I think there's something really nice about selling off a watch that you barely wear. Like it goes from being something stuck in a drawer that you never even think about wearing into someone's best friend that they'll take with them around the world on their travels, or to important events in their life! It's just a watch, of course, but it's just fun to think about them getting a second lease on life!

I'm near the end of reducing my collection from about 75 to 25. Lots liquidated at the 'value' end of the scale to fund some Swiss stuff. What I realised is that when expanding the collection I focussed on watch types (e.g. must get an A dial flieger etc etc) but when culling it I have focussed on the use of the watches ( a watch for theatre, for fell walking, for biking etc etc). It's really helped me to let go of the lovely watches I never wear!

Like every other year, it's been a "find out about a lot of cool watches you can't afford on the internet and carry on just wearing a Casio anyway" year so far :c

Hi Jody, mainly thanks to you, I own around 40 wristwatches. Unfortunately, I've never been able to bring myself to sell one though!

I'd have a hard time taking that Chronomaster off lol. You are definitely talking my language with that one ! My problem is that I pick out a favorite from the few I own, and the others tend to sit in the drawer and get forgotten about. I think if I had a Chronomaster I would probably be just as well selling off the rest ! Cool video, thanks Jody.

Sad you sold the Ginault as that is how I found your channel originally and mine is the oldest watch in my collection that still gets significant wear. Still absolutely love to see the journey your collection has gone through, and of course your awesome content

I did exactly what Teddy talked about in one of his videos: I bought too many watches too fast while i was too fresh in the hobby to have an idea what i would really appreciate over time. Now i need to sell a few watches but every now and then i stumble upon a nice piece that i love to buy broken just to fix it myself. Sometimes it works out, sometimes i end up with a dud. 😊

Yeah i'm currently culling my collection as well. Some watches i just dont wear enough and for me it is difficult to juggle more than 2 automatics in a rotation without having to wind and set them constantly. So i actually appreciate quartz way more now than i used to. For me it is usually about balance. I like to have a balanced collection. And then i'll buy or sell something that displaces something else or that opens up a gap. So then it takes some rearranging and then eventually after some changes my collection is rebalanced in a different way possibly with other watches than before.

Jody has a great collection. I have about 10 watches in total in my collection (my favorites are a Casio G-Shock and a Bulova Pilot "Moon" watch).

How do you typically go about selling your watches? Privately in a batch or each watch individually, or do you put them on consignment with a jeweller? I want to reduce my collection but I just don't have the time to do it myself..BTW, enjoy watching the channel...

My rule to myself is only Casios, since I’ve gone down pen rabbit holes and have probably a few to many cameras. Had the a500w before starting from a few years ago, but what really got me going was a Duro. Been loving the black and orange MTP-4500 chronograph with slide rule bezel lately, got the grey GLX-S5600 moon/tide square which wasn’t available in the states, which added to red Casioak, titanium Lineage, and the silver “PRX” Edifice for whenever I want a big beautiful bracelet. Looking to pick up one of the MTP-M105 moon phase tanks, but trying to pace myself.

I'm always amazed to see anyone have such a large collection. If I had a collection this large, I'd probably still only wear 3 or 4 watches on a regular basis and the rest would just stay in a box.

I have done same - gifted a Pagani sub, sold a royal oak homage, selling marina militaire and traded a couple digitals for disc golf! Finally stepping up to some Swiss value (longines VHP and Oris Aquis) . Five years in, finally comfy dropping four figures

Wow...really surprised the Ginault was sold. I thought you'd always keep it as it was the watch that helped launch the channel.

My collection consists of an Apple Watch Ultra and a G-Shock. I've been researching & saving for 3 months for my 1st nice watch, here are my top contenders: The Citizen (new chronomaster model), Grand Seiko SBGH311, Tudor Black Bay 36 or 54, or the new Longines Spirit Zulu Time 39mm.

Last year I picked up a Steinhart OVR and this year a San Martin "Ranger" with the gradient brown dial and jubilee. Absolutely fantastic watches.

