How Many Watches Should A Person Have?

Thats not an easy question to answer. We have to think about a lot of things when asking how many watches you should own.

In this post, I will guide you through the things you need to know before putting a number on the number of watches a person should have.

Occasions Were You Need A Watch For

There are some occasions you want a watch for.

First, you want a watch to wear every day with every outfit you can imagine.

This is what I will call your daily. The daily needs to be something that fits it all.

Here you can think of something like a Rolex Submariner, Rolex DateJust, Omega Speedmaster, Cartier Santos.

Get the daily in steel, that way your watch will be more compatible with all your outfits.

Second, you want yourself a watch for special occasions.

Think of a wedding or fancy party, for these days you need a dress watch.

The dress watch needs to be a smaller watch that will fit under your suit or dress shirt.

For the dress watch, you can imagine an Omega Constellation, a Patek Philippe Calatrava, or a Cartier Tank.

The watch should be worn on a leather strap.

The third category I have for my watches is the activities or sports watch.

Here you need something thats waterproof and scratch-resistant.

Because you want to wear this watch when doing activities its gonna get the beating.

For the sports watch think of any diver watch, Rolex Submariner, Omega Seamaster, Tudor Pelagos, or a Tag Heuer Aquaracer.

Of course, you can imagine more occasions to have a watch for but these three are the ones for me.

Types Of Watches

We put our watches in categories, these are the types of watches you need to know about.

First, we have the men and women category, I dont have to go in-depth about this.

Then we go to the automatic or mechanical watches.

An automatic watch uses a movement where the battery gets charged through the movement of your wrist and hand.

If you wear this watch daily you wont need to wind it up or change the battery.

The mechanical watches have different movements where you do have to wind your watch up every now and then.

Or swap the battery when it dies.

These movements are usually cheaper to make and youll see that in the price of your watch as well.

Now we go on to the different types of watches.

Here Ive made a list of the types of watches.

Budget Of Your Watch(es)

When purchasing something new you always have a budget to work with.

You might have $5.000,- laying around for which you could purchase one Rolex DateJust 16220 or get yourself 5 less expensive watches.

Well if youre buying your first watch and you got that 5 grand lying around, I would recommend getting an automatic watch that you can call your daily.

When having a budget the secondary market is also a great place to find a deal.

On Chrono24 you can find plenty of great looking watches that wont break the bank.

When working with a small budget of $100,- to $500,- I recommend going to watchmakers like Seiko, Fossil, Casio, or Swatch.

These makers will sell you great watches for a good price.

You can create a whole collection out of less expensive watches or save up for the more luxury timepieces.

You Need At Least 3 Watches

In my view, I suggest that you have a minimum of three watches.

As mentioned in the beginning, a daily watch is needed for your everyday use.

This can be anything you like, I would recommend it being an automatic watch.

That movement will save you hassle with winding up the watch or changing the battery.

A sports watch which you can use for activities.

This needs to be a more durable watch, so a dive or military watch will do a great job here.

And a dress watch.

This should be your secret gem, the piece that you take out for special occasions only.

A marvellous timeless watch.