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Quill stems just look old school and are good if you like them for functionality get an ahead stem, mind you you could get a polished thomson and it would look quite new-old school.
Get in touch with Andy from fixedgear London, he'll lace you wheels and give you some good advice on the build. Mind you he'll probably tell you to go for a quill stem and risers.
The next dilemma would be the handlebrs , well everyone's going crazy for njs stuff.......deda handlebars are great ad come in a nice polished (heavy) steel. Bricklane bikes have some, but if you do want risers then they're not hard to find. That's the same for moustache and straight bars too.
Fizik bars tape in the right colour will still look very traditional and performs well.
You might have your mind set on a brooks swallow or something like that but, you might want to check out selle italia and san marco for proper vintage shaped seats. Concor, seems to be very popular at the moment.
Chris king headset seems a must since you're already spending a load of cash.
Ah, and thomson seatpost too.
You'd want to get 1/8 chainring and sprocket. I use dura ace sprocket.
Just a concern, have you ever ridden fixed before ? If not you might want to practice on a conversion, 'coz if you'll be riding fixed on a traditional track geometry in the Aldgate roundabout at 17:00 hrs you'll have a couple of problems. I had a ride on my steel road conversion the other day and couldn't believe the diffence. By the way, i'm not trying to patronize you just giving you useful advice.
Have fun at the build.