I see very much the dilemma. MY solution is to look whether (i) I have been wearing the watch over the last year and/or (ii) if I have any concrete doubt.
The majority of the watches for which I had a doubt all finally went … and the watch(es) which I liked but that I ended up not not wearing anymore also went (not because they are not nice but because they are not fitting me anymore).
I guess over time our taste(s) changes.
Usually also the consolidation leads to me buying 1-2 “nicer/better” watches instead of multiple rarely used one…
Maybe an interacting ring read for all, namely how do we deal with the collecting, consolidation etc?