This is my first SOTC post ever – a long one but the spring 2024 SOTC would have been even longer. I realised I had lost control (at >160 *) but I was able to get it back, more or less.

* I did realise it sooner but wasn't yet ready to act

So summer 2024 I started to consolidate and in 15 months time things have changed quite a bit: >100 sold, few gifted away or retired for spare parts, two thrown into the bin, and some 13 still listed/to-be-listed…

SOTC autumn 2025 (my first ever)

>130 watches. 1 year: 18 in, 99 out (94 sold, 2 gifted away, 1 retired for spare parts, 2 into the bin). 5 serviced. I feel better and will continue to consolidate.

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What a year!! Last summer July 2024 I finally started consolidating my watch hoard after reaching a number of over 130 pieces (I have been reluctant and ashamed to even count the exact number). Before that I had never sold a watch in my life and now during a one year span I have sold 94…

Turn of a Tide (consolidating)