2024 State Of The Collection - Is Less MORE?

[@jonverzosa6106]

Amazing collection. One comment: I watched your 2023 SOTC about 3 months ago and what struck me was the gloom in your voice, feelings of burn out and being overwhelmed by the size of your collection. You sound so much more positive in this SOTC, so selling those watches seems to have brought you a much more positive view of your current watch collection, even though it seems you still want to reduce your current collection by alot. Question, I remember you saying you like German watches, if you could choose to keep one of your German watches which one would it be ? I have a modest 6 watch collection (been collecting for 3 years), my most expensive watch is a Hanhart Chrono 417 ES 1954 so I dont play anywhere near the luxury watch Rolex/Omega/Tudor space you do, but I do aim to get a Grand Seiko in a couple of years when I turn 50. Im super conscious to ensure I dont get to the stage where I feel the need to sell a watch, so watching SOTC like yours where guys have 20+ watches looking at reducing their collections keeps reminding me to maintain the discipline when wanting to buy a watch.

[@Owlsgo.owlsgo]

I'm not careful enough with my watches that I could buy a 2k+ watch and not worry about ruining it. But I did pick up a Grand Seiko snowflake in Japan, promptly scratched the case, but it's not something I could ever sell. An indestructible Sinn would be a nice addition though.

[@K.J.H_]

People have different philosophies, but I don't get collection's that are just 3 rolex's, a moon watch and a Cartier. I'd forever be worried about what was on my wrist. So most my watches play in the sub 1k field were I don't stress about them (or worry about resale values etc) with a few "nicer" ones that get light usage when I'm out on an occasion, dinner or something like that. 2nd the Sinn idea. I'm still deciding on the model, but that'll be my next big watch purchase. Tough, tooly and totally badarse 👍

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you, and I appreciate you coming back to watch this SOTC video. I definitely feel better now that I sold a bunch of watches, and I hope to further improve my spirits by selling more watches this year. Things really got out of hand, and I did not realize it until it was too late. If I did not have this YT channel, I would surely not have this many watches. I Think you are doing it the right way, really look at each watch as a keeper before you buy it, and don't plan on selling it. I'd like to think that my Sinn U50 would be the last German watch that I would sell, however I am not happy with how it feels on wrist on the bracelet. I could just wear it on a strap, but I really like my watches on a bracelet. I started out with watches under $200, and never thought I would own a Rolex as they are so expensive. Depending on which Grand Seiko you purchase, you could be spending as much as a Rolex. I might eventually get to a point where I do not own any German watches.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

You can still scratch or scuff a Sinn though. Watch wear is just part of the nature of wearing a watch. However, yes I still try to baby my watches, and it does "hurt" when I scratch a watch.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I sometimes dream about just having one watch and wearing the heck out of it. It could potentially be cheaper in the long run. I do like your idea of having a nice special occasion watch though.

[@tacticaltruth8118]

Very nice, Kevin. Just to dream along with you on how to narrow down and finalize the collection. Case 1: I would keep the entire top row and sell the entire bottom row and then replace that row with a Tudor Pelagos, a Longines Ultra-Chron, a Rolex GMT Master II, a Tag Heuer Carrera, Omega Seamaster, and a Seiko Astron. Case 2: I would pick your favorite 12 Seiko watches and keep that as your Seiko box.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks for the suggestion, I would really like to add a GMT Master II to my collection, however those are not that easy to buy from the AD these days. I would also like to try the Tudor Pelagos FXD, however I really like my watches on a bracelet, so I don't know if that makes sense to add to my collection. I had a Seamaster for a couple of years, however I did not care for how it felt on my wrist so I sold it.

[@jackmcclary2136]

I appreciate the watches I bought from you earlier in the year. They were amongst the ones I gave away during an end of year purge. Thanks to you and I a couple of new enthusiasts have some awesome opportunities to experience the hobby without dinging their finances.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

It's awesome that you're helping others enjoy the hobby. Perhaps I can get to a point where I can giveaway more watches as well.

[@weezkidtube]

Late to the video but enjoyed every minute of it!. Love the SKX009, I call it the everyday Pepsi and just got myself a JDM 033.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you very much. My SKX009 will be a keeper for sure. Congrats on the new watch.

