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Let me start by saying I never meant to reach 12 watches. I brought the SRPD73K1 and the GA2100 to replace an older smart watch that I didn't like using any longer. Many have been through the collection and it could easily have been more watches sat in this picture.

It's definitely the first time I've looked at what I had an I've wondered why I have so many and I'm mainly wearing the SSK001 these days so I'm seriously considering selling all but that.

I think I'm mainly questioning myself at this point and whether I can truly justify keeping 12 or whether any of you fellow enthusiasts would suggest trimming it down a little bit.

Any input would be appreciated!

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[–] Lucky-Macaroon4958@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

do what you want lol. If you do want to get rid I would say get rid of watches from the same company so you have a variety in that regard

[–] drgonx@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago
[–] zilog88@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sell all (or keep one), get one GS/Seiko Promaster as a daily. In the end you only have one hand to wear those.

[–] esvegateban@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

There isn't such a thing as a Seiko Promaster.

[–] vawhitewater@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] RobbersTwo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You have a quartz grab and go in the bulova, a gshock, a watch with a timing bezel, dress watch, and a watch for being outside. This is really all you need.

[–] notausername14@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I'm mostly in agreement with you.

I'd swap the traditionally finished jubilee bracelet on the GMT with the all brushed jubilee next to it. Speaking from experience of owning both, full brushed jubilee is way more versatile, ages more gracefully, and is so much easier to restore.

I could take or leave the blue field watch... Busier dials like that are just not my thing at all.

I might swap the gray g-shock for an identical model but in a darker color, if I was dead set on having a g-shock.

But for my own lifestyle, I'd probably sell everything but the GMT and get myself a tasteful Explorer or Datejust homage from a microbrand as a daily - such as a Lorier Falcon or Astra, or Traska Commuter. Those watches work in virtually every situation and have the better water resistance than the Seiko 5. If they're worn daily, there's no need to worry about setting them and, if you ever do, it takes no time at all.

[–] impostersabs@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I would definitely trim/upgrade. Keep the SSK since thats what you wear and one of the gshocks. Maybe another watch if anythings senitmental.

Thats like 9 watches you can sell off. Use that money and buy 1 nicer watch.

[–] likethevegetable@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Too much overlap. Would drive me crazy.

[–] spitfyre667@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I'd keep the Flightmaster. The rest isnt completely my style, although i also somewhat like the Seiko GMT und the Citizen Diver in the top, second frem left.

[–] Hydnmeister@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need more variety. All of your watches just kind of blend together and nothing really stands out. I'd keep the white g shock and seiko gmt and sell everything else.

[–] esvegateban@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

My thoughts exactly!

[–] VerySlowQuicksand@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Genuinely curious: what led you to get both the Seiko GMT and the Seiko Diver? I get that they have different functions and the GMT has the magnified date window, but other than that they’re identical. I’m new to collecting and curious about what other collectors consider

[–] CaptainPhukflaps@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I needed a new watch and brought myself the Seiko Diver. I got the Seiko GMT used, cheap, sub £200, needed some rebrushing and polishing. The intention was to sell it but I fell in love with it and it's ended up pushing everything else out.

[–] Mawaqeet@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Flightmaster really stands from the crowd

[–] brichardson7@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I would definitely trim some fat. Then you have cash on hand to get something new that catches your eye, or to use for some different straps

[–] max1sm@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] BoxBoxBox55@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best suggestion. It clears up direct over lap while still having variety. OP can trim down further if something is not getting worn, or fill in the 4 gaps with better variety.

[–] dr1nni@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If I were you I'd give one away to the user named u/dr1nni

[–] GFCallsMePapi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] quaefus_rex@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Keep the GMT, the pro master, the white citizen, and your favorite gshock. Maybe the Seiko at the bottom too for a small beater. Then if you decide to upgrade or expand later, you’ll be in a better place for either

[–] totally_interesting@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean you’re not gonna get much for any of these watches, even combined.

[–] metadatame@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This here is the unfortunate truth

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[–] TantiveIVfromATL@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If it was me, I'd keep the Seiko SSK001 and sell off everything else.

[–] Joebroni1414@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I'd sell all of them except the newer casio, and the blue faced Citizens diver and spend the $$$ on something nicer...maybe a Longines, Sinn, or Chris Ward, but thats me, I never have more than 3 watches at a time, and i don't like busy watches, or field watches

[–] sloopSD@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly would probably only keep the chronograph and sell the rest.

[–] Objective-Cod4160@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I’m not sure about that bulova but I’m not a fan of fashion watches. Lots of overlap like everyone said

[–] esvegateban@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You do you, don't come to the internet to ask what to do and be told what to do. Our opinions are subjective and shouldn't matter to you (baring technical advice). That being said, and you having come here to be told what to do: Sell them all. All are ugly, irrelevant, or both.

Yeah, the GMT is probably the better looking of the lot (but do you really need and use the GMT?), and the white G-Shock is the most useful, I'd keep the G-Shock but I cycle, run, swim whenever I can, etc. The Flightmaster probably isn't irrelevant, but who needs a watch like that?

[–] JohnnyFootball08@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Whatever the speedmaster homage is, get rid of it

[–] Milestailsprowe@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Get rid of all but three. A G Shock, A Dressier and one of the sports watch's. After those three just get nicer piece's.

[–] beautyundressed-@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The effort to sell inexpensive watches would do me in. I’d just give them away to friends.

[–] RobbersTwo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Lovely watches.

How many do you actually need? Which ones get the most wrist time?

Of those, you probably need two or three. Sell the rest and invest in something that will yield a proper return or buy a nice piece of art for your wall.

