterworks Committee, he has acted as chairman and deputy chairman for 25 years and on his 75th birthday. Nov. 13th, 1911. Enamel dial with radial Roman hours, centre seconds, gold spade hands, and signed: Kew Certificate Watch, Class A. 3/4 plate movement, decorated, gilt, screwed chatons, English lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance, blued balance spring with a terminal curve, and chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 180 g
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Signed: J. Newsome & Co., Coventry
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Carousel watches
Carousel watches are a design by the Danish watchmaker Bahne Bonniksen. He apprenticed with N.P. Thorsmark in Appenrade/Schleswig; after two years in Copenhagen, he went to London to study under T.D. Wright at the British Horological Institute. After further studies and a number of awards he was made a horological instructor at the Coventry Technical Institute; this was where he invented the carousel watch for which he applied for patent no. 21421 on November 24, 1892. His intention was to create a compromise between the “expensive” tourbillon and a normal chronometer – and he actually achieved better results with his carousel than some of the tourbillons. The escapement in a carousel with centre seconds turns around itself in 34 minutes, carousels with auxiliary seconds in 52,5 minutes, and thus avoid the variation caused by gravity.
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Newsome & Co, English watch manufacturer
Newsome & Co also known as Newsome & Co were ‘wholesale watch manufacturers’ based in Butts. 14 & 15 to Coventry. They were one of the largest and most important watch manufacturers in Coventry. The Newsome family were originally band makers but later became watchmakers Isaac Jabez Theo Newsome (1839-1891) had previously been in partnership with Samuel Yeomans in Spon End Coventry. The partnership was dissolved in 1879, Samuel Yeomans stayed in Spon End and Isaac Newsome moved into the Butts.
Isaac Newsome’s sons were Jabez Kerby Newsome and Samuel Theo Newsome (1868-1930). She took over the company after Isaac’s death in 1891. In 1890 Newsome and Co. manufactured a new chronograph. for registering the sixtieth part of a second. The patentee and inventor was Robert Turner, residing at 53 Princess Street, Bury. By 1894 Newsome and Co. had a London office at 94 Hatton Garden, EC. In 1897, JM Joseph was listed as the firm’s London agent. As the London office in 1897Had moved to 70 Hatton Garden, Charles Louis Ebeling replaced Joseph. J. Newsome & Co supplied clocks to the Admiralty, but also supplied watches to others such as George Makin & Sons.
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George Makin & Sons, English jeweller – watch dealer and haberdashery.
George Makin & Sons (Ltd), was based at 60 Shudehil and Back on Salmon Street, Manchester, circa 1888. The company was mentioned in “The London Gazette” on May 22, 1942. This company’s old shop in Manchester is still there and was in a deplorable state for many years on Salmon Street, but today it is an Indian restaurant surrounded by new modern buildings. It will probably be torn down one day. The company is called George Makin & Sons and was taken over by Widdop Bingham & Co. This company was also founded as a watch shop by William Widdop and is now one of the leading wholesalers for gift items. Watches are still sold under the name William Widdop.