[@ollik8192]

Those Stowas have a surprisingly sharp finishing. Same can be said for the microrotor Baltic.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks, I like these watches and need to spend more time with them on wrist. The Marine Original I feel is just a tad bit too big for my wrist, and the domed crystal on the Flieger tends to pick up too much reflection for my taste.

[@CorvusHyperion]

I found myself with more than 100 watches, realised that I could have had a number of grails easily with the combined value of all those watches that were near impossible to wear more than a couple of times per year. I am in the process of consolidating also and eventually want to stick to 15-20.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

It is amazing how fast the collection can explode in size. I started counting and adding them all up one day and came to the realization that I had way too many watches, and too much money invested in them all. I think my goal for this year will be to get down to 24 watches.

[@ollik8192]

Great! Culling the collection may be a fun activity in itself. You may want to wear the ones you plan on selling before giving them up. You can combine a nostalgia trip and acquiring a grail! Good luck sir.

[@CorvusHyperion]

@@ollik8192 Thanks! I do like all of them generally but I have just too many.

[@underachievingwatchcollect1878]

Nice collection Kevin! I’d put all of your solar watches together and put them somewhere in the house that gets sunlight. I’m at around 25 watches and would like to reduce to about a dozen. Jeff McMahon would tell us both that we have too many watches 😆! Sell…sell…sell.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you, and thanks for the suggestion for the solar watches. I bought a LED shop light to recharge my solar watches, but that is a good point to get them all in the same box. I am planning to sell more watches in 2025 as well, I think I will feel a lot better with a smaller collection.

[@tims]

That's a very impressive collection! It's got to be tough getting wrist time when they're all so nice.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

It's a bit difficult, but I am trying to rotate them more. Also, looking to sell more watches so it will be easier to get wrist time for what stays.

[@patzguitarz]

Nice Pepsi collection! My first real watch was a Pulsar Pepsi Diver that my brother gave me back in the mid 80s. I've always gravitated to Pepsi's. I just picked up a Seiko SBBN031 tuna through Buyee. It may be the best watch I've ever owned.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks, I like the Pepsi color scheme as well. I hope to one day add a Pepsi GMT to the collection. I like the look of the Tuna, and have had a few in the collection over the years. I don't know if my SBBN007 will be a keeper though.

[@sca3744]

Awesome collection.. they are all cool.. thank you for sharing have a wonderful day.. happy holiday

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you for watching, and I hope that you have/had happy holidays as well.

[@clo2715]

Good luck choosing what stays and goes. A lot of nice watches. I used to have 10 and now I have 3. It feels good when you use your stuff instead of it just sitting there. I'm in the process of doing the same with my knives. I want to get down to 3. I would keep the Grand Seiko, Omega, The Sub. I love that SBBN007.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you, I appreciate that. I don't know if I could get down to 3 watches, but I am hoping to get down to 24 in 2025. Speaking of knives, yea that is another hobby that I started to get a little too crazy in. I think I am up to 10 knives now, I have not counted them all.

[@bcfd2956]

Great collection, I love the Baltic.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you very much, it needs some more wrist time.

[@MrBacchus18]

The one thing I didn't like is the Rolex salesman saying you basically had to spend on a Tudor for the "honor" of buying a Rolex. If I ever buy Rolex I'm going chrono 24 or some other reseller although stuff like that has basically put me off the brand entirely.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

The BB58 is one of my favorite watches, I was planning to buy one anyway, however now that I have the submariner I do consider selling it from time to time. I had also thought many times about going grey market, but I could not get over the fact of paying a premium for a "used" watch.

[@RyanBofMKE]

Great collection Kevin. Some seriously solid staples of the watch world in there. But that AD who sold you the Tidor and Rolex definitely lied. Rolex themselves came against this behavior to their AD's. Many had their license stripped for doing exactly this.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you. I had purchased my Submariner three years ago, and they were a lot harder to purchase from the AD back then. It was fortunate that the BB58 that I purchased was a watch that I wanted to buy anyway.

[@felo6035]

Fantastic collection Kevin, and thank you for sharing. My goal next year is to sell a considerable number of my watches only to buy 2-3 very very special pieces. Let's see how it goes. Enjoy yours. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year my friend 👍🎅🎄

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you as well. It is interesting to be the ebb and flow of our watch collections. I need to take a step back and really reduce the collection size.

