What do you class as a sensible number of a Watch collection?

[NH_Vintage 115]

Hopefully a light hearted conversation starter...

What do you consider the ideal number for a Watch collection?

 

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[deju 1,889]

1....

[Philiusmaximus 5,065]

2 minimum

1 daily

1 formal

 

[FudgyDocker 3,509]

Different answers from different people here. You'd get answers from some as '1', and some on here have over 300...

Glad you used the word 'ideal', and not 'sensible'! Personally, I have about 46, reps and gens, and I think that may be too many. Doesn't stop me wanting to buy more, though!

[NH_Vintage 115]

Different answers from different people here. You'd get answers from some as '1', and some on here have over 300...

Glad you used the word 'ideal', and not 'sensible'! Personally, I have about 46, reps and gens, and I think that may be too many. Doesn't stop me wanting to buy more, though!

That being said I can see I've cross contaminated my own post with both "Sensible" and "ideal"

Just shows how indecisive I really am!

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[APjumbo 3,032]

8 ……..of each major brand.

Except submariners, they get their own 8 slots

So about 72 is ideal

Maybe room for 3 Casio so make it an even 75.

This isn’t counting parts watches in case you need a spare movement or crown.

Yah, 75 for sure

[Abe Fromen 1,623]

As many as you can afford without compromising your financial status or your marriage. 

I once had close to 20 but now down to a slowly rotating five or six. 

[NH_Vintage 115]

I tend to suffer from buyers guilt, ie if I have too many watches sitting unworn I need to start a spring clean.

Definitely considering slimming down to 6 ish pieces.


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[BM284 1,522]

1 hour ago, Essex_Loupe said:

I tend to suffer from buyers guilt, ie if I have too many watches sitting unworn I need to start a spring clean.

Definitely considering slimming down to 6 ish pieces.


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Ha  good luck with that!! 

[Junior88 388]

All of them. 'Nuff said. 

[fatarms 7,795]

No more than 12 at a time, that's how many the box holds. 

[Mystery Shopper 5,887]

They add up quick. A couple of Pams, Rolex, Omega, APs, PPs & Breitlings and all of a sudden, there is a dozen. 

[Intresting 21,712]

changes with seasons, circumstances, and tastes.  ebbs and flows.  

[edwinowl 180]

I’ve been up and down the numbers for years now. Had max about 30 at one time then got into building over on HF. Then that fad waned and started gen collecting. I feel about 6 is the right number with a mix of quality. 2 nice gens. 2 builds and a couple of high end reps. We’re all different I suppose. 

[brang1 4,074]

if you don't have 27.5 watches you are not serious- this hobby is way out of reach for you

[Horace Derwent 811]

2 hours ago, Mystery Shopper said:

They add up quick. A couple of Pams, Rolex, Omega, APs, PPs & Breitlings and all of a sudden, there is a dozen. 

And then this and that, VC here, Blancpain there, and also a couple of Breguets' oh yes, why not ?

 

And suddenly, 25 Reps and counting for me

[edwinowl 180]

1 hour ago, brang1 said:

if you don't have 27.5 watches you are not serious- this hobby is way out of reach for you

I’ve got several .5 watches. Ie broken ones. 
And as for those Yoke springs. Don’t get me started. 

[NH_Vintage 115]

A little trick I've learned is, get someone to buy them as gifts for you.... They don't count as numbers in the collection, right?

Thus leading to adding more of your own purchases to the SOTC

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[Mystery Shopper 5,887]

41 minutes ago, Horace Derwent said:

And then this and that, VC here, Blancpain there, and also a couple of Breguets' oh yes, why not ?

 

And suddenly, 25 Reps and counting for me

A couple of vintage watches as a nod to the history. Then the same watch with different coloured faces and suddenly the number keeps growing...

[Hot Little Xixi 12]

I'm buying reps the way other girls buy shoes...

I started out two years ago admiring my boyfriend's Rolex reps and got the bug from him. It's an STD I guess...

  I had one Rolex rep and a one-watch winder. Then I realized I needed different Rolexes to go with different outfits...I bought a four-watch winder. Then another four-watch winder. Now I just bought my third four-watch winder. When he complains about me buying another rep I put in on my wrist and show him my winding technique... 

I'm a really bad girl... 

Edited April 27, 2023 by Hot Little Xixi
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[Michel78 8]

I think 365 watches is an acceptable amount

 

But more seriously 1/2 daily with steel strap, 1 elegant on leather, 1 you don't mind damaging, 1 more fancy

seem good collection

 

[docholiday08 3]

Enough to fill the bathtub with....then maybe then I'll stop buying.....MAYBE

[NH_Vintage 115]

I think 365 watches is an acceptable amount
 
But more seriously 1/2 daily with steel strap, 1 elegant on leather, 1 you don't mind damaging, 1 more fancy
seem good collection
 

Acceptable behind the wife's back lol.

Your serious version sounds pretty spot on to me!

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[Hot Little Xixi 12]

I suppose you could buy 20 reps of the exact same watch, just from different factories and with different movements so your wife thinks you only have one rep if she's got you pussywhipped. 

[Hot Little Xixi 12]

Oh, it does work. A pussywhipped guy who flies RC helicopters with my boyfriend has several helicopters. All of them are yellow ( like him) and his wife thinks he only has one helicopter because she always sees him with a yellow one. My boyfriend said they're not even the same type helicopters but she doesn't know one from another. Pathetic...