Loving the collection Russ. I’m also keen to see what the mad hacker looks like, I have a Radcliffe tsunami and the quality and design are fantastic, it will be a beauty for sure 👍🏻

I always say “Wear what you love and sell the rest.” Excited to see what you pick up this year.

That Fortis is a keeper.

Really nice show, Russell. Big job. Quite a collection, and yes we do change taste over the years. One little issue: Be aware that the purple light sometimes influence the colors, especially on the hands. Keep up the good work, mate.

I’ve been collecting for ten years. I’ve bought three watches. I have three watches

Loved this one! I admire your bravery in cutting your collection down to a 5th of its current size! If I had to choose some of your watches to fill ten slots in my watch box they’d be the explorer (a bit of a grail for me) the two black bays, the pogue (love them),the Arnie, the flighty, the vertex m100, the CWC sbs diver and falcon chrono. And for the tenth spot….it has to be the mad hacker! I had guessed you were wearing it as soon as the video started and was excited to confirm that. A watch designed by you and associated with your brand and the joy, passion, humor, and knowledge you’ve delivered not only to me, but to the watch community is exciting. It’s part of what makes me love my rangemaster mechanical so much. You and TGV are my top watch KZfaqrs and can always hold my interest and cheer me up when I’m down. All that to say this. Great video, great collection. Happy new year to you and your family, and thank you!

Always a tough proposition keeping the collector's mentality in check but you did a great job! Personally my picks would be: Seiko SKX, Willard & Navigator, Tudor BB58 Blue & Black, Vertex M100 & MP45, CWC SBS Diver, Hamilton Pilot Pioneer, and Baltic MR01. Happy New Year!

I completely totally agree with your top 10 for now. Although owning two 58's is a little spendy.

Happy new year mate. Great vid as norm. Been getting the itch again and took a look at my collection, and I was the same, too many watches. Most get zero wrist time.😮 So am going to try rotate two watches a week, madness. Can't buy anymore.... Yet..😂

Glad you gave Accurist some love ❤ I'm really pleased with my "Everyday" in pink. Nice little budget O.P. style watch

Awesome collection. Every single piece is cool. I have to say that I absolutely love Clockwork Republic straps. Especially on my two Samurai’s. Keep doing you, the content is fantastic👌🏼Cheers🍻

Beautiful collection. I especially like the blue Black Bay, Explorer, and Zero West. I'm not a huge Seiko fan but I do like the Willard. I was expecting to see something from Sinn in your Collection, Russ

Picked up my first automatic Seiko in December and also put a new band on an old favourite recently. Picked up a new G-Shock gbd200 this week in black. The collection is growing 😅

You made some great choices! So many watches look very "same old same old" but I think you chose watches that were varied, so you have genuine choice when you want to wear something different today and tomorrow. That's something I try to maintain in my collection too 😊

Beautiful collection! ALSO… the suspense is driving me crazy! I can’t wait to see the MWC watch!!

My favourites are the Vertex diver and the CWC Royal Navy reissue - brilliant! 🧡 Just surprised you still don't own a G-Shock Gravitymaster (I suggest green, i.e. GA-1100-1A3ER). Cheers Russ - we love you!

Hi, nice collection! The SKX is definitely a keeper, good design, good specs... I wish I had one haha. The DB-80 is so cool, I remember watching your video explaining about the Dambusters operation. I love the fact there's an actual piece from one of the Lancaster and as an aviation enthusiast this piece is truly special and epic!!! Can't wait to see your Casio collection too!

Tough choices, I would keep: Seiko Willard & Navigator Vertex M100 & MP45 CWC RN diver BB58 blue Explorer Pilot pioneer Maen Formex

YOU have some of the BEST watches in your COLLECTION! REAALLY like your SEIKO CHOICES! THANKS for the VIDEO!!

The Seiko SKX013 was my first automatic watch too, gifted to me roughly 10 years ago and it still hasn’t missed a beat! (Knock on wood) love it and will never get rid of it 😃

Awesome collection Russel. It truly lives up to the channel name, a bit bloody mad. I love the rangemaster, the Seiko Arnie and that lovely Fortis. Good luck with the purge!

What a great collection MWC! I’m with you in feeling the need to downsize my own collection too. There’s only so many hours in the day so even if I wore a different watch everyday, it would take me more than a month to rotate through the entire collection 😳 That’s not a lot of wrist time and although I’m definitely a collector by nature (or maybe hoarder would be more accurate 😂) I feel like I’ve reached a bit of a tipping point and need to thin the herd a bit.

