Anyone still got a wind up clock or a long case clock? Mrs. T acquired a nice Westminster chime wall clock which had belonged to her parents. When it stopped working, a colleague repaired it, but said that if it broke down again, I should replace the mechanism.
Well, it did stop (after about 30 years use) so I searched round for a replacement movement. Only one firm in the UK supplied them - £200 + vat + postage!
I could have got one slightly cheaper from the USA, but the import duty was about £50. I even looked at the makers website in Germany, and they didn't list that exact unit - strange, but their prices for other types were dearer than the UK price.
Waiting for the new bits to arrive and looking at the price of new wall clocks - anything from £500 upwards and the cost seems to be dependant on how fancy the case is.