[@felo6035]

​@@WrongTimeWatch👍

[@danielgillrup9518]

I’m a collector myself, roughly 13-15 watches at any given time. I just find it hard to believe someone can own like 25+ watches they clearly don’t care about at all. I say sell most of what you have for something that will make you truly happy my man.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

It's not that I don care, I think more so that I have too many watches and feel overwhelmed with the collection, and trying to work through that should stay, and what should go.

[@jonparov]

I think 12 is the perfect number, each one with 4/5 straps/bracelets gives you one for each week of the year.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I think I could eventually get there. I am trying to get really selective in my requirements for what would make a watch a keeper in my collection.

[@ollik8192]

I'm aiming for, let's say, 10 or so pieces. have 4 sport pieces that cover all everyday needs; a Sinn U50, Navitimer, Longines Spirit Zulu Time and a Orient Kamasu beater. Then I'm looking at 2 JLCs, 2 GOs, a special world time, if I find it, a wild card and a grail perpetual calendar.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

That sounds like it will be an amazing collection when you all all the pieces in place.

[@howardtyree4297]

Great collection. Happy holidays. If you ever decide to sell the Demasco that you’re not including in your collection let me know. Howard

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you, and happy holidays to you as well. I could sell the Damakso, please send me an email, [e-mail].

[@HonoluluBlue81]

I thought I had a large collection with 9 watches. I feel better now.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

LOL, well I am happy that my over purchasing of watches in the past makes you feel better. Also, go Lions.

[@AndreNavas-m6u]

Fantastic collection. Some pieces do not belong: Citizen, Sinn, Hamilton. The Baltic and the Stowas are very nice.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback on the collection. I will be selling some of the pieces that don't get much wrist time.

[@dannyg6592]

You have a fantastic core collection, Kevin. I'd love to see the rest of your watches. I cut down my watch purchasing dramatically in 2024 - only bought 3 (one was a present, one a Swatch but the 3rd was my grail - a mint 18238). I have a large collection, but I generally rotate my best 7 watches (which are all very nice watches). I also rotate 2 G Shocks and a Promaster as my beaters. The rest I display in my home, and I love looking at them. Sometimes wear them also. Happy Holidays my friend!

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Congratulations on the Rolex 18238. I have been looking at them off and on over the years, but I am not quite ready for that watch. A little too flashy for me right now, but I really would like to own one someday. I feel bad about owning a bunch of watches and not wearing them. I am planning to sell those watches that don't get any wrist time. I should look at watches as artwork, then I would not feel the need to wear them.

[@scwazrh]

I would agree that the bottom row are sellers .They are all stepping stones on the journey

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I do like them all though, however, I just don't wear them that much. So, yea I probably should just sell them.

[@LC_SHIELD]

Beautiful collection

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you very much.

[@Ferien7]

I’d sell all but the Explorer, add a g shock, then call it a day. Watch collections are a giant waste of money

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I have about 10 G-shocks that I need to sell as well. I agree with you, if the watches are not being worn, then yes it could be considered a waste of money.

[@ozzy1154]

That is literally my exact watch situation lol

[@sarderts7680]

@@WrongTimeWatch Why didn´t the Explorer end your addiction? This watch combines just everything.

[@matthewj6154]

I tell myself that every week. Why the Hell won't I listen.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

@sarderts7680 It kind of has. I bought only 5 watches last year, which for me is a very small amount. I am still wearing the explorer now, and I am on track to reach my watch sales goal for this year.

[@gz7587]

The top Tier I would describe as all the most common entry level luxury watches. I find those the least interesting in the collection and yet the most expensive. I didn't know you had those as I haven't watched all your videos. I find the watches you've been selling, the cheaper stuff far more interesting and unique. Personally I'd get rid of that entire luxury line of overly hyped too common over priced watches and focus on a core of interesting affordable. But that's just me.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks for watching and for the suggestion. I have way too many watches now, and I want to reset the collection. I would like to find a more unique watch with good brand history that is really comfortable on a bracelet.

[@gz7587]

Maybe stick with one luxury watch of that's impotant to you and ditch the rest.. What's the point of having tens of thousands of dollars in watches?

[@kevins8971]

Great collection. Hope those watches don't get stolen in 2025!

[@ungabungus01]

Lol nice wish😂

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I appreciate that, but I'm more concerned about how often I wear them.

[@MadMan-cp6tn]

Too many too similar watches (steel sports with black dial).