About to throw down for a Tudor BB 54 so it's incredibly serendipitous you made this video because I, too, am pondering liquidating half my collection to justify the purchase!

I've always tried to keep "sell one, buy one" mentality to this hobby. Consistently keeping the count under 15. This year i've sold a few pieces and only kept the ones i really like to wear. I'm down to 4 pieces. Sumo, mm300, srp777 and a gshock

Mine collection varies from about 80-90, i'm always trying to sell a few, I wish I could bear to sell about half of them at once. There was one time I sold a vintage Darwil automatic on ebay, about 9 months later I randomly saw the exact same watch for sale and bought it again.

Two 👍👍 for the T Shirt Jody.

This was a fantastic video and very smart to use edited screenshots from the last SOTC to show what came and went.

I still haven't fallen out of love with my King Samurai. In a 15 watch collection I basically rotate through 4 on a regular basis and the other ones are "site specific" pieces. Out of the ones you've sold that I wish I had known were up for grabs, I liked the Oris (but I think the Deauville you have now is nicer!) and the little Orient. I have still never seen an Orient watch in the wild!

I also bought the Baltany type A and sold my 38mm Bambino. I just didnt connect with the Bambino and I absolutely love the Baltany, especially the crystal.

Yeah I’m at 90, so a few of these are going, but it’s a good mix of brand, micro, auto and quartz… but still too many to wear. Think I’m prudent between solar, mechanical, auto and Accutron/quartz, so when I get my last three (prx and f77) I’m pretty covered. I do have a space section, Cosmonaute Breitling, fortis, speedmaster and lunar pilot. Maybe I’ll dump a few quitars as well as that but as a musician these are hard choices! I don’t own anything that isn’t playable but some get more use than the vintage ones (that I don’t gig with) still between amps, pedals and guitars they eat up allot of space!

Glad you kept the yellow G-Shock. Thanks to your review, ive got one, on my wrist as i type! It, and a v3 Pagani Moonwatch have pinched all the wrist time from my Omegas, Citizens and Christopher Ward!

I too have around 50 watches. Just bought the Casio 5000u made in Japan and can’t take it off. Tough Solar, radio, 200m, 6 time zones, chrono, timer, alarms. Crap. And I wear an apple Titanium on my right hand as well. I need more wrists.

Great video as usual. I picked up an Orient Neo 70’s Panda and a Titanium Signum Cuda GMT full lume from Kyle this year. Sold a Steeldive SD1970 blue color way and sold the Neo 70’s to a friend. Looking forward to your micro brand venture Jody!

That was a bit brutal, Jody. I'm up around 45ish, mostly Casio, Steeldive & Pagani with about ten home-made. I wear them all in rotation & couldn't part with them.

Thanks for leading by the example! My ca. 50 watch collection is becoming too big for comfort, and I'm getting to the point where at least 20 of them should go. Mind, 25 would have it halved, that's a nice target.

With well over 200 watches plus at least 20 projects for the bench and channel I have to admire you are able to flip!!

You're a strong man Jody! I've been putting off reviewing my collection, or counting them even (they're spread around the house). Ive got quite a few, thanks in no small part to you! But perhaps it's time to do a critical review, but I don't think I'd be strong enough to sell any..?

Can you please remind us where you sell most of your watches? Good & brave clear-out. I'm selling a few of the "don't or have never worns" this year. Bought a couple of Ali Ex watches for the first time.

Have you made a video about your process for selling watches?

Well done Jody! You have made a good clear out. I really like that red bezel PD, I have the Uranus one after getting a refund (imagine embarrassed face) on the original that gave me a blue wrist. That Swatch is the only one I got rid of. I have an Orient Tristar dress watch I almost sold but didn't, thankfully! It only cost me equivalent to $80 a few years ago. I didn't realize (and maybe the seller didn't either) that it was quite a rare and discontinued dial design. Now, it's selling for around $750 IF you can even find one. I wasn't sure why I didn't like it, but it turned out I just didn't like the bracelet. Got a handmade 18mm white leather strap on it and now it looks the business. 38mm, beautiful tropical sea blue dial, amazing sunburst, everything applied. Now, I cannot envisage ever selling it. Sometimes watches just grow on us.

