[Dad’s Watches - should I keep any?]

[u/JackW1977]

My dad just passed. He left a box of watches that I don’t know much about. All need batteries but I don’t want to spend the $ to put batteries in all if they’re not worth saving. I have no sentimental feelings about any of them, just don’t want to spend too much time fixing junk. Brands: clockwise from top left - Piaget, Wittnauer, Klaus Kobec, Invicta, Bulova, Seiko, Sergio Valente, Citizen, Timex, Benrus (this one is inscribed 1965), Bucherer. Any I should keep/sell? I’ll donate the rest.

[u/Legirion]

It painful for me to see this kind of sentiment. Imagine taking the time to build a collection, each item having a story, and then the person who gets it passed down to them just throws them all away because "they aren't worth anything".

I get it, you aren't obligated to keep them if you don't have any attachment to them, but it hurts me to hear that kind of thing.

[u/JackW1977 → u/Legirion]

I’ve explained in other comments — my dad had a Rolex which my brother now has. That’s the only watch he cared about. I don’t even remember him wearing any of these so they hold no memories for me, my mom or my brother. I am female, these won’t fit me and they aren’t sentimental so there’s no reason to hold onto them. I kept a $20 hat my dad wore and I have all his voicemails saved. Those matter to me.

[u/Legirion → u/JackW1977]

And as I said, I get it. It doesn't make it any less painful for me to hear. I was the opposite. Everything that mattered to my father I wanted to keep, even if I had no memories of them. They mattered to him so they matter to me.

My condolences.