Do you "retire" watches or do you own "retired" watches?

By "retire" or "retired", I mean watches that you no longer wear [or have never worn] but continue to own. They may be "retired" due to sentimental value and/or monetary value and further wear and/or possible damage is not desired.

 

You mean like this?

 

By that you mean "do people own watches that should be made available to others at great prices instead of just getting tucked away, since they are not getting worn anymore?"

 

Well,

WHAT'S IN THERE?!?!!

If I'm gonna do this, then either I'm being too anal-compulsive and/or I'm paying too much for them...

 

everybody loves their watches and we all have sentimental reasons for hanging on to them.

but unless it's a significant collectible or you have them in a rotation (limiting that wear and possible damage) then they really are doing nothing other than stinking up the nest.

I've got about 30 that I haven't worn for at least 5 years and I s h o u l d move them on but I CBF with the effort of listing them somewhere (even here).

and that doesn't include all of the "parts" corpses littering my watch locker.

 

I have one that is semi retired, my first issued watch, and I’m regularly pondering whether to keep it or sell it— but for me a watch must be worn, so I make an effort to wear it on occasion. I guess it looks quite nice, so well meaning pals are urging me to keep it.

 

Have several retired due to just not having the opportunity to wear them where I live and have too many watches

Do have some I got two years ago and haven't put a strap on yet or serviced as have too many watches

Did find one this year that I forgot I had bought several years ago. One of a few that arrived whilst I was away with work and had a quick look when I got home and ended up in a draw that it shouldn't have been. ( you know that draw where placemats are that you never look below the top few placemats as its only got placemats in )

 

This one:



It was my Dad's watch. He bought it in 1961 or 62 and had it serviced once, I think, a few years ago. It still keeps good time but I'll never wear it so I see no point in servicing it. I know I'd always regret selling it and so it lives in a box.

 

Bought this because it was red, in lovely condition and had a great caseback, bought a nice striped nato to go with it and have never worn it! Also can’t get round to putting it up for sale.

 

Not so far ... everything I have was a carefully considered purchase . But that said, as soon as life stops coming at me like the business end of a firehose, I need to do a tutorial on Parcel Pro and cull the herd.

 

I put mine out to stud.

 

i have a watch graveyard i suppose? its a watchbox for the old watches of my younger years which were mainly quartz pieces ive owned going back to when I was a teenager.

 

that is certainly a very vibrant piece

 

I just realised I've filled my watchbox

The oldest is the Swatch and the rest have built up over the last 2 1/2 years. The newest at bottom right arrived yesterday. they all get outings depending on mood/circumstances from family events (inherited Rolex) to rotation watches (currently SARB017/2255.80/Glycine Airman 18 and the new 2521.81) to holiday beaters (The Orient Mako/Seiko 5/Marathon) and the others when the mood takes me.

Nothing actually retired as such, just some get more wrist time than others

 

I too have a semi-retired watch. It's one of the first vintage watches that I bought years ago when I was exploring what bumper automatics were all about, but it was before I fully understood what condition-condition-condition meant. I've had it serviced, and have tried hard to bond with it. But when I go rooting through my watch box, there's always another more interesting watch that catches my eye.

 

Bought a vintage Breitling and a vintage Omega Chronostop some years ago. With my limited knowledge I’m not even sure what I have with those two. As soon as I get enough posts maybe I will post them for sale and get educated and they will go to a proper home

 

Yes, correct, bingo, absolutely, afreed, ditto, sure, no question, just my 2 cents

 

It would have to be this vintage Tradition watch, I have purchased it few years back and it has always been sitting around. A very thin dressy piece

 

I have some retired pocket watch movements and cases that I keep for parts.