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After over three years, a major effort in reducing the collection from over 60 to 12! I'm done (that's what I'm trying to convince myself)! Sure took a while and it was one heck of a difficult journey of decisions. In some cases, just to let go, and in many others, letting go of a few while consider
I’d love to hear more details on your thought process and how you managed it. How many of the original 60 made it into the final 12? I think a lot of us contemplate downsizing the collection, great to have a successful case study like you to prove it can be done! 😀 BTW - I think we should all turn this into the rnaden 5K posts appreciation thread. Thanks for all your contributions here over the years! NickO
Would also love to hear what 48 had to go and what your delightful dozen looks like
But as a summary, my process of elimination was based on : 1. Legibility - if I struggled to read it it had to do, and this included functions like dates 2. Wearability - if it tired my wrist after just a few hours 3. Too blingy 4. Too recognizable 5. Functions I don’t use And funny you asked that question of how many remained in the final 12....I just did a quick take and counted just 4 that might make the mark depending on the criteria.
I'm impressed, a lot, that you managed to go from 60 to 12. I try never get to 60 ;-) but so far I haven't managed to let go a single watch. I know though that it's time to get on that difficult journey. Looking forward to reading your story about the tough decisions. Congrats, again. Daniel
From 60 to 12 is certainly a huge effort that I probably would not be able to do
but I had no idea you were reducing it from 60 to 12. I have 6 and am hoping to get to 12 one day!!
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