Too many watches, struggling to downsize

[GolfJunkie]

I've always had a thing for watches, from my Timex Ironman and Nike "smart watch" as a little kid, to fossil in middle school, then to Bulova, Movado, Citizen, etc, in High School and into my early twenties. Then in 2015 my wife gifted me a Montblanc Star Chronograph on our wedding day. This was my first "real" watch and I was absolutely obsessed and infatuated with that watch, wore it every day for a year. In the fall of 2016 I was ready to buy myself another watch. I had narrowed it down to an Omega Speedmaster GSTOM or a Rolex Submariner 116610ln. So in December of 2016 I was in Houston and my wife and I went to the Galleria to do some shopping. Went into the Omega boutique and tried on almost every variation of the Speedmaster and almost pulled the trigger but wanted to go look at Rolex. So we went down the hall to the Rolex boutique and I asked a SA if he had a Sub date, he said they currently didn't have that model in stock and showed me what was available. Basically everything in the current lineup besides the SubLN and SS Daytonas. I hadn't yet joined TRF and my knowledge of Rolex was very limited and I was overwhelmed by the selection and different models (and honestly hadn't looked at much outside the SubLN) so back to Omega we went and I bought the GSTOM (that one still kind of stings, paid full retail but still love the watch to this day so oh well). Well, after getting home and enjoying the Omega for a whole month I still couldn't get the Rolex out of my head. Joined the forum in January of 2017 and purchased that Sub Date shortly thereafter, then my Exp II a few months later, then the BLNR, then...



We all know how it goes and how addicting it can be. To say I hit the ground running would be an understatement. I've acquired my entire collection, pictured below, in a short span of 4 years. Quite a few have come and gone and there are a few others I still lust after. But the last few weeks I've experienced almost an overwhelming feeling of "I have too many". Honestly I'm at the point where I can't even enjoy them all and it feels like a chore to wear certain watches.



Ideally I would like to get to 8-10 but have no idea where to begin and know I would have sellers remorse for almost all of the watches I currently have.



I've thought about selling all the GMT's but can't bring myself to do it. I've also thought about keeping 1-2 GMT's, 1-2 divers, 1-2 chronos but again, can't bring myself to do it and decide what goes and what stays.



Where do I start???? Do I just grab a few, sell them, forget about them and move on? Please share your thoughts and let me know if you've had a similar experience and what your outcome was.



A couple that are staying for sure:

Montblanc Chrono

Tudor GMT

SD43

116619lb

216570

116610lv