I told myself not to get more than 1 watch per year, and here I am with 6 new peaces. 3 of them are g-shocks from a store that was shutting down due to the sanctions (they were selling mostly Swiss stuff, and it's a problem to get it now in Rus). And 3 others are vintage Casios. But watches aren't the biggest problem now really.

A high end quartz usually eats up wrist time. I’m guilty of wearing my Grand Seiko 9F quartz much more often than not.

Is the crystal the only problem with the Certina? Interested in vintage.

I have more than a few in my collection - a Bambino just like yours among them - that haven’t had any wrist time in ages. I should get off my lazy duff and start selling them. Perhaps a good idea for a video would be how you went about selling yours? My acquisitions have slowed. The last ones were a Squale 1521 COSC and a Dan Henry 1963 that just arrived. This hobby is strange but I love it! Cheers!

Which page is the best to sell watches? Ebay? Craigslist? Facebook Market? Any other options? Thanks!

Big collection. The overall budget could be used for a couple of great watches like a Rolex Submariner, IWC Ingenieur latest release, Tudor Pelagos 39, Omega Speedmaster, JLC Memovox, etc.

Buying year Zelo Macko Orange / 3 Seiko 5 / 3 Pagani / Seestern / 2 Steedive / 2 Orient / 2 Invicta Pro Diver (dont judge) / Victorinox Airboss / Tissot PRX Tif Blue / Islander Bayport Ghost because we all need a white dial right .... the collection is growing thanks for all the great vidoes on watches us regular guys can afford / keep up the great work

I got a Casio F-105W to find out whether I can wear a digital and then s GW-M5610U after finding I could. Soon I realised it's too close to my Casioak, but it's not as big, it has better display and solar multiband, so the Casioak went to my brother. If the situation was a bit more stable, I'd get a diver, we'll see.

I consolidated my collection this year for a Moser. I have always loved that brand and it was the only way it was going to happen. No regrets! Currently own 7 watches that I bought myself with a few gift watches thrown in. Feels good to have a much smaller collection than years past

I had to go count, but I have 36 collectibles now. I am in stasis. I am not in acquisition mode, nor clearance mode... It takes self-control.

This has definitely been a buying year for me so far. I have bought four watched in total, a Bulova Lunar Pilot, an Islander Northport, a Xeric Halograph II Automatic and a Xeric "mystery" quartz which is currently on its way thru the mail system to my house (hope I haven't made a mistake with this one, we'll see!). I have two watch boxes that hold a total of 22 watches and I usually try to keep my collection constrained to that amount, but I have now gone over by 6 watches, so it will soon be time to find new owners for about 9 or 10 of them.

Don’t ask me why but today I sat down at my ps4 turned on my tv and thought “Jody will probably have a video up tonight, I’m really excited for the sotc whenever he does them” as I saw one pop up on the recommendations. I always thought having over idk really 10 personally seems like a bit much be being a KZfaqr and have some my self that just look pretty and take up space I understand. Selling whatever you said 30 😂I can’t even bring my self to sell one.

Bought a Casio W800H as an 'emergency' watch when a Citizen Titanium Tough 40mm chewed up its winder seal on holiday and it's just so easily read, accurate and no hassle it's made most of my collection shelf bound.....paid a whole €18 for it.......

Jody hi! I get it. As long as you kept the Casios!

Probably sold about 5 watches this year but replaced them with some awesome pieces. Getting harder to pick which ones to sell to fund new releases as I have a pretty much perfect (to me) collection. New purchases this year were zelos mako GMT, zelos Aurora Damascus, nodus sector deep, canopy wake one and a ball skindiver 3 which is my all time best bargain find. Brand new with 60% off RRP from an AD with full 5 year warranty!

