One or many

[pistonheadforum]

Hypothetically speaking, if the watch fairy give you £10k (say) that had to be spent on watches would you purchase a single high value item or would you buy lots of lower value watches that you could rotate on a regular basis?

Are you a watch watch person or do you like the variety and change?

[pistonheadforum]

I'd like to think of myself as a single watch chap, just that I don't think I've found the watch yet hence the variety.

[NaePasaran]

Two/three probably.

A Goldeneye era/style Seamaster, a Cartier tank or a cheaper one, and if any change a Tissot PRX.

However until the fairy does indeed drop the £10k off I'll have to make do with my Steinhart, Sekondas and Pagani Designs

[MarkJS]

My three main watches at the moment. I like a bit of variety and it changes occasionally. Speedmaster Moonwatch recently departed.

[Sporky]

For me, I think £10k that had to be spent on watches would be two or three. No more, and all on one doesn't feel right - a lot of cash to have on your wrist.

[smithyithy]

If it was £10k to build a collection from scratch then 3 is probably a good cover-all-bases number.

If I was supplementing my existing collection I'd probably just buy 1 watch..

[CardShark]

Definitely variety, as my collection would attest to.

[Alex_225]

I wouldn't buy one watch for £10k, I'd buy one or two high end watches and then split the rest across a variety of different watches.

You can get some interesting and genuinely good watches between £100-£1,000 so I'd have a nice rotation of different watches.

[OMITN]

Four watches for me:

1. Work watch (bracelet, three hands, date)
2. Weekend watch (eg dive, chrono, flieger, etc. Bracelet, leather, rubber.)
3. Dress watch (three hands, leather strap)
4. Knocking about in watch (G Shock or similar)

I have 1 and 3. Need to pick up something to work as 4 (as well as serving as a holiday watch).

Need to work on 2.

But I think all of that is comfortably achievable for £10k (esp second hand) and one would have an awesome collection to cover all bases.

[Kirkmoly]

Very little that appeals to me in that price range but, if the fairy twisted my arm, I would buy this:

https://www.watchfinder.co.uk/Blancpain/Aqua%20Lun...

[Animal]

I'd finally buy a Rolex, probably a GMT.

[bristolbaron]

I’d agree with three, although I don’t know that I’ve worn a watch all year!