Outstanding watches! Good luck in selecting which ones you are to sell.😊

Finally!! Been waiting for this one🙈🙈

Cracking collection mate! I think i'd probably let the explorer go too - lovely watch but for the cost you need to really feel strongly about keeping it, you could do a lot of shopping on that bad-boy

At 50 watches, I'd say you are just getting started. Why, oh why would you even consider paring it down??? Keep growing it MWC. You know you want to. (BTW, I have ~400 in my collection.) 🤪

Just got my 11th watch yesterday. Over the moon with it. A Hamilton Lloyd automatic. Absolutely amazing design. That Willard is epic

Out of your top ten, I personally would slim down to three: the Arnie, the Willard (or black dial BB58), and one of the Vertex. That would make a functional, versatile collection 🤙

Love it Russel! Keep up the interesting content.

An amazing collection, each watch was a hit and one that I would love to own.

Loved the video! Cheers bud!

I sold my MKII 39mm Explorer. Some days I miss it, but most days I don’t. Great watch, but I too fell out of love with it. Cheers!

The one Tudor I’d keep: the Black Bay 58 in blue.

Such a tough decision on what to keep!!! But it's good to adjust from time to time as your taste and needs change. Sometimes you end up with several similar watches, but after the honeymoon phase it's easier to decide which one to let go... Accumulating watches is a happy problem in my opinión 😅

Great collection overall! As I am also building my watch collection, I've acquired numerous timepieces, some of which I don't particularly fancy and rarely wear. What are the various platforms where I can list them for sale?

Thank you for mentioning Accurist - this brand (along with Casio of course) got me hooked for very little money. So, count me in for bidding on the Accurist if you sell it. BTW can't wait for the Mad Hacker reveal!

Hi, I am big fan of yours. I am 16 year old and started collecting watch, I recently bought Tissot Seastar.

Great video, I have wanted a Vertex for a couple of years, 2024 is the year! I have a couple of CWC's and a skx013. A recent buy was a Newmark Waterking which is a great value watch. My Christopher Ward diver is unbeatable value and British 😊 Do you not think you might regret letting your Explorer go ?! Keep up the good work !

Great video… thanks for the sneak peak of the MWC watch 😉 looks like it’ll be a difficult one to say no to.

Smaller is definitely better! I would personally replace a couple of seiko from the shortlist to introduce a citizen (preferably diver style and eco drive) and a tissot. I would also add a dress watch (like an hamilton ventura) and one more watch from a micro brand (I own personally a nice briston clubmaster qeartz watch with an acetate pillow case). I would make sure also to have a certain balance between the dial color (with eg. 1 white, 1 yellow and 1 green dial), and the case material/colour (e.g. a couple of black and dark grey watches, e.g I love my seiko 5 street completly blak). Last but not least, i would make sure to have a certain balance with the strap types ( e.g. 4metal, 3leather, 2 nato, 1 silicone) and have some more straps to occasionally dress some of the watches in a different matter. Next step: shrinking the casio collection!

This must have been a really tough task that I can sympathise with. So many watches and so many memories, not just wearing the watches but the journey to getting them. I was relieved to hear that this would not be a Casio cull as again I'm in the same boat there. My collection is split between Casio/G-Shock digital and analogue, quartz and mechanical. Certainly my F-91W is not going anywhere and neither is my old Omega Globemaster METAS co-axial, as for the rest...... we shall see.

Got to love the Willard and Arnie from the Seiko's. The Vertex M100. Zerowests dambuster. The Fortis chrono as well, love that one. The tudor blackbay 58 in black. Hamilton khaki mechanical. Obvs the orient Kamasu because its great. That baltic dial is a beaut. And finally the Heinrich for those indices

Ello MWC loving your videos Seiko loving the Willard its a killer Keep up the oustanding work m8 Brill :)

I can’t not pick the Vertex m100 and the explorer but they are firmly in the would suck to own category for me. I need a date function to make me happy but these two watches are gorgeous. The formex dial is amazing, cwc sbs, the fortis does look great. These are the stand outs for me but I might revisit the momentum for myself but not in a collection with the cwc. Whatever you pick you will have a very fine collection.

The wife has exquisite taste, only watch I would swap is the BB black for the blue. I agree the Fortis is a belter and I would certainly want to keep it, and you will fall back in love with the Explorer, trust me. 😜🤘🏻

I'm close to 40 watches, almost all homages (cheap watches). Never have to sell any. Each watch is two things: 1: a little vacation on the wrist. 2: a souvenir of the vacation.

