Horological Meandering

Hi

I'm not sure anyone of you are like me, trying hard but in vain to maintain the number of pieces in our collection (meaning also wearing them). My reason is simple as I like to wear my pieces as often as I can so I get to spend max quality wrist time with them, without feeling guilty of leaving one collecting dust.

So I have always tried to maintain a 3-watch policy. Obviously that hasn't worked well for me as I've still in my collection, 5 watches. A patek, lange, journe and a couple speedies.

I admit I'm not rich enough to keep on buying watches which I fancy (darn, you know the curse, you like every piece you come across!). So I tried to impose this 3-watch policy by offload some before I get another.

So what's your quota? How do you discipline yourself? it's an open discussion.

enjoy

Mech.

At any given time the quota - never to be exceeded - is "current collection, plus one".

;-)

 

Cheers,

pplater.

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I endeavor to wear my watches often.  Preferably, I wear my dress/work watches once a week, and my weekend watches every other week.  Anything less and I am hard pressed to justify the amount of capital tied up in the piece.  When I previously owned a greater number of watches, certain pieces would go unworn for many weeks at a time.  I do not own watches to sit around gathering dust.  Rather, I own them to wear them . . . I derive pleasure from wearing my watches.  For me personally, wearing a watch ten times a year is not enought to justify the capital investment.  I prefer to own fewer watches of superior quality, and wear them more often, so as to maximize my enjoyment.

Craig

I would probably do best with about ten watches. However, I have many more. My tastes seem to change, so even when I have a watch that does not get much wear I tend to hold on to it in case I once again get interested in wearing it.

is to have 3 good pieces to hand down to each of my children.  Its a noble reason for me to divert my resources.

All the watches which add something to my collection.

Another golden rule: My Banker.

So,  1 and 2 are my watch quota.

Best,

Nicolas

haha,

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is always the best rule.....

however I believe in wearing all that I have- if not I rather sell them so someone else may
enjoy them

Cheers

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he/she is a watch addict like as.......

but then he would be a bad banker....lol

Enjoy your Sunday my friend

Cheers

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feel not guilty (as Nicolas might pledge)...LOL wear lef and rigt hand, morning, afternoon and nite different one...good luck

hahaha. any more factors?

cheers

Pat

my limit is one fewer watch than the point at which the words "invested" or "capital" need to be considered in connection with my collection.

Ginger
This message has been edited by Ginger on 2009-11-08 07:57:15

Finances is the usual limiting factor.

I liked your post. I thought I was the only guy who felt guilty for not wearing the watches I own. I try to wear to at least occasionally all of mine but it does get to be a bit of a problem. My guess is that I own around 45 watches as follows:

Panerai (6)
Zenith (5)
Bell & Ross (8)
Blanc Pain (2)
Ulysses Nardin (3)
Richard Mille (1)
Audermars Piguet (4)
Dewitt (1)
U-Boat (1)
Rolex (1)
Roger Dubuis (1)
Jaeger LeCoultre (4)
IWC (4)
Cartier (1)
Jerome Romain (1)
Chopard (2)

Of these 7 of them are Tourbillons. The big problem I have is resisting buying new watches. I've got to tell you I just love them. When I see a watch I like I have a hard time resisting it.

When you look at all this, like you purchased the watches to actually wear, you put yourself in a quandry (not much different than feeling you need to watch everything you record on TIVO). You just can't do it. So the other way to look at it is as a collector. That way it seems OK to purchase and own watches you don't wear much.

Mudhead.

... and reasoning is out of the equation in watch issues ... lol... I gotta admit that i've been going through the exact dilemma. I realized that having a collection with less watches, but "REAL" watches, was the logically evolution. 1st they get more wrist time, and i end up loving them more and more. 2nd, i don't feel bad for neglecting some nice pieces. 3rd, i am leaving room for the "+1" watch .... u know that +1 that makes us all go forward in that craziness...lol....
Ah, to get back to the quota, 4-5 watches :
1- daily, casual, sporty
2- Perpetual Calendar. Love that complication
3- tourbillon. Its a must
4- Timezone.
5- The next one


I can put it in another way. The must in my collection that would satisfy me fully and would all get decent wrist time :
1- A Rolex
2- An IWC
3- A JLC
4- A Lange & Sohne
5- ???.. Still thinking about it

Great post

... its already fastidious enough like that )))
Hopefully, next week i should have good news

K

Can't wait to discover it!

Best,

Nicolas

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as long as they fit into my current theme(s) then there is no limit. i've been as high as about 300 and as low as 12. i'm currently on 45 with 1 going out and 3 coming in shortly so that will make 47 before i start looking or saving for my next one.

i must add that my wishlist grows quicker than my watch numbers which is a bad sign.

i really do have an addiction problem as i 'got into' local welsh pottery about 3 years ago and before i knew it i had 100 pieces. i'm now going to offload them all at once to a dealer for a pittance just to make space.

its all good fun.

Graham

. . . all of which are hand-me-downs from Dad; I have options on another ten, seven of which have been exercised, so I'm down to three open positions. And yes, thirteen is one of my favorite numbers ;-) . . . cordially, Art

... in my watch case. I call it the elevator theory; one must exit before another comes in. The advantage is in the discipline of supposed refrain from over indulgence. But honestly, it gives me immense satisfaction to see my collection gradually upgrade over time.

LP

I think 5 is feasible for me though.  Only problem is it's difficult to keep firm with my quota, and it doesn't help that selling a watch is a pain in the behind 

Cheers,
Anthony

This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2009-11-10 09:09:22