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The growing allure of watches with A-list history was enticing people to peddle dubious timepieces.

Decades ago, watch repair shops across the country were staffed with technicians who could service almost any mechanical timepiece when its intricate innards — tiny gears, wheels and springs — failed.

Goldin, a leading sports and pop culture memorabilia auction house, sold the engraved timepiece as part of its inaugural music memorabilia auction, which closed Wednesday night.

But the watch, that pesky timepiece, something about it sparks Alice’s attention, so much so that it draws her into a portal to another place.

The timepiece belonged to Herbert Ingram – a British politician and journalist from Boston, Lincolnshire.