Man, you’ve got a great collection, Russell! I like the “minus the Casios” clarification…that would take 3 days to review!

12:50 Honestly, your wife’s pick of your collection is the best. 😁👍🏻

Wooow. My top picks have to be the BB58 blue (I happen to own one), Vertex (all of them but specially the M100), CWC 1980s of course, Seiko mini 🐢 ,Hamilton Khaki, the Lorier Gemini, & the Heron

Ngl i was here for the casios 😂 that beginning took the wind out of my sails a bit. Great video as always!

I loved this episode! ❤ I would accept that Fortis anytime. I have a stratoliner panda. I love that one, that was my "Fortis before forthies" goal last year. Unfortunately the 42mm looks really large, it's a big chunky watch because of the valjoux 7750. But your's is awesome! Will you ship that to Hungary if I buy it from you? 😅

Great video and love the channel, this video has made me feel so much better that there is someone else out there who has way to many watches and it’s not just me😂😂

Your 2 Tudors & Explorer are the keepers imho. Happy New Year.

1. The Arnie. 2. Virtex M100 3. Virtex MP45 4. BB 58 5. BB 58 6. 34mm Hamilton 7. Range Master 8. Formex Essence I think these watches are the cream but I understand the passion you feel for some of the others is the cherry on top. That is a fine collection. 👍

that Heron Marinor is a lovely one. Liked the video!

Fantastic collection, well done 🌠

Im pleased you still have the jdm seiko Russ! Great collection 👍

my gosh, that green dial Formex Essence is beautiful.. and i already love the Formex Essence, i think it's just such a great performing (and looking) all rounder sports watch, but my gosh that green dial takes it up to the next level! ❤

My picks would have been 1. Black Bay Black 2. Black Bay Blue 3. Rolex Explorer 4. Seiko Pogue 5. Seiko Flightmaster (the Landshar's dial is just as busy) 6. Seiko Samurai STO 7. Vertex MP45 8. Fortis Cosmonaut Chrono 9. Formex Essence (but only because of the Malachite dial) 10. Hamilton Pilot Pioneer

Brilliant Russell. How can you part with any? I've got well over 100 and have no intention of selling any (I have broken a few though and had to out them - oops)

Surprised not to see the Sinn U50 and the Grand Seiko GMT in there ... I guess you've sold those two already ? My Ten : SKX013, "Arnie", CWC SBS Diver, CWC G10, Zero West DB80, Momentum SQ30, both the Tudor BB58s, the Explorer and the Cosmonaut. The SNXS79K was close, as was the Pogue. But no cigar as they say :-) HNY to you both !

Good show! Can't wait for the Casios!

Side note: I just bought the song Trampoline by Martha’s Man on iTunes. (The theme song). Thanks for sharing the name of the song pal. LOVE the channel! Great SOTC vid!

I'd keep the fortis for sure. it's such an iconic watch imo. I think its the best chrono in your collection. I'd also keep the pogu just because of its historic sig and collectability. that watch is always going to hold or go up in value over the years. too many people want one. I'd also keep the endevour cause I just won't wear anything but titanium if I can anymore. it's the only full metal watch I can tolerate wearing all day and I love that. I never get wrist fatigue wearing titanium. plus the endevour is a sick looking watch. I like the rest of your picks too. so my problem is that couldn't keep just 10. 😂

always an excellent show!, i look forward to your show more than others. proper down to earth watches and a bit more affordable. I love all of the watches apart from the citizen.

Excellent video. The Baltic is beautiful.

I thought the Formex might be on the list…it’s certainly on mine! Looking forward to seeing the Casio collection!

As we say, you gotta go with what you gotta go with. My only hot take here is with the Pogue - I'd hang onto that one. (I have a 6139 "blue eye" so naturally I'm biased here.) As far as your picks vs wife's, I'd call it a draw. Juicy video, mate! (EDIT: Fifty-into-ten, seriously? How about trimming it down, ten-at-a-time? Fewer regrets that way, yes?)

Awesome collection! If you are going to get a diver from Citizen I would like to give a recommendation and that is the Citizen Promaster 300m Solar Quartz Diver BN0000-04H. This is a solid case not a screw down. Amazing watch. The only drawbacks with it is the small crown and the rubber strap it comes with but that’s nothing a Nato won’t fix.

Thanks for the nice video. I am a fan of Bellroy in general. Just wondering if you have stopped using the Fuji X100 and why?