I haven't sold anything. I added a Baltany S244009U-424 44mm California Dial to my collection. I do not see adding any watches to my collection this year. Maybe a sterile dial flieger to replace my 24 month old Parnis 11, the Seagull Calibre ST3621 winder is slipping and my watch maker said it was more cost efficient to just replace the entire watch.

I consolidated recently. I sold some watches to have fewer watches and went with those that I didn't wear as much and some I knew I wasn't going to with my planned purchases. I ended up selling 9 watches and I purchased 4 watches (Oris Big Crown ProPilot Okavango Limited Ed, Tudor Black Bay 59 925 Silver, Omega Railmaster Blue Jeans, Doxa Sub 200 in Orange). I couldn't be happier with the changes and the new watches!!

I said a sad goodbye to my Squale 1545 militaire but replaced it with a Sequent Supercharger HR 2.2. There’s something about an automatic fitness watch that is just too hard to ignore! Glad you kept the Formex, top piece.

What’s the best platform online to sell Swiss watches vs Ali Chinese ones? I’m in Sydney Australia. Thanks

So when do we organize an intervention for the Oris 65 problem?

Definitely been a buying year for me! Picked up three watches - a blue 5KX, a black Kamasu, and a vintage watch from this obscure French company. I never sold a watch as such, because I gave it away to a friend. So yep, one white dial remaining! Let's see if I can save up for a Panda!

I had 70 plus watches, but over approx 18 months sold about 50 of them through someone. It felt like a relief as they had began to feel like a burden, pointless hoarding as opposed to collecting and I just wasn't wearing them. Unfortunately, the number is creeping up again to 30 plus, I need another cull to get things down to my optimum size of 10. I fear the first 8 to 10 will be relatively easy, but then the voice in the back of the head presents you with reasons why you should keep that one......and that one

Jody, I am still loving and wearing the Arcaido GMT, appreciate the ever-deepening patina, and I especially enjoy telling everyone who asks why it has the Just One More Watch logo. The MR G of Shitbox rally fame is a real fave, usually as a weekend wearer! I envy the discipline you have to pare down your collection - at last count I am at over 200 watches (don't tell my Mrs. G) and fast running out of watch box storage. 😉😉

Yes I moved a couple this year mainly some fashion watches I bought early on in the hobby. I've been focusing on straps this year. Particularly Erika's Original's and jazzing up some of my watches. Keep up the good work Jody 👏

Mine has settled at 10 - 8 regular wears, a broken Citizen chrono and my novelty piece (a hideous Boderry skeleton giveaway that I won on this channel). I've put myself on a buying hiatus until I find a "serious" watch that I want to spend serious money on but it seems like every new micro gets me looking sideways.

Watched the video to see if you sold half your watches because of the citizen Chronomaster ... Was spot on with my guess and I understand why! Bought myself a grand Seiko 9F quite similar to the chronomaster.. ever since then only one of my 8 watches have beckoned me to place her on my wrist .. the rest I feel like selling ! The GS SBGP007 is just the perfect watch .

Just got me a San Martin SN0107-G "Ranger". See you sold it, you are going to miss it! My other watch is the Pulsar 2001 Quartz. V103-6059 A2 550061. Don't care it cost me only €5,- on the flee market, and I had to buy a NATO for it, it is just a great watch, very elegant even.

