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To me 6 real good watches is the ideal amount to have in the stable.
That’s 5 days of wrist time every month for each watch. Perfect!
Thoughts about collecting
Hello there, I had a question that maybe you can help to find peace. I have been collecting for about 8 years, with a decent collection of like 30 watches. The situation is I love them all and I don’t really like to let things go, which is a bit of a both...
You can sell/trade any of them, BUT
Think carefully what you might let go, because you know the current prices. Journe is the one whose values have skyrocketed, that's why you might have achieved a significant increase but once it's gone it would be tough to get it back. 30 watches is a big...
Give a piece to a friend for a while. If you don't miss it at all, it is time for you to let it go. You have to let some pieces go to buy something else. Unless money is not a problem, there is no other choice.
But be careful. There are pieces which will be very difficult to replace, because of the price which is reaching the sky with time passing, or because of their scarcity. Best, Nicolas
Very interesting question... I think collecting goes with phases, as you did, I have accumulated many watches (30+ of a wide range in value from a few $ vintages to several thousands of $) and could not imagine not keeping all of them.
Then you start to evolve in your tastes and acknowledge that some pieces should go both in terms of funding new watches and in terms of interest. I try now to keep the ones that have a sentimental value, and those which are rare or with an interest from a...
Yours truly also can't afford to keep buying and just buying. I think it boils down to priorities and revitalizing your collection.
I traded a WG Daytona and AP RO blue dial to acquire my FPJ. I loved those 2, which I had in my collection for years and wore routinely. But faced with getting a FPJ at retail, and having enjoyed the Datona and AP for years, I felt the urge to revitalize ...
Before you sell something, "hide" it from yourself for a few months.
See if you miss it. Then see how you react to it when you "find" it. The hope is to avoid making a decision you later regret.
I have about 120 watches; and it's not the largest collection here, I'm sure
Granted mine are watches that cost between $500 and $25,000 so I am not in the upper atmosphere in the watch universe, and I have been collecting for about 25 years. Some I could let go, sure. I have sold/traded probably another 50, and I could stand to g...
To me 6 real good watches is the ideal amount to have in the stable.
That’s 5 days of wrist time every month for each watch. Perfect!