TGV made me do it, i think i will have to remember that one ^_^ great video

I always had a doubt about the gilt BB58 being gaslighted into my brain but the doubt was gone when my better half bought it for me even when I already owned a Sub. The BB58 is such a beautiful piece on its own and I just can’t explain why I’m so drawn to it…

Would love the Fortis chrono as a gift. 😂😊 Apparently, your wife and I both really like that one. 😅

Whens the mwc sale? Would take a few off you. Cant wait to see what you sell. 😊

This is awesome on every level!

Love your energy and content mate. As an ADHD'er this is what a technicolor ADHD watch collector (and collection) looks like. Keep it up!

The Tudor Black Bay is such an iconic watch, my personal favorite from your collection. I would sell the Rolex too, doesn't do much for me

Excellent show, it must have been the most difficult for you though. To be honest which ever way you sliced it you would have a lovely 10 watch collection. Am not sure if it gets easier or harder to keep the numbers down as you get older, keeping personal watches from times in our past. I have five of those now: A Lorus quartz digital analogue from the late 80's that I wore when I went to London as a student. A seiko 5 day date with the day in Arabic that I bought in King Khalid Military City, my first automatic and I wore it when we took Al Salman inside Iraq. An Omega Dynamic III that I bought in Nairobi Airport in '99 to see in the millennium in Africa. Then I have a sarb017 and an Orient Star Classic that I bought about 6 years ago when I started my new job where I go out to field locations and go back to the office in a suit. These 5 watches I could never part with which doesn't leave much space in a 10 watch collection.

Nice collection. Well done.

I specifically sold my 39mm Explorer due to the small crown, my new 36mm 124270 has all the correct components.

Happy new year🎉❤

Thanks for the video

I have decided, quite arbitrarily, that I dislike dials within dials. Therefore I would get rid of all of the chronographs (which I am personally doing when I finally get rid of my Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph).

I had to put a stopper on my watch obsession. Just too many watches.

Excellent! Thanks buddy

How have you been storing them? I have a similar number of watches and struggling to find something large enough!

I agree with all that. I want all those features as well. I just find it funny how many “collectors” love dive watches and have ZERO interest in diving. I enjoy your channel, you have a new fan from Toronto, Canada

Awesome video Russ! Will members possibly get a first shot at things you decide to sell???

Thank you for all your vids. I find you some days before. Please tell me what did you think about Instinct 2X Solar? Is this a mudman killer? I’m very surprised about it. I wish Casio will build some like this, and it can work without a smartphone also. Thank you.

Formex is hands down your best watch, the colour, no day or date ruining the dial, it just looks amazing. Seiko tortoise and Seagull I'd also like to own, but all the others are good TBF

Russel, could you do a short or video explaining which rubber strap/link you are using in your orient kamasu?! It looks really great! 7:49

I'm having trouble finding wrist time for an eight watch collection. Can't imagine how hard it is for 50 watches

Awesome video and collection! My fav is always the Fortis! Don’t get rid of that one or please sell it to me!

I have no idea how you can get rid of anything! Great collection!

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. If it makes you feel any better, my wife doesn’t even realize I’m wearing a watch let alone care enough to pick her favorites from my collection! I’m kidding. My wife is actually very supportive of my mild addiction. As for paring down your collection to 10? That seems a bit ambitious. I would maybe go down to 25. Thanks!

Great video Russ but I don’t get why so many of you reviewers want to cut your collections ! Mate I’m 200-250 easily so 50 is nothing. They don’t really loose value so unless generating cash is the reason just enjoy all of them. I can see where your tastes lie and it’s nice but I do wonder if it will always stay like that? Mine have been changing recently but that’s because I now have a new interest in a very small timeframe in watch making where electro mechanical watches were made. Fully mechanical with a balance but powered by a battery and a transistor (no quartz). These things like the Seiko Elnix (video coming on one) 28,800 VPH , smooth tick but never stops until the battery is dead. Fascinating. Keep up the good work pal. Always love your enthusiasm and energy in our little corner of YT. Happy New Year!

CWC definitely one of the keepers. I would keep the coke Promaster NY0040, I like it better than the SKX. Right now it would not bring too much by selling it. Probably I would have kept 2 of the 4 CWC. Downsizing is good.

The one Vertex I’d keep: the M100. You already have divers and chronographs that do a better job.

I’d definitely keep the pogue and I might lean towards Mrs MWCs choices lol

Hello Russ😁. Great watches!! Love your videos 👍