NO RUSH, READ AT YOUR LEISURE (if at all) Hi Jody Michael Mugridge here. I have liked most of your podcast for a few years now. I didn't realise you were in Sydney town. I have spent most of my 60 years living in South East Queensland, Gold and Sunshine coasts mainly but moved to Redfern a couple of years ago. I love watches and have spent too much time looking reading about etc over the last sh t must be nearly 10 years triggered by my old man giving me his 1960 something Seamaster (manual silver/white dial no date no second hand) what was my starting template when discovering watches. I have maybe 20 now some of which are Ball caring 40mm and Ohio with what they call grey dial but which is a lovely cream colour with gold tone hands and indices. I liked the black dialled caring ed first but decided not to wear it for a while to see if it grew on me. Within 6 months i was in love with the Cream Ohio and have gone cold on the marvelight. Now im glad i waited. The best thing about this little obsession is the watches themselves, where art meets mechanical engineering, followed closely by the people. Jim for example, a lovely old fellow (prob younger than me!) from Lismore sold me the Ohio. After i bought it i noticed that he'd recently increased price after I assume realising it was too cheap. I mentioned it to him out of curiosity. My brilliant legal mind told me that i had two chances of getting any legal relief from the court so i didn't even ask him to change the price but he volunteered his Vesuviate Attivo which sells for about 350 i think, great watch btw, 10 bar, hardened , saphire front and maybe back. Understated grey dial .I love the lume colour aqua blue and Red second hand with a circle near the tip, i don't know what that's called. I am keen to do something like you do and probably the first time in my life i would do something not for the money, but that's watches all over isnt it? I have a pretty good knowledge, except for the names of second hand designs and think i can be pretty objective realising the spurious and almost arbitrary ways some pieces become valuable like being worn in a movie. I have the brains i think to avoid putting my foot in it and although i can hold strong opinions i am always prepared to change my opinion in light of new info. I don't try to get my opinion across by using my best and most authoritative voice but by using logic and not becoming entrenched in any view. Anywhoo enough already from me, thanks for reading, let me know if you feel like showing me your collection or if you need a locum! Keep up the good work. Mike

How about a video on how to market and where to sell ones watches? Thanks for the great content.

I need to be more ruthless with my collection. I have sold quite a few on my website, but every time I sell one I end up getting another three to replace it 🤦‍♂️😆 I need to set aside a day to list a lot of them I think.

I've worn the heck out of the new San Martin 39mm Pelagos homage and lots of pieces have fallen by the wayside because of it. I've also acquired a few G-shocks, my first Casio's since I was in HS and I'm shockingly enjoying plastic watches again. Under 20 watches currently.

I’ve been gifting my Ali watches to get down to 24, though I’ve kept my San Martin SN0021-G (explorer) as a daily banger cuz it’s simply awesome on my 6.5” wrist. Give away example is the San Martin Retro Diver after having picked up the more true homage to Dr No, the BB54. 😊

Nice to see the Tissot PR100 receive a rare mention. I have two versions of it, a chronograph (quartz) and a GADA/ dress (Automatic). I love them both.

I have 6 and struggle to motivate myself to wear them all over time 😄. I think 3 of them get about 75% of wrist time in a 12 month period. I do like them all though, so won’t be reducing the collection!

I'm thinking of not slow dripping my watches for sale on eBay and just posting like a 100 of them together in one lot and seeing if I get someone to bite. This video was inspiring. Hate to think of digging out all those original boxes and packing.... I find lately I sell 6 or 7 and then buy 4 to 10 more telling myself I will sell more soon. The clear out is not going fast enough.

I see "Matter" on the shelf behind you... Love me some Banks sci-fi. Fun vid. I should probably think about getting rid of some of mine 😬

Where do you sell your watches when not to a specific person? eBay ? Or?

I’m at that point where I don’t want to buy any more affordable pieces because I have most of the best ones. So now it’s 1K or above, or sub $100 (in the special case I see something cheap that looks fun.) I sold almost half of my divers when I bought my Tudor.

Damn straight the Helm stayed. Who in the hell would sell off a Helm?!? *lol* Fun episode, thank you! This has been a hold year for me, after paring things down a bit last year. I’m at a very lean 16 watches now and will be lucky to add anything this year, unless my number gets called for a Helm (then one simply buys) or I see a Mako III at a can’t-say-no price on Jomashop.

Bought a beautiful vintage Rolex 6694 recently and pretty much sold everything else, kept my Black Bay 41 and 2 G Shocks and that's it, had 21 at one point

I’ve tried to sale a number of watches on Facebook and got no takers. Got a Halios Fairwind, a Lorier Falcon white dial, a Zodiac quartz Seadragon from the early 2000, blue Seiko diver and a modified SKX007 to a GMT quartz

The Pagani Speedy with the black Tachy scale is better looking as the numbers on the scale sit correct unlike the red scale version which do not. Model is the PD-1701.

