Is this the Perfect watch collection ? If not what would you include.

Need a pilot watch in there, but that could be a Chrono I guess.

Yes I agree, or it could be a field aswell.

Not for me, zero interest in "ticking the boxes" ....if I see something I like I get it.

add one gada and one flieger and that would be perfect

That's understandable. I quite like having a different watch for a purpose and covering all basis.

Have you seen Autodromo Chronos? Tempted to pull the plug myself .... quite quirky and fun designs

I get the idea but I also don't do the ticking boxes thing. You could just as easily decide the collection should have dials of white, black, blue, silver and gold.

Field / flieger will never be in my collection, and my beaters are £10 AliX that are only worn for DIY/ gardening, so I don't consider a beater to be part of any collection. 🤷

Interesting opinion, more so that your beater isn't classed as in your collection.

My watch box has six slots, and I don’t wear dress watches, so:

Chronograph, Mechanical Field, Automatic Diver, G-Shock, Quartz Field, Quartz Diver.

No, because it means you could be done at 5 watches. Add a few more categories and subcategories and don't limit yourself to one watch per category, now you're talking.

Have tried to limit myself to 3 and 5 watch collections. Never stuck. Still like the idea so maybe one day.

But for now, my current focus is dial colors. With a couple of exceptions, have ordered all these colors in 2023.

CURRENT COLORS-

Blue two-tone

Fume Blue

MOP Blue

Green

Green two-tone

Lime green

Ice Mint Green

Salmon

Cream/Silver

Silver

White

White-Multi-Color

Yellow

Purple

Red

Brown

Orange

Tan

Grey

COLORS MISSING-

Black

Pink

Tiffany Blue

HOW I managed to miss a black dial is beyond me. 😳🙄😂

Missed the Pilot watch and the "solar radiocontrolled" to have a piece that you can use to set your other watches. Beater is a term I personally don't like, I treat all my watches with a certain respect.

Dress, Everyday and Beater I think is the perfect collection.

Simple and covers all the bases. Your definition of each could be different based on your situation. Dress just means something specifically for formal occasions. Everyday is something water resistant that can go anywhere but doesn’t look out of place in a somewhat business casual situation. Beater meaning sports watch that can take some abuse and doesn’t have to work in any type of formality.

IMO I don’t like to build a collection based on having to cover every watch type. Understanding your needs, budget, and staying true to yourself is key to building a genuine watch collection. only my 2 cent thought. 🪙 🪙

I categorise my watches by situations, not by type of the watch, to avoid having too many watches suited for one particular situation and ending up not wearing some watches.

For me, the situations are;

Dress/Formal - JLC Reverso Classic Duo Medium

Business - JLC Master Control Geographique (38mm)

Smart Casual - JLC Polaris Automatic

Casual - Omega SMP 300m Seaweed

Hike - Sinn EZM3