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks for watching. For me white on black is the easiest watch face for me to read and tell the time with, so that is what I prefer. Also, I don't have to worry too much about coordinating my clothing with the watches that I wear. Not that I really try to do that anyway.

[@ninjasrose1653]

Is Less More? - Dude has 50 plus watches that’s literally worth more than the flat I live in. 😂

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Sorry about that. Another reason for me to sell off more watches. I know folks that have more money into watches than my entire net worth.

[@tab3Gator]

Keep the top row of the first box. Sell everything else

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.

[@litan114]

20+ mins to watch - I just pause and zoom into each watch you have - less than 10 sec see all lio Nice collection - missing hublot

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I don't believe that I would ever own a Hublot.

[@jakubircow6875]

I’d leave the speedmaster and the sub

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I would miss some of the other watches in my collection.

[@alfonsovl7]

Very good collection...and too many 😅

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thank you, and I agree, more watches to sell next year.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

I'm still waiting when you ever want to sell the Tudor Day & Date. Make a old man happy before he dies 😧

[@juniorjohnson5961]

I'll make a deal with you when i do go to the Watchbox in the sky I'll make sure you get it back.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Have you sold the Seiko mini turtle I'll buy that ?

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I still have that, not for sale yet though.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Tempting, but I still have a bunch of other watches to sell before I would sell the Tudor Date Day.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Thanks for considering me I'll buy either one or both 🙏

[@sympathyforthebezel6068]

Giving the wife a watch from your watchbox as a Christmas present 😂. Did you forget to get her something? Theoretically half that $h!? already hers.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

No, I bought it for her many months ago. I am keeping it safe with my other watches.

[@adebisi27]

Where's the g shock

[@WrongTimeWatch]

In a different box

[@jaredstephenson6468]

Is it a nice collection? Sure. Is it just the stereotypical watch box that every middle-aged man has? Yes. Almost every SOTC I've seen this year is the same collection of watches. There's so little individuality, which is a bummer, because we've never had more choice as far as mainstream options, but also micro and independent brands. I would love to see people express themselves more in their watches instead of just buying what is popular and what every other white guy has.

[@MrBacchus18]

Your perspective seems distorted to me, most (I'm not sure why you called out white) guys) I know have no watch or a smart watch and one guy collects Invicta. This dude has a Damasko in the box. Oh he has Rolex, speedy etc but they are popular for a reason.

[@derSchneidr]

Well, referring to people that share their collection online, I agree. Too much of "all the same". But does not apply to "all collections"

[@VDA194]

Absolutely!!!👏😂

[@WrongTimeWatch]

I have not watched any other SOTC videos, perhaps I should so I know what watches to avoid in the future. I buy what I like, and I also do consider the implications of selling a watch. As am I sure you know, it is much easier selling a well know watch brand, and also in the case of Rolex, I pretty much like the styling of all that they offer.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks, yes I agree, strange to call out skin color when the focus is on watches.

[@wayneguy6043]

Sell the bottom row, asap!

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks for the feedback, I will be thinking hard about doing exactly that.

[@vianouche1]

In your place I would keep only the Explorer and the Speedmaster. Maybe one diver to have it as a tough watch, and that's it.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks, I think the Explorer and Speedmaster would be among the last 6 watches in my collection if I sold off everything else.

[@Wayne-q1v6l]

Just adding and adding is really lazy. Curating a collection takes effort.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks for sharing. What is your collecting strategy?

[@Wayne-q1v6l]

@@WrongTimeWatch I did what the online community told me not to do and bought lots of watches in a truly short time BUT they were cheap. I learnt a lot from that which has stopped me buying watches that I know now would not be keepers. So now I am ultra fuzzy. I have extremely specific aesthetic preferences which rule out many many watches.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

@Wayne-q1v6l nothing wrong with being selective.

[@ريانالرشيد-ث3غ]

هوى النفس مثل ماء البحر ، كلما شربت منه تعطش أكثر شكرا على الفيديو

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Good point, and I am planning to step back a little bit next year and sell more than I purchase.

[@Mike-r7m2m]

I am interested in the MM200. Contact me if you want to sell. Mike.

[@WrongTimeWatch]

Mike, thanks for watching, please send me an email [e-mail]

[@Mike-r7m2m]

@WrongTimeWatch will do