How to downsize your collection

Welcome and you have a great collection. No tips but you can send that Grand Seiko my way if you don’t want it 😂. All jokes aside, folks have had success selling thru Chrono24 so you might want to look into that.

I'll take the Brew metric! Lol. Though what's that brand top row second from right?

That thing on the top left corner, it is not a watch according to watch nerds, and it is supposed to stay on your wrist 24/7. So you have one open slot🥳

Jokes aside, I personally only sold to dealers. (Just reluctant to deal with potential problems that could happen selling online.) But friends here seem to sell online. Just saw this thread earlier today, which may be helpful;

https://www.watchcrunch.com/Ducatista/posts/how-and-where-to-sell-your-watch-35668

I have no experience in buying a watch. But I can give you sone tips before buying.

I do never buy a watch emmidiatly. If I have watch in sight I wait few weeks or even months (depending on availablility). Within this time I try it on, make pictures, check youtube videos. If I don't get tired and still want that watch, I buy it.

I also take care not to buy watches which follows a trend or which designes are not too special, which can come out of trend or taste someday. The design should be timeless and suirable for as many occations as possible.

I also try not to get attracted by the price.

By followimg this rules I kept my collection small and never had to sell yet.

Only yesterday I completed the transaction to sell one of my watches without another one coming in. I did that over Chrono24 as a private seller, the process is quite streamlined, and it’s where the most eyeballs in search for a pre-loved watch are anyways. Can recommend. Be aware however that Chrono24 will keep a hefty commission for the sale, about 6% if I remember well, so be ready for that.

In more spiritual terms, I’m not a fan of having duplicities on my collection, I want every single watch to have its X factor ans keep it to a manageable 6-8, so that all of them get some wrist time in a given week. Yours looks like an outstandingly well-balanced collection, so the decision of what to keep and what to sell away is complicated.

Appreciate the info. I have a watch listed on reddit but hasnt gotten any love yet. Ill def try chrono24

Thats a boldr watch. Quartz chrono my daily beater. Id recommend it

You know that non watch isnt in that box anymore lolol. So you just go to a local watch shop and see if theyll take it?

I needed this advice a year ago. I got a watch box and just wanted to fill it up instead of waiting patiently to find the watches i love. Its a costly mistake for sure.

Basically yes. In Japan, where I live, there are used watch shops that both sell and buy watches. There are also dealers who specialise in buying (and they sell those to other dealers, not to consumers.)

I visit a few dealers and sell to the one with highest offer.

Thatll make my life easier. Thanks!