Don't Sell Your Watches!... Yet

Tim Mosso understands that buying watches is more fun than selling watches, but there's a time when all watch collectors need to let go. Whether you've decided that a gold Rolex Submariner just isn't you or you need to free up funds to buy a Patek Philippe 5016, legitimate reasons for reducing your watch collection abound. Tonight, Tim discusses the right and wrong times to sell your watches. Let's start with the times you should NOT sell your watches. First, there's the family heirloom. This is a watch with a history that already ties it to your life story from day one. Whether it's grandpa's watch or dad's watch - or mom's watch - the heirloom watch is something that belongs partly to you, partly to your family's past, and partly to your family's future; will it to the next generation. Don't sell watches given as gifts, because that would be bad manners and bad form. Finally, don't sell the watches you associate with major life milestones, because those watches help to re-connect you to previous triumphs and challenges overcome. Why sell a watch? For one, a collector might decide to sell a watch because his tastes have changed. Tim eventually realized that his 46mm+ Jaeger LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme was a wonderful watch but too large and too aggressive to match his personal style. All watch collectors learn more about their personal styles as they progress through life, and there's nothing wrong with selling watches that don't match. It's also reasonable to se