Ever feel guilty not wearing Your Luxury watch?

No not at all.

Sure!  Yeah!  If I preferred wearing my more affordable watches to my more expensive watches, what that would mean for me is that the total utiles delivered by the more affordable watches is greater than the total utiles delivered by the more expensive watches!

So, I would sell the more expensive ones!

And, indeed, in my own personal case, I've continually sold off any expensive pieces that didn't bring me the requisite utility...  to the point where I feel like I'm fully optimized on utile / dollar spent now.  I am on the efficient frontier, man!

not really. Honestly I feel worse that my Hamilton khaki pilot mechanical doesn’t get enough wear :(

In my mind, if my more expensive watches aren't being worn on a regular basis, then it's time to trade or sell them.   I don't like having that kind of money tied up in watches that I'm not reaching for. I currently only have three that I consider truly pricy pieces with another on the way. I'd say double that many have left my collection because I wasn't reaching for them enough.  The three I have now, get worn at least weekly...and I'm perfectly fine with that.  

Once I retire in four or five years, I'll downgrade to probably whichever my five favorite watches are, regardless of cost, and the rest will be sold or gifted.

Never - but I totally get it that some people might feel that way. 

I mean if you spend a significant amount of your disposable cash on something and then you aren't using it...you might feel a little guilty for having spent the money.

But as a collector, I'm not expecting to be using all the things I collect...thus, no guilt for not using them.

Nope. I enjoy wearing them as the occasion warrants, no matter how infrequent those opportunities may be. The times that I do, the personal satisfaction I get makes the purchase decision worth it!

I think keeping a smaller collection solves this problem. If you only have 7-10 watches, then wearing them all isn't a problem and choosing a cheaper watch over a more expensive watch doesn't give you any remorse because you are probably wearing the more expensive one often enough to justify its cost. Right now, in my 11 watch collection, only four pieces don't see much wrist time. One is my father's watch that I'll never sell. One is my first mechanical watch (a Seiko 5 Sea Urchin) that I also probably won't sell. The third is a quartz watch that isn't running right and would probably be cheaper to toss in the trash than fix. The fourth is one that I'm definitely considering selling. The other 7 get worn all the time.

Not in the slightest, I pick the one which matches my mood and outfit at the time.

I dont have a large collection at the moment just 3, so this in fairness could also be a factor, (as I cam clearly roate eaisr) but sometimes I get just as much joy out the £100 watch as I do for the £4k one but weirdly I only enjoy the £100 one as much as I do because I'm no longer wishing it to be something more expensive because I have that as an option anytime I want it 😉 

Hope that makes sense

No.  I am just as happy to wear the $35.00 quartz Mickey Mouse watch that my then five year old daughter picked out for me as to any other watch.

Not at all! Usually I wear my daily beaters (Sinn 104, Sinn U50, Seiko MM300, Seiko Tuna) to work.

I only wear my Grand Seiko during my offdays during leisure.

No I don’t. Even if I can have only one watch at the time on my wrist (ok, technically one on each arm) I can still play with the others. Take them out of the box, comparing them, put them together in subset etc. Part from actually wearing a watch I get a satisfaction out of owning a watch too. 

You have won. 

No not at all, whether there $5 or $5000 I purchased them for a reason and that is because I like them. As a result I just grab the one that speaks to me on the day and wear it, although I have been wear a Direnzo for 45 days now, that is normally what happens. 

I must have this on back-to-front, because I wear my expensive watches the most, and all my older budget watches hardly get a look-in. 

Really the only thing that mighty dictate which one I wear is the weather. if it's pouring out I won't wear a leather strap. Other than that, it's just whatever strikes me. 

I would really have to own one first. 😜

I've got far too many watches to worry about wrist time really, I wear a daily beater most of the time and the rest are for best,and to me that makes the 'best' a bit more special.

Yeah, I have a rotation schedule.  I currently have 11 watches with two incoming. In that scheduled, my major pieces (three, soon to be four) get worn once a week, and the others fill the gaps.  Now, some of those (like my Farer and my Seiko) fill the gaps more than others, but they all get worn at least once or twice a month.

Good call. I also won't wear it on a leather strap during the summer if I'm going to be outside a lot.  

If you don't intend to wear a watch.  Why have it.  

Not really, though I do tend to think about where I'll be wearing a particular watch. I work primarily in stainless steel and I've found rags and chips coming off of the mill or lathe are brutal on mineral glass or at least the mineral favoured by Casio and Citizen so I'll lean towards something with Sapphire and towards the cheaper end. For my higher end pieces, most people who aren't into watches have no idea what a watch is worth providing Rolex isn't on the dial.

I often feel a bit guilty having so many inexpensive watches I no longer wear.  However, whenever I put one on, it takes about a minute before I ask myself “why am I wearing this Citizen/Seiko/Casio, when I could wear that Omega/Breitling/Tudor?”

Nope - I came into this hobby knowing I was more a 'collector' than a 'wearer' so zero guilt for enjoying owning a watch I don't wear regardless of price.

I look at this a little differently.

First, I do not own any true luxury watches, but this is relative as I'm cheap. Quite a few of my watches did cost more than my television or my smartphone, and others cost less than that half pint of diet coke I had today at the cafeteria.

So, I don't feel bad towards a perfectly good watch that was relatively expensive and which I under-use. I do not attribute emotions that way. But I do notice that and feel bad about the choice I made when buying it, and try to avoid making the same mistake in the future. Sounds good in theory but...

I feel guilty but it’s just the maths, a once £5000 Rolex sub when Omega Speedmasters and the like were about £3000, is now worth about £10000 whether we like it or not.

if that gets stolen, damaged etc it’s a lot of hard earned down the pan….. so as I’ll probably never be able to buy another I only wear it sparingly. Good job I’ve several other decent ones to step up to the plate.