Spent a pleasant hour or so at the Uxbridge watch fair this morning. Came away with three watches that are different from my normal collecting field but I managed to negotiate a deal which I was very happy with. Firstly a stop watch Then a little Lemania And finally a Lip pocket watch chronograph The stop watch and the chronograph both work beautifully, unfortunately the little Lemania isn't working at present but a quick inspection of the movement shows no obvious problems. Hopefully a service will sort it out. The price for all three, £150. Can't be bad.
I was a bit disappointed by the fair this time; there were loads and loads of really shabby watches, not much good quality stuff that was sensibly priced, or maybe I was just asking about the wrong items... A couple of years ago, there was a guy selling a really nice transitional Speedmaster and was asking £2400 for it, which I thought was rather a lot at the time