Recommendations for vintage watch shopping in Luxembourg and London?

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Visiting these two cities this week. What are some good places to check out vintage pieces?

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Visiting these two cities this week. What are some good places to check out vintage pieces?

thx!
Burlington Arcade in londons Mayfair has several pricey shops but a good experience in a nice part of town.You can just put watche Burlington arcade into a search engine and get into the web sites easy enough
If you are driving in Luxembourg you are in for an experience but I didn't find any watch shops
 
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What @philh said with a twist. Do a figure of lap with Burlington and Old Bond St. You'll get a lot of boutiques too.

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In London, go to Portobello Market. Lots of stalls with vintage watches. They aren't cheap because they know what they're worth, but you can see lots of nice examples -- plus there are lots of other cool vintage stuff, from clothes to LPs. One of my favorite things to do on a weekend.
 
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Austinkaye vintage watches on the strand in London great selection of omega's but not cheap.. window shopping doesn't cost anything..... it's a 5 minute walk from Covent Garden....
 
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Beware of Portobello - there's lots of dodgy stuff sold there and comebackability is limited! Austin Kaye has gradually become relatively expensive over the last few years. However, it is long-established and trustworthy, and you can browse a good website with your rational head on before risking the shop visit, a situation in which heart can rule head! Whilst it's a pleasant experience to look at watches in Central London, the Dealers there have high premises overheads and that's reflected in prices asked: you'll usually find that you can see more reasonable pricing of stock on-line.
 
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The royal exchange with the 2nd hand shop (timepieces.com?).

Highly priced as all things there (London), but a very high density of good used and vintage watches... OB there as well a a bonus.
 
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Wrapping up at the office, I shall be making the trek tomorrow!
 
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Burlington Arcade in londons Mayfair has several pricey shops but a good experience in a nice part of town.You can just put watche Burlington arcade into a search engine and get into the web sites easy enough
If you are driving in Luxembourg you are in for an experience but I didn't find any watch shops

Burlington Arcade pricey? That's being kind. Try exorbitant! I was there last month. Perhaps the £34,500 Speedie 2998-6 is still available.