Sell them all to buy one?
Discussion
It's a thought that's been crossing my mind.
I would keep one G Shock that was bought for me as it holds a bit of sentimental value and is good for work etc, but I could sell the rest (a few Gs, a few Seikos and some others) and get £500-600 then maybe put a bit towards one nice watch.
Any thoughts, has anyone done this? Regrets?
@
Eighteeteewhy said:
It's a thought that's been crossing my mind.
I would keep one G Shock that was bought for me as it holds a bit of sentimental value and is good for work etc, but I could sell the rest (a few Gs, a few Seikos and some others) and get £500-600 then maybe put a bit towards one nice watch.
Any thoughts, has anyone done this? Regrets?
@
I tend to only own one watch at a time anyway - it allows me to stretch my budget further and forces me to choose carefully!I would keep one G Shock that was bought for me as it holds a bit of sentimental value and is good for work etc, but I could sell the rest (a few Gs, a few Seikos and some others) and get £500-600 then maybe put a bit towards one nice watch.
Any thoughts, has anyone done this? Regrets?
@
I think this is probably a minority behaviour amongst watch enthusiasts though
I have toyed with the idea of selling up and buying something more expensive - but I really enjoy being able to change around. I often wear a watch for a week, then swap it to something else for a week or so. I've got 6 watches, so can go a good while until I wear one again - then the novelty of a 'new' watch starts up again.
AndrewWF said:
I tend to only own one watch at a time anyway - it allows me to stretch my budget further and forces me to choose carefully!
I think this is probably a minority behaviour amongst watch enthusiasts though
Hmm, potentially. Different people do different things. I think this is probably a minority behaviour amongst watch enthusiasts though
I have 10 watches. One or two will change, but the majority aren't going anywhere.
Andy Tims who posts on this forum tends to buy a watch, wear it for a bit, and then sell it on (I despise the term "flip"). However, I imagine he still has quite a few in his collection.
The problem with only having one is **when** you fancy something else, if you are reliant on selling it to fund the new one, you have three problems, 1) It might take longer to sell than you want [or you have to accept a lower price than you wanted], 2) It then means you have no watch for a period and 3) It gives you longer to think about what you are going to replace it with, which brings its own problems!
I haven't sold one yet, so have about ten fairly good ones and half a dozen others. I may start to thin out the 'others' but I want to hold on to the ten fairly good ones.
I'm not sure what I would get if I did sell them all, I know what watches I would start looking at if I did but to be honest none has gripped me so much that I would sell the collection for them. Not yet anyway.
I'm not sure what I would get if I did sell them all, I know what watches I would start looking at if I did but to be honest none has gripped me so much that I would sell the collection for them. Not yet anyway.
Is there a particular watch you have in mind, OP? If you're genuinely not enjoying or wearing what you already have then what you are proposing doesn't sound like too bad an idea. Watches that aren't being worn are dead money.
I've bought and sold a number of watches over the last couple of years, what has usually happened is that I've seen something else I like and I've sold whatever I'm not wearing much at the time in order to help fund the new purchase, though on average I've put some extra £ into it as well and thankfully I haven't regretted a single sale. I've also learnt about what I like and what I don't.
I've got to a point whereby I now have a core group of 4-5 watches (plus a few others which will slowly be thinned out) that I wouldn't sell to fund any other single watch, despite there being a few out there that I'd love to try. I enjoy having a choice, I still get a kick out of what I already have, I don't want to spend any more money and, if I'm being honest, I also fear that first regretful sale.
I've bought and sold a number of watches over the last couple of years, what has usually happened is that I've seen something else I like and I've sold whatever I'm not wearing much at the time in order to help fund the new purchase, though on average I've put some extra £ into it as well and thankfully I haven't regretted a single sale. I've also learnt about what I like and what I don't.
I've got to a point whereby I now have a core group of 4-5 watches (plus a few others which will slowly be thinned out) that I wouldn't sell to fund any other single watch, despite there being a few out there that I'd love to try. I enjoy having a choice, I still get a kick out of what I already have, I don't want to spend any more money and, if I'm being honest, I also fear that first regretful sale.
Podie said:
Hmm, potentially. Different people do different things.
I have 10 watches. One or two will change, but the majority aren't going anywhere.
Andy Tims who posts on this forum tends to buy a watch, wear it for a bit, and then sell it on (I despise the term "flip"). However, I imagine he still has quite a few in his collection.
I would certainly own more than one nice watch if I had the means!I have 10 watches. One or two will change, but the majority aren't going anywhere.
Andy Tims who posts on this forum tends to buy a watch, wear it for a bit, and then sell it on (I despise the term "flip"). However, I imagine he still has quite a few in his collection.
Gassing Station | Watches | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff