Boot sale finds... Five pound bag

[JasonM]

Of watches....
Pretty chuffed to have found these, obviously only the Seikos are the decent ones, the gold coloured SQ is a gem, January 1976 0843 5040 with a amazing textured bark dial, really great condition and fired straight up with a battery as I knew it would, a Seiko 5 Sportsmatic February 1967 6119 7001 flavour, balance swings but not running, weird springbar covers that I imagine are for a bracelet. A Sports 100 7546 602A which I think is probably Feb 1979, the coil is absent from the movement so Ill need to transplant a donor movement, which I have. The rest of it is old crappy bits and bobs, the really old wire lugs one is interesting , presented by The Yorkshire Evening News, very old I think, pin set and large half onion crown, no glass and not running but all complete. loose bracelet is for the Sports 100 I think but the end pieces are shot.
Not a bad haul for a fiver.
The only other thing I got recently was a RS components illuminated bench magnifying glass on a articulated arm, weighs a ton and probably industrial. Also a fiver.




All cleaned up after this photo was taken

[Mick P]

You could sell them off on the SC bit by bit and run the risk of being branded a profiteer.

[JasonM]

Could do Mick, but a wise man once said never sell your watches, so I won’t 👍😁

[Neil.C]

Excellent pick up Jason!

That Weekdater looks nice.

[Carlton-Browne]

That's a nice little bunch for a fiver.

[Mr Curta]

Loving the textured dial on the SQ there. Great little haul.

[jason.humphrey.180]

Great haul and that bark texture dial is definitely the standout watch.

Bristol GTG / Redbar organiser

[Robbo12]

Nice haul Jason well done , I have been most weekends to the Essex booties Colchester and Boreham, it's not been great and most weeks come back home with nothing !

Today was quite, I picked up a hardly used chinese made case back press ( no dies unfortunately) and a 60s Tissot leather strap never been used with a stainless buckle. All for 20 quid.

A lady I know picked up a 40 s Rolex 2 weeks ago at Colchester for £ 2.00😊

She showed me the pictures today ,after taking it to her local jewelers it's been confirmed as original. It certainly looks correct from what I could see .

Never happens to me 🥺

[sweets]

Very nice.
Those RS illuminated magnifiers cost a fortune too, so even that was a good pick up.
Kanji day on the gold one is interesting, I thought even then they would have usually combined two european days, unless it was a JDM model

[Griswold]

Great pickup Jason. It's been a long long time since I visited a boot sale. Most sellers have worked out they'll get more listing on eBay so it's now mostly tat around here!

[JackTommo]

Lovely little pickup for a fiver

[JasonM]

Thanks all, I need to get some better photos of the Seiko with the bark dial, it really is in amazing condition, Mrs M has taken a shine to it so I’m battling with shortening the bracelet at the moment.

[xpatx]

Great find for £5! Congratulations