Good things to be found on ebay

[Neverenoughwatches]

Eyup watch peeps. As we all know buying watch tools is never ending and can be extremely expensive for specialist item such as jewelling and staking tools. But it is possible to find great items at a good price if we keep looking and finding an honest seller that deals regularly in the same kind of gear can help make that happen.  Here i have some cracking ones, one probably a bit more collectable than useable. A tiny staking set in a lovely walnut burr container, two steel lapping plates and an ancient hairspring vibrator which does need a good clean up and a new hairspring grip. Total cost 28 new British pounds at todays prices thats a carvery lunch a cuppa and a pudding for me and the missus. There was a bit of work involved as well though i missed the postman knocking at my door to deliver and ended up having to chase him round my neighbourhood in my van for 10 minutes. Good fun and a great start to an otherwise boring day off. 

[JohnR725]

did you know before the universe was online yes it's hard to believe there once was a time where we were not all plugged in an online. So in those dark days before the Internet there used to be other ways to get things like  horological associations a lot of them would have meetings with sales of tools and stuff. For instance the national Association of watch and clock collectors has chapters all over the world I think mainly in the US their local chapters would have what they call a Mart. each chapter is different ranges from almost nothing to incredible fantastic things. Then various chapters will come together and have a regional meeting. Over the years that was mainly where I picked up my stuff. Then once a year there's the national meeting in the old days before the Internet I think the biggest one I ever went to was like 1000 tables I think that was the one in Chicago. There are still big but they're not 1000 tables anymore. So at the various chapter regional national meetings depending upon the seller this stuff would be fantastic deals all the way to the other extreme that we hope their coffin is big enough is or got take it to the grave with them with the prices they charge.

 Then in the UK of course you have the British horological Institute. They have chapters I don't know how friendly they are towards hobbyists  and there may be a can't quite think there's another horological association I think more for collectors in the UK. Don't know if their chapters have stuff for sale. I believe the BHI also has a annual meeting or at least they used to. then yes the BHI headquarters is interesting I've been there at one time long time ago.

Or yes I know eBay's nice sooner later everything comes the bed at least that's my theory maybe doesn't always come as to price we want to pay that sooner or later everything will show up as long as were paying attention it doesn't slide by because we weren't actively checking.

then there's things like the company at the link below look what they sell? But more interesting is the next link they like to show up someplace. Our dear you just missed out on something at that place now you have to wait until July. someone once asked about the clock fair sounded like was really nice place to go and sounded like the tool dealer brought all sorts of interesting stuff to the fair. Oftentimes they'll bring the stuff that maybe needs a little DIY or something things they might not sell in their store perhaps.

https://pennyfarthingtools.co.uk/

https://pennyfarthingtools.co.uk/events-diary/

https://www.thebirminghamclockandwatchfair.com/