I feel you! My personal limit would be 7 watches. That way, every piece has the chance to at least be worn once a week.
@cjoedaniel If I were you I would observe the wrist time each watch gets to have over a long enough period of time (maybe 2 months?). Make an Excel sheet where you enter what watch has been worn what day. Over time you will probably become more aware over what pieces you tend to pick vs. which ones get left behind.
G GregBeOriginal poster here. I switched things up a bit. I wound up liking the Planet Ocean a little more and traded rhe Seamaster 300M for this Aqua Terra. Here is where I am at for the moment. I think this gives me a little more variety.
G GregBeOriginal poster here. I switched things up a bit. I wound up liking the Planet Ocean a little more and traded rhe Seamaster 300M for this Aqua Terra. Here is where I am at for the moment. I think this gives me a little more variety.
Great job consolidating down to two. My long term goal is a 5-watch collection (subject to change repeatedly ):
G GregBeAppreciate it! Of that group, the Doxa is the one I regretted letting go the most.
I’m somewhat in awe and my wife would adore you... but, there’s no way I could whittle down my collection to two watches, no way, no how. Too much time and effort invested over the decades. Each watch has a story to tell, some personal others just business.
Too far down the rabbit hole. I made a nice little collage of some of my utility watches, maybe I’ll make a mobile of the dress watches... crazy huh?
G GregBeOriginal poster here. I switched things up a bit. I wound up liking the Planet Ocean a little more and traded rhe Seamaster 300M for this Aqua Terra. Here is where I am at for the moment. I think this gives me a little more variety.
G GregBeThanks everyone. It wasn't easy, but here was my thought process.
-First off, I would consider myself a chronic flipper, with nothing staying in my collection, typically for more than 3-4 months so I have owned hundreds of watches, never really exceeding for than 5-6 watches at a time. I have tried a lot.
-I learned over the years that I like dive watches. I like the robustness, water resistance, the look, and I always reach for them when choosing from my watch box. Business casual at work, so never had the feeling of needing something dressier.
-I started with Seiko and micro brands, moved up in value including tons of Omega (Speedmaster, Aqua Terra, many Seamasters, many Planet Oceans) and Tudor (Black Bays in all colors, Pelagos in both colors, Heritage Chrono in all colors), stopping at the highest end and priciest for me at Rolex, (Sub, Explorer, both colors of the Explorer II, and a Datejust II)
-Came to the conclusion that the two brands that I loved wearing the most, brought me the most pride, and struck a balance for me between prestige, enjoyment, and value were easily Omega and Tudor.
-3 watches total would probably be my ideal number, but after selling everything off, 2 seemed right to get me what I was looking for without dipping into my checking account and just using watch sale funds for the new purchases.
-I was initially going to get one Omega and one Tudor, but the Planet Ocean and the Seamaster 300M were my top two choices, with the Pelagos a close runner up.
-For those that were asking, these 5 watches were my most recent over the past couple of months that made the sacrifice to get to my two.
The Longines Legend Diver is a nice watch!
I had one for a while but mine was the date and I just did not like it on this watch, the ND is the winner for sure of the two.
I loved the strap it came on but really had fun with it on NATO straps.
I've got my collection down to 25 and I think I am really making progress with this life laundry thing.