[–] CXyber@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I would sell them all for higher priced watches, less is more

[–] yathree@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Man, that speedy homage is criminal 😅

[–] sigmonater@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Set up a raffle where people can enter for $1. First winner gets first pick and so on until they’re all gone. Get a big enough audience, and you’ll be able to afford a really nice watch in no time. Beats trying to sell them individually.

[–] privatesam@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Get rid of the speedy knock off

[–] themanebeat@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You should sell the Flightmaster

Preferably to me

[–] Korben_Dallas_505@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You have a few pieces that I like. A couple years ago I almost got one of those Citizen day dates next to the promaster, I don’t know the ref. And I have a ny0040 promaster. But since you asked, I would say sell everything except the flighty and start over. A while back I sold about 20 of my old quartz and some autos that I wasn’t wearing; to fund a couple mid tier pieces. Recently I have been contemplating selling everything and getting an Aqua Terra as a 1 watch collection. For example having something like 6 watches will help to prolong servicing but eventually they will all require maintenance within something like 20 years since the oils will dry up over time despite how much or little you’ve worn them. It’s something to consider if you are an enthusiast on a budget like myself and probably a lot of us. My thinking is, an AT that will theoretically need a service every 10 years which from what I’ve heard is about $700; may be cheaper than maintaining 6 over time. Plus you might get more enjoyment from one badass piece that you wear all the time and collects a lifetime of memories. You obviously don’t have to follow this advice, it’s just where I’m at on my journey but it does seem like a common place to get to after collecting for a while. Anyways good luck with the collection.

[–] tigersgeaux@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Sell whatever you don’t wear. I also don’t like too much redundancy so I’d sell similar watches.

[–] MoccaLG@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

On my preference i would sell all and go for a nice used omega as a daily...

[–] cpcallen@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As others have noted, there's a lot of overlap—and additionally for me a bunch of stuff I'm not very interested in or which wouldn't fit me well, so I'd keep only:

  • The SRPD73K1: it's nicest-looking dive-style watch of the bunch.
  • The Flightmaster: I did all my engineering labs using a slide rule even though it was the 1990s and even the professors thought this was ridiculous; the bezel-size circular slide rule might be too small to be genuinely useful, but it's still very cool.
  • Maybe the SNK80x: it's cute and small (but really: three Seikos?)
  • The PD-1701: I actually have (and prefer) the PD-1644, but you can't beat the Pagani Design photocopier + Seiko mechaquartz movements for value: inexpensive, amazing specs, don't need winding, the ticking small seconds is unobtrusive.
  • Maybe the Bulova Surveyor: I'd prefer (and indeed actually own) a vintage tuning-fork Accutron, but the smooth sweep of the Precisionist quartz movement is cool and reliable too, and with lume and a quartz movement this is a perfect grab-and-go GADA watch.

So, that means saying bye bye to:

  • The small Citzen quartz: a sensible size but I'm not a big fan of this PRX-like look.
  • The Citizen diver: the only actual dive watch, but it doesn't float my boat alas.
  • The Citizen C7 NH8391-51EE: I actually like the look of this one better than the Surveyor, but it's in the same category (black dial GADA watch), has much less lume, and will not be useful as a grab-and-go watch.
  • The SSK001: just too similar to (but not as nice as) the SRPD73K1
  • Both G-Shocks: just too chunky for my wrist, alas—but I'd keep the 2100 if only it was more like 38mm.
  • The small white-dial Seiko 5: I like the white dial but are those gold hands? Also, you already have enough Seikos, and you definitely don't need two with the non-hacking 7S26 movement.

(If I were you, though, I'd keep the SSK001 rather than the SRPD73K1, and at least one of the G-Shocks.)

What would I get instead? Mainly I'd say that you seem to have quite a bunch of $100–$300 watches, and I think you should consider moving towards fewer but nicer pieces.

  • Something from Tissot (e.g. PRX, Gentlman) or Hamilton (e.g. Khaki, Murph) would be an obvious choice.
  • You seem like Citizen, and I hear they make some great radio-controlled solar quartz watches—the ultimate in set-and-forget. Jody loves his Chronomaster AQ4030-51A, but if $2K is a bit steep there are other options.
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First identify (for yourself) what is unique about each watch. Write it down. Then you will be prepared to make a decision. Through this exercise, you may find that you like many of them more than you thought, and ones that look similar may take on a new uniqueness based on nuanced details.

[–] ClaritaBeattie@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Will somebody buy me a watch?

[–] skoolhouserock@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Sell me that blue SNK and do whatever else you want with the rest

[–] flynnsarcade1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I love the Flightmaster, in fact I'm wearing one now, it was one of those watches I didn't expect to enjoy so much until I saw it in person and had it on my wrist - I would keep! +1 on the SSK and I've personally enjoyed the GM2100 (SS bezel version).

Regarding the number of watches, everyone collects for different reasons. I have a lot of watches, and it's impractical, many of them 'overlap' - but the only person you really need to justify it to is yourself. Some feel better with a pared down collection, but that's not necessarily better or the 'correct' way to do it.

Watch enthusiasm is being able to imbue these objects with a personal meaning that makes you feel something . Hold them, wear them, listen to them, look at them under a loupe, whatever it is - keep the ones that spark something and don't worry too much about having a 'perfect' collection.

[–] Deboniako@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I would gladly buy the sna411 from you.

Send me a dm if you're interested

[–] w11j7b@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really a ton of aftermarket gains from most of these. Just hold em and appreciate them, save up for the next one.

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I would say get rid of white citizen, Pagani and bulova

[–] Miginath@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it was me I would ditch the two Seiko 5s and the Citizen Quartz along with the CasioOak. Keep the rest. But, it's a pretty solid collection and if you enjoy them all than I would say keep them but a one in/one out or one in/ two out policy going forward.

[–] notausername14@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

There are four Seiko 5's though...

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