Biggles Buys a Watch is the fifth short story in the fourth anthology of Biggles Air Police short stories entitled Biggles and the Pirate Treasure. The anthology was first published in July, 1954 by Brockhampton. In the anthology, this story is preceded by The Case of the Ivory Idol and followed by The Case of the Poisoned Crops.
Synopsis[]
More out of sympathy than anything else, Biggles buys over a watch from an ex-serviceman of his who had been tricked into buying it. The watch leads him into a smuggling racket that has been "raining watches" all over Britain and France.
Plot[]
The plot is described in detail in the article for Roderick McDew, the chief protagonist in the story.
Characters[]
The Special Air Police/Scotland Yard[]
- Biggles
- Algy Lacey
- Ginger Hebblethwaite
- Gaskin
Others[]
- Flight Sergeant Crane
- Marcel Brissac
- Roderick McDew
- Crasher Doyle - of Air Intelligence, last mentioned in Biggles Hunts Big Game.
- Mr McDew -Roderick's father
Aircraft[]
- Percival Proctor
- Unspecified helicopter
Places[]
Visited[]
- London, Scotland Yard - Biggles' office. Biggles found Ginger "at the office, the others being on duty in the Operations Room at the airfield".
- Balburnie, near Forres, Scotland - home of the father of Roderick McDew.
- Inverness
- Inverness Airport, Dalcross
- Dubh-chtais - Roderick had a habit of taking long walks here.
Mentioned[]
- Karga Oasis
- Brighton
- Moray Firth
Research Notes[]
- Air Commodore Raymond doesn't appear in this story.