I've been thinking about this quite a bit recently after some posts by Tony clockbloke and Mike pollyc on what watch they could buy if they sold their collections.
One of the things I like about Seikos is how affordable a great many of them are, and I pride myself on being (necessarily!) pretty frugal. Recently had to admit though, that around 20 Seikos between £20-£150 all of which I bought because they were 'affordable' is kind of excessive if I'm collecting to wear, rather than collecting to collect.
So have begun the process of moving on some of my collection (mostly the modern stuff or older watches I have multiples of). Some of the funds are going back into savings or imminent-baby fund (and imminent baby's watch fund!) but I've also put aside enough to start to look at watches I once might have thought of as prohibitively expensive. The truth is that selling a few of my 'affordables' gave me more than enough for a used one of these:
(I know, I know - along with my OM this is probably the watch I own that has appeared most on the current 'watches you hate' thread!)
Here are some casualties of consolidation (some left a while back). Funnily enough the one of these I miss most is the very affordable SNK flieger!:
So what do you guys think is the ideal number of watches? Personally I quite like the idea of being able to fit everything in my 12 pillow watch box, and knowing each one gets regular wear...
One of the things I like about Seikos is how affordable a great many of them are, and I pride myself on being (necessarily!) pretty frugal. Recently had to admit though, that around 20 Seikos between £20-£150 all of which I bought because they were 'affordable' is kind of excessive if I'm collecting to wear, rather than collecting to collect.
So have begun the process of moving on some of my collection (mostly the modern stuff or older watches I have multiples of). Some of the funds are going back into savings or imminent-baby fund (and imminent baby's watch fund!) but I've also put aside enough to start to look at watches I once might have thought of as prohibitively expensive. The truth is that selling a few of my 'affordables' gave me more than enough for a used one of these:

(I know, I know - along with my OM this is probably the watch I own that has appeared most on the current 'watches you hate' thread!)
Here are some casualties of consolidation (some left a while back). Funnily enough the one of these I miss most is the very affordable SNK flieger!:

So what do you guys think is the ideal number of watches? Personally I quite like the idea of being able to fit everything in my 12 pillow watch box, and knowing each one gets regular wear...