Horological Meandering

sidneyc
2009

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You've made a good start Kari

I also have consolidated my collection over the past couple of years. My consolidation was by far on a much smaller scale but the aim is the same, end up with a bunch of watches that I love to own AND be able to wear.

Previously I've mentioned elsewhere that I'd like to keep a maximum of 8 pieces of high end watches, symbolically one to rotate each day of the week, plus an extra spot for a watch back to service, even though my wearing habit is not to rotate on a daily basis, hence it's just a justification for the limit imposed. Of the 8 pieces they must be watches that I love dearly, from my favourite brands/watchmakers, and there are to be no duplicates in brand. So far, 4 of those spots are taken and one due later this year. The remaining spots will be very carefully filled over time. The intention is that once I reach 8 high end pieces, any new candidates will be compared to the existing 8, and can only be added to the collection by replacing an existing piece, so unless I find the new candidate more desirable than one of my existing watches, I cannot buy it.

Hopefully, by having a rule down like this and being disciplined enough to respect this rule, I'll be able to enjoy wearing the ones I own and also in the mean time save money churning watches over a long period of time

As for the regular watches (MSRP <$8k) I don't have a strict limit right now but the head count currently stands at 4. I'm a lot more rational in this range for some reason so even without an imposed limit, I feel that I have what I need already.