Are You A Flipper Or A Hoarder?

I am certainly more of a hoarder. It normally takes multiple years of a watch collecting dust before I finally decide to move on from it. I also don't like the idea of selling off watches in the collection to fund a bigger purchase...I just can't help but think I'd end up missing the ones I sold even if the new watch is amazing.

I feel the same way; when I do eventually sell I'm usually not looking to turn a profit, unless it's a watch I would have expected to appreciate in value. I've sold watches to friends a couple times for a decent loss, because I knew it was going to a good home and my hope was it would generate their interest in watches so I can have some other sickos the share the hobby with lol.

I'm hoarding six and trying to flip one, without much success.

Watch hoarder. I have 60+ options each morning when I arise, something I enjoy.

Hoarder. Buy only watches that fit a larger vision and direction of a collection. Buy only watches that can fill a role required for a collection that are timeless in style, and if you choose wisely, they will be.

I have completed my collection. In part, because I set parameters for the collection and partly because I loath the prospect of eating the depreciation that will be included in any trade.

Only let 2 go in many years, so I'm definitely a hoarder.

Sell? What is that? Definitely a hoarder. I just hope I don't end up with an Isle of Misfit Toys situation. Thankfully, I love and wear all my watches (for now/ but 1 more is coming).

I'm a bit fickle. I'm one in one out usually. My collection currently stands at 6 with maybe 2 keepers. I've sold maybe 15 watches. If find it hard to justify keeper a watch I don't wear often unless it's super affordable.

Funny that most people in the poll admit to hoarding - I'm in that camp too. But if that's the case, why are there so many second-hand watch listings???

(A: "Selection bias")

My mother, sister and maternal aunt were all true hoarders. I'll be damned if I let that happen to me.

I collect what I love, and keep those given to me as gifts or heirlooms. So by this definition, I'm a collector. I neither hoard (i.e. constant acquiring and keeping for fear of losing, or losing out), nor do I buy and sell.

Dunno which I'd be, I try to keep my core collection to 6/7 so operate a fairly strict one in one out policy so my collection keeps improving 🤔

Personally, I do a lot of thinking and soul searching before purchasing anything so I don’t end up flipping anything I own. I hate that feeling of buying something(like a luxury watch) only to have buyer remorse once you own it. Of course I avoid hoarding and keeping my watch collection to a manageable quantity. This helps me have maximum enjoyment with the very select pieces I decide to own. I guess a “less is more” approach to collecting.

This is easy...never sold a watch.

I have given away a lot of watches, but never sold one.

I think this is the more enlightened approach to collecting, which I only wish I could follow more strictly. And it brings up a good point - you are neither a hoarder nor a flipper if you curate only a small collection of keepers. I'm hoping to pare down my bloated collection over the next few years to get to this point.

I don't buy things to sell them. I buy things I want.