Consolidation - target vs actual

[roystock]

I suspect most of us have been through / are going through or thought about consolidation.
As the watch collection grew from 1 to 2 to 5 to 10 to "loss count", most will be tempted to sell some, buy a good one and quit this addiction.

So my question is - what's your experience?
Do you know anyone who achieves "Zen", how / or how many watches did they ended up with?
Or did you go thru this route but submitted to dark side again?
Let's have a fun sharing


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[asimo]

There is no such thing as a Good One.. people are always fill with temptation and wants... I think we should be discipline and FOCUS on needs (i.e. Working watch /weekend or sport watches , etc) and probably 1-2 "WANTS" .. I think in total maximum 4-5 watches will be Ideal !

[rnsm1979]

hm...this will be very hard
there is always something interesting comes up in between which spoil the initial plan 

[G.MAC]

Consolidated my collection. Numbers went down for a while. Then I get itchy and buy smalls to consolidate for a good one. Rinse and repeat.

[dualcarb]

Consolidation did come to mind once upon a time. But when it came to actually selling a watch off, it is more difficult than expected. I thought that I will keep on buying. One fine day, I just felt that my last watch really was my last watch. It has been seven months since my last purchase, and I have yet to have the urge to get another. Although, this has not stopped me from browsing the forums and looking at watches. I just don't have that urge anymore, not that I don't love watches. I still do. I just felt like as much as I rotate, or try to rotate, I just don't give enough wrist time to all of them.

[phat7]

Understand where you're coming from. I had the same problem in the early days. Sold a few not within my collection objective. But I still do tend to stray but when it gets bad, I get out my cleaning tools and start detailing the watches in my collection. After all that hard work I swear I'd never add another but hey it's never worked.

[leewae91]

i've been buying,selling and trading my pieces alot lately, but the pieces that i keep are usually ones that i find iconic (think a design that sort of defines the brand's image) enough to stay with me

[roystock]

Consolidation did come to mind once upon a time. But when it came to actually selling a watch off, it is more difficult than expected. I thought that I will keep on buying. One fine day, I just felt that my last watch really was my last watch. It has been seven months since my last purchase, and I have yet to have the urge to get another. Although, this has not stopped me from browsing the forums and looking at watches. I just don't have that urge anymore, not that I don't love watches. I still do. I just felt like as much as I rotate, or try to rotate, I just don't give enough wrist time to all of them.

Congrats I have achieved "zen" - where one is content with what he has. I hope I will be there soon

Consolidated my collection. Numbers went down for a while. Then I get itchy and buy smalls to consolidate for a good one. Rinse and repeat.

The only problem with this tactic, for me - those flings do not last long. It is difficult for them to wristle wristtime from some nicer pieces

[roystock]

The fact that many are still in this forum and replied within 24 hours suggest hat most are still in the hunting mood
 

[meoramri]

The fact that many are still in this forum and replied within 24 hours suggest hat most are still in the hunting mood
 

LoL yup, still collecting 

[hanz079]

I dunno bout you guys but I reached a period where I am just sick and tired of hunting for pieces.
I know some said the fun is in the hunt. But for me, it just gets tiring after awhile.
Even ADs that i frequented and spent alot of money on is not able to keep their promises.
There are always a bigger shark out there that drops serious cash on watches without blinking.
And not to mention countless problems I have encountered with so called haute horology pieces and the excuse of "well, it's a fine hand made piece of art. Surely there will be some minor problems here and there" REALLY?
So in the end, I set my aim for one watch. And end it...
But I still have 4 now... So I am not sure it is Zen or not. lol

[D'Andy]

Well, Hanz, your DaytonaC was supposed to be your end game watch; so if it did indeed scratched that itch, then congratulations, mate!

I've been there- adding watches into my collection but found myself predominantly wearing a couple of pieces only, so I went on a consolidation phase and cleaned the slate, then starting adding pieces again. I had my quantity>quality phase, micro-brand phase, big cases phase, titanium watches phase, bronze watches phase, buy-for-mods phase, quality>quantity phase, etc. These days, I am more selective with my purchases and limit my watches to the size of the winders in the house. Therefore, some watches were purely for catch-and-release (just to look see-look see and update my watch blog, then off they go to real owners whom could give them wrist times); and for those that I intended to keep on, I would flip a piece from the existing collection to keep to the quota. Worked (somewhat) so far...

[Timeless]

I believe most of ours taste or desire keep changing from time to time, kinda like an endless hunting game at this point in time.

[roystock]

I believe most of ours taste or desire keep changing from time to time, kinda like an endless hunting game at this point in time.

The hunting is getting taxing and that's why I am thinking of stopping, if I can find my ultimate target.


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[G.MAC]

For me, the hunt is getting boring. A visit to ADs and my regular haunt for watches would result in a case of "nothing new" and "been there, done that". Whilst i still enjoy seeing new models at my dealer, occasions such as these are rare to come by. Most of the time the new releases are laden with heavy premiums and/or long waiting list at the AD to the point that by the time these pieces reach me, the flame has already died down. Case on point is the current Daytona Ceramic where every piece i saw is well above retail and my turn at the AD still has not come to the point that after more than a year, I just don't give two hoots about it anymore.

Having said that, I am now in the market for a Rolex Daytona 16520 R series. No luck so far.

[Cocas]

The fact that many are still in this forum and replied within 24 hours suggest hat most are still in the hunting mood
 

LoL yup, still collecting 

yeah keep collecting

[el118]

i am blessed that I read an article written by a veteran WIS about watch collecting when I first started, and learnt to refrain myself from impulse purchase. over the years I managed to limit my "wrong" purchases that were subsequently flipped to less than a handful, and I kept those I found them worth keeping in a handful.

I could understand what Hanz said about the poor quality of the Haute horology watch, simply irritating and I would recommend those trying to be more "sophisticated" collector who look down on Rolex to think twice.

[hanz079]

I agree... Rolex being as common as they are remains the best when it comes to reliability and ownership peace of mind.
Arguments against Rolex normally focus on their "commonness" so to speak...
If money is no object, the White Gold Pepsi is on i think worthy of a 2nd look.
Maybe one day... problem with full gold Rolexes is that after every price increase, the RRP jumps at least 10k... it sorta just becomes unattainable... lol