How to rotate your watches

Sometimes I put stainless on one arm and gold on the other.

Actually, it's black leather straps with black shoes, brown with brown, NATOs on weekends and holidays. I wear new things more. I have been known to match a dial to a tie.

I'd say sort your collection out to different categories: dress, everyday, sports, and not-oft worn.

That way you can cycle through different watches according to what you're doing, and perhaps consider selling the lesser worn pieces.

With shirts, an oft given advice is to hang them facing one way, and if you wear the shirt, hang it the other way next time. Donate/repurpose shirts that are facing the same direction every year or so. Perhaps you can devise a method to do the same?

FWIW my lesser-worn watches aren't worth much so they just sit around. 

Wear the pretty one. Set them up together and pick according to mood, dress and occasion. You will find favorites and fall in and out of love with them. Its like girls except these won't slap you and call the police for touching their straps and buckles..

I have close to 30 watches personally I just wear a different one every day. 

I think @OldSnafu got it right: have them set up, preferably in display cases, but whatever works and "pick according to mood, dress and occasion." Life is all over the place, and so are the situations you are in, your mood and your choice of clothes. This should provide a wide swath of choices of watches. 

If you find yourself not wearing some, then decide if having a group of watches that never get worn  is OK with you to have as just "your collection." If not, then you can think about pruning. But i think if you like a watch enough, you can find a way to wear it.

Wow that is great collection in 18 months, I think like everything in this hobby it is down to the collector, some change everyday, some change monthly some where 1 through the week and 1 at the weekend the point is there is no right way to rotate your collection I personally change my watch when I feel I fancy a change that can be anything from a few days to a few weeks, just enjoy your collection my friend 👍

I believe that you got a lot of good advice already. I believe it is crucial that all watches are visible and not hidden. Earlier I had a watchbox and a pair of watchrolls. My experience is that the watches hidden in the rolls often where overlooked. 

I know how you feel, I kinda fell into this whole watch world thing a few years ago and before I knew it I had 30+ watches.  I have a few Timexes (Timexi?) myself.  And I should warn you don't look at microbrands.  :)  I'm getting better at being selective and less impulsive, but it's fun to have variety.  But then I get your dilemma, because as great as it is to have them, you want to wear them out too.  

I do try to rotate through them depending on mood, occasion and particularly wardrobe (different dials can compliment or match different colors).  And lets not forget strap changes can add another layer of mix and match.  Every once in a while I do find myself wearing the same watch several days in a row.  But mostly I try to give them all each a little love and wear time.  A little harder to do with dressier pieces.  

BTW since you seem to like Timex if you haven't already I suggest you Giorgio Galli 👌.

I usually just use my hands to physically rotate them, but sometimes a pen or strap adjustment tool.

In terms of collection, I just stare at them all and go:

• what was I wearing and do I want to wear it again
• what haven’t I worn in a while
• who deserves a wearing (I’m looking at you Oris ChronOris, you ungrateful ****)
• what am I doing that day
• wind the Sapho because I’m paranoid
• pick something, find it’s not working, shout at it. Maybe change the battery or shake it.
• wind Sapho again, but it’s at the max so stop
• wonder why I have so many watches. Ponder life choices.
• remind myself to change strap on Majex - forget by the end of this sent…
• close my eyes and point at watch randomly.
• change mind, grab first choice; realise I’m late for work

Check out my post here -

https://www.watchcrunch.com/Scooter/posts/am-i-the-only-one-doing-this-7468

I had the same problem 

I would start to divide them half winter wear and the other half, summer wear... 50% of your problem is solved...😊

Midday swap!

Thanks everyone!  Great advice.  The one thing I failed to mention is I have them all proudly displayed in my office Man Cave where I have designed it to look like an antique watch store.  I might have some for display only.  lol.  I'll send some pictures of my watch shop soon.  Thanks again!

 we definitely need pictures! that sounds fascinating

LOL!  So true and funny!  With all that's going on in the world, it's a great distraction to have angst over our first world problems.  lol. 

Don't have as many watches as you do, however, I typically have one watch I usually default to. Then maybe 3-4 other watches that are heavy in rotation. Outside of that my other watches get sympathy wears every few months or so!

I stick to about 4 categories, and have 1-2 main watches for each.

• Everyday watch
• Weekend watch
• Exercise watch
• Dress watch

Rotate depending on occasion!

I use this app to track the watches I use:

apps.apple.com/us/app/stylebook-men/id515126225

Here I can log my watch rotation and have "useful" statistics such as watches I use more/less, cost per wear, and my "watch calendar". All very important stuff! 😜

Thanks!  I have to check this one out!

I stopped counting my watches… I wear them all, some more than others. Just wear what you want, ones you don’t wear as often, just wind them up. (Or whatever is needed to get some movement to the movement) 

Give the ones you dont wear at all as gifts…😁

I like the @nytime's advice on flipping them like his shirts.  I honestly wear which ever watch make me happy on a certain day.  Some will always get worn more than others.  Maybe you just want to keep the ones that don't get worn, or maybe you decide to say goodbye to some.  I have about 10 or 15 watches that I am contemplating trying to sell.  Maybe I'll buy an Omega or Oris with whatever I can get.

Joking aside - it is tricky when you have more than a few. I don’t spend anywhere near enough time with half of mine, and probably too long on the most recent purchases. If I stop buying, I wouldn’t have this problem really.

I thought about it, but not sure the resale value on budget watches is even worth it.  I never sold on ebay and kind of intimidated by the process.  Something to think about it.  Thanks!

3 day wrist time for each.  

I don’t like this idea, 3 watches not gonna cut it. I will end up buying more anyway

Yeah, I like that!