Just curious Jordy, (or anyone else who would like to chime in), do you have any recommendations of the best sites or ways to flip watches? I've been going the eBay route for a while, of course that gets expensive and it's hit or miss.

I must admit, when i saw all of the watches for sale on FB i thought surely it is a scam and lost the chance to buy few :(

I love how specific you were with how long you've stopped wearing Vostoks.

This year budget around a 1000. Bought a Casioak GM2100 silver and a Tissot Prx Ice Blue version. Sold a Zelos Hammerhead.

After 25 plus years of watches, I've finally come down to an Omega Speedmaster (for my infactuation of anything related to space) a Heuer Monaco caliber 11 (my love of racing and the very soo cool Steve McQueen) and a Casio Oak for outdoor ruff and tumble. Finally at peace with myself and that endless search for the perfect watch collection.

Re Shorts: You could make them non-watch specific. For instance it could cover 1 minute of why a particular lug isn't good, or the lack of finish quality. Less a part of the review, more an informational short on watches. Could also cover successes, covering why a finishing is so successful. 1 minute of a good quick adjust clasp. 1 minute of a poor quck adjust clasp, thus not a clipped review but useful info drawn from review material.

I think I need to buy a new watch this year. After selling my Seiko King turtle, I've had the same BB58 + PRX + GM2100 G-Shock for a year now. Maybe a Oceanus T200 or a Seiko "panda Daytona" would be sick.

How do you sell used watches? Ebay?

Interesting to see what got culled and what made the cut. Out of interest where do people sell their watches? Need to trim my own collection but can't bring myself to do it on ebay

I got myself a Hamilton Jazzmaster with a smoky green dial in January and honestly, it scratched the itch for a long time. Outstanding value. Other than that, the yellow Casioak joined the collection and that's about it for 2023 :)

I’m currently hovering at 25 pieces, but not much coming in or out this year. I am finding myself switching to building new pieces rather than purchasing, since I love to tinker and I find it oddly relaxing. Working on my 4th build atm. 😁👍🏻 ⏱️🔧🪛🗜️

Sad to see the Sarb033 no longer in the forever watch category

The glamour shots have really been on point lately! Nicely done with the camerawork!

Since most of my watches are auto's I realized that the service or replacement cost would ultimately cost me more than it's worth. I'm fairly mechanically competent and will be able to service the NH movements, but if you are not, it doesn't make sense to have more than perhaps a dozen watches.

Not surprised. I am debating buying that Chronomaster, and I could see it having a similar effect on me. Can't wait to hear about your microbrand. Any idea when you might have more to say?

I bought a Marinemaster 300 last month and ever since I've hardly worn any of my collection so am selling all but keeping a single field, pilot, formal and quartz Chronograph.

I really need to sell some of the about 250 watches I have collected but am kind of afraid of the hassle and potential scam from someone if I try and sell. So alas, I sit on way too many watches to wear and have started giving some away to family and to a waiter who was moving away from a sushi place I frequent several times a month. I guess I just need to be brave and take the selling plunge!

I also sold a few of mine and now I'm below 10. Tought me to be more careful and sure I will wear it with future purchases. Selling process was super annoying with tyre kickers, hagglers and scammers.

what would be SUPER interesting would be the average gain/loss you’ve made on all of the watches together!

A restoring year for me. I'm still yet to receive it but a watch i bought when i had a desk job is getting a new third party movement. And i replaced glasses on a couple of others.. and at the moment i am contemplating a longines zulu time gmt

I for one am glad you sold those watches. That just means you will be acquiring more for you to review and for us to enjoy watching. And I will sell whatever I need to sell to get one of your Microbrand Collab watches though.

Where do you sell them?

I’m in the process of cutting down my collection as we speak! I sold off a Formex, an Orient, and a Junghans since I wasn’t wearing any of them. Still have to sell off two Seikos and two other micro brands.

Aww! I was looking forward to seeing how you modified the Steel Dive. Oh well.