Collection consolidation
Does anyone else have a watch collection purge from time to time?
I have three watches that I no longer wear and have my eye on a Tudor Ranger to replace them - a consolidation if you will.
Does anyone else do this or is it usually an accumulation on top of your existing collection?
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Andy
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I do from time to time…I usually trade more than selling my watches…or gift them away
Im presently deciding over eliminating about 10 from my collection of 36. My goal is to get down to a solid 20.
All the time. I'm trying to get down to just 2 perfect watches. Though maybe 4 is a bit more practical.
I suppose it’s a personal thing, how much is too much and all that.
I am finding myself being more monogamous to a single timepiece lately, and have convinced myself that if I had an extra nice watch as opposed to a few less so that might be a ’game changer’ for me.
That said, I am looking at the Tudor Ranger as something of a compromise because I can’t get (or what pay over the odds for) a Rolex….the wife has one, but not me :’( curse me and my freakishly normal wrists…..
I do from time to time…I usually trade more than selling my watches…or gift them away
Do you trade to trade up, I mean by selling at profit to shin up to a loftier class of watch?
Gifting watches? How benevolent of you…. Have I told you how handsome you are today :)
Im presently deciding over eliminating about 10 from my collection of 36. My goal is to get down to a solid 20.
Did you start in a quantity vs quality and have had a shift over time?
All the time. I'm trying to get down to just 2 perfect watches. Though maybe 4 is a bit more practical.
What’s your grail?
It a good plan to consolidate, but never really happens for me . Just add the next watch please.😂
Do you trade to trade up, I mean by selling at profit to shin up to a loftier class of watch?
Gifting watches? How benevolent of you…. Have I told you how handsome you are today :)
Muhahaha!! Usually trade which ever I dont use or wear often, no matter which watch… also btw I don’t do well with compliment s😂
Muhahaha!! Usually trade which ever I dont use or wear often, no matter which watch… also btw I don’t do well with compliment s😂
Alright, chuff off then :D
Can I have a Rolex now?
Did you start in a quantity vs quality and have had a shift over time?
I was quantity over quality for a long time but it got to the point where the collection was so full of minor (but uniquely charming) pieces that Ive had difficulty choosing which to wear. Some still seldom get wrist time.
I was quantity over quality for a long time but it got to the point where the collection was so full of minor (but uniquely charming) pieces that Ive had difficulty choosing which to wear. Some still seldom get wrist time.
Tbh I’m at that point, where as my journey has progressed I have accumulated more. At the time they were great but as time has gone on, I have moved on.
Some I still love and wont part with - mainly for sentimental reasons.
I eventually concluded that I wanted a Rolex Explorer 1 in 39mm badly enough that I could sell off 5 watches to get it. I don’t regret the move but I also don’t think that I‘ll be doing this with my whole collection.
Not lately but I have. A while back I completely liquidated my Accutron Collection and my Hamilton Electric collection in order to start some new ones.
Interests change, new stuff comes up etc.
Not lately but I have. A while back I completely liquidated my Accutron Collection and my Hamilton Electric collection in order to start some new ones.
Interests change, new stuff comes up etc.
Yeah, I appreciate that.
That reminds me, I still have a 1976 Accutron that I got when I first started the hobby/obsession. Very cool movement…annoying when you take it off and put it on a table and hear that humming noise :)
Im in the middle of a consolidation. I want to get down to 10. Currently at 21. Started the process last year with 32.
I’m sure I will in due time. I’m still building my original collection. Im still enjoying everything I have, so no need to purge at this time. I am the type to purge things I own in order to trade up though.
I collect affordable watches, so it doesn't make sense for me to sell them. I give them away when I feel they no longer fit within the collection.
I collect affordable watches, so it doesn't make sense for me to sell them. I give them away when I feel they no longer fit within the collection.
That’s fantastic.
Most people here will have been gifted a timepiece at one time or another - and may in fact be the reason we are here on this site :)
inevitably
Not always up, but anything that I buy myself will eventually get sold.
Gifts = Keepers. My $ = Rental.
Yep. Just did this. I ended up selling everything and only having the one watch - the #16570 Polar dial.
And then.......I sold it a few days ago for way more than I paid for it at the beginning of 2020 and now I am SHOCK HORROR watch less......
THE HUNT. IS ON.
Recently traded four watches plus some cash in for a Grand Seiko. An unequivocal "yes"! :)
Yep. Just did this. I ended up selling everything and only having the one watch - the #16570 Polar dial.
And then.......I sold it a few days ago for way more than I paid for it at the beginning of 2020 and now I am SHOCK HORROR watch less......
THE HUNT. IS ON.
I prefer consolidation by gift-giving rather than a sell-off. I find it very gratifying to see a former watch love on the wrist of friend or family member. Call it the watch circle of life. lol
If I ever get to my max watch collection size (8-11) then I will have to get rid of one before aquiring another. Whether I would gift it away or sell it purely depends on the watch and market and how much I want to mess with selling it.
Consolidation is a good thing though I always recommend quality vs quantity