To Delete or Not To Delete… that is the Question??!
So in the process of me consolidating my collection to a more manageable size, I have traded and sold a few. Since I no longer have these little trinkets of memories do I delete old photos of them in my hard drive to create more space? Part of me say nope I want to remember them as such but part of me want to let go?! Do I do a frozen and ..
Also part of me feels like keeping some to preserve some memory that I had them at one time like old friends you do t see as much anymore…
Or just bite the bullet and erase and create new ones…
For folks that let go of pieces to let go of photos as well?!!
Thanks for reading…
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Jerome
If it Itches...Scratch or Buy it!!!
CT, USA
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7.25” / 18.42 cm
Its like an ex lover. Delete and move on. 😆
Its like an ex lover. Delete and move on. 😆
Muahahaha!!! Good point 😜 I guess I romanticize too much about old watches that I have … perhaps it is time to let them go…
My phone is full of a decade of photos of wrist shots with many watches that are long gone. You must be reading my mind because I was thinking this morning that I should go back and delete all but the one best photo of each watch.
I could delete hundreds, if not thousands of photos this way.
My phone is full of a decade of photos of wrist shots with many watches that are long gone. You must be reading my mind because I was thinking this morning that I should go back and delete all but the one best photo of each watch.
I could delete hundreds, if not thousands of photos this way.
Yeah I was reminded my storage is full and damn and I looked like yourself my storage is filled with old wrist shots of old watches… hence the question ? Should we let go and start to create new memories…?!
I say keep the best photos, don't delete all. You paid money for them and took the care to take photos. Document the memory
I say keep the best photos, don't delete all. You paid money for them and took the care to take photos. Document the memory
Interesting curate the best photos of them… 🤔💭
I keep a "Gone but Not Forgotten" file on my OneDrive and delete them from my phone.
You keep your old wrist shots?... If I need old ones I pull them out of my #wruw 😂
Wait, do you take wrist shots that aren't your wruw???
I don't see why you wouldn't keep them. If you're at the point where you need to remove images for disk-space management then that's just a sign for a new hard drive😁
Keep the photos.
I keep a "Gone but Not Forgotten" file on my OneDrive and delete them from my phone.
Ohh that’s a good idea separate files 🤔
Keep the photos.
Keep em’ that’s the easiest route lol
I don't see why you wouldn't keep them. If you're at the point where you need to remove images for disk-space management then that's just a sign for a new hard drive😁
Hahaha just need more space then lol
Wait, do you take wrist shots that aren't your wruw???
Why you don’t lol hahahaha!! I’m a bit of a narcissist 🤓😎
I enjoy looking back occasionally.
Update: I have now deleted 750 photos from my phone and haven’t lost anything of consequence.
WC keeps them right? I delete after I post.
WC is better storage for watch pics anyway. It's too hard to look at old watch pics on my photos app with all those pictures of my family and friends getting in the way.
1) Unlike an Ex, None of these photos are going to drunk text you (or anyone in your family) at 2am, or show up at your job uninvited... 2) Unless you have some trauma with any of them, these "should be" good side kick memories... 3) Better way to track is a Spreadsheet of all watches owned (With technical stats of each - IMHO)... 4) To save storage, combine all into a collage of 6-8 watches per image... This should narrow things down. Just saying...
Sounds like a lot of work… I’m lazy
Update: I have now deleted 750 photos from my phone and haven’t lost anything of consequence.
Your my hero lol
Keep dude!!!
Maybe Not all, but for sure save favourites.
You bought for a reason. You sold for a reason. Keeping pics of process preserves both sides of the experience
Keep dude!!!
Maybe Not all, but for sure save favourites.
You bought for a reason. You sold for a reason. Keeping pics of process preserves both sides of the experience
Great point !! Just gonna curate and delete the excess of the same phot if the watch 🍻
I recently got rid of 21 watches. All under $1000.
I went through a quantity over quality phase. Reversing that train of thought now...
I recently got rid of 21 watches. All under $1000.
I went through a quantity over quality phase. Reversing that train of thought now...
I'm at the beginning of this phase... Like hiking a mountain 🏔️... looks simple, until you're an hour in and you start rethinking your life 🤦🏽♂️
I say keep the photos...it will either remind you of why you pruned it or it will cause you to reacquire it.
Neither of which is necessarily a bad thing.
...or you could just keep all your watches and never sell any of them...like me 😉
keep em for the Coffee table book your going to produce. 🍻
Ohh that’s a good idea separate files 🤔
I do the same ;)
Its like an ex lover. Delete and move on. 😆
Keep dude!!!
Maybe Not all, but for sure save favourites.
You bought for a reason. You sold for a reason. Keeping pics of process preserves both sides of the experience
Old car pics…old watch pics…gotta keep em…agree with deleting duplicates
Ironically, I find that if I'm missing a watch, seeing an old picture of it makes me not want to buy it again. I think it's because it reminds me of owning it and why I let it go in the first place. It's different seeing a CGI photo or even someone else's photo vs the one you owned on your wrist.
Just my opinion. I keep my pics, not all of them, but just some.