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Starting this thread to chronicle the journey toward storing all my watches. Had planned to build a wall cabinet over the holidays (and took time off), but the hardware stores have as of today all closed until earliest mid-January. :evil:

Since construction is delayed, I decided to start with getting pillows for all my watches...and get all my watches onto pillows. The box of pillows arrived a few hours ago.

I found black “velvet” pillows on Amazon for about €1/pillow including shipping and import fees. I decided to start with 110 of them...shown here in their packaging:
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The quality is much better than I expected, and I will definitely order more for the other 2/3 of the collection. Here are the first 80 watches snugly fit onto pillows:
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I have another 120 or so here in boxes and winders, but I notice the price on Amazon has now gone up slightly due to Amazon’s **** custom pricing algorithm showing that these are valuable to me. I will have to order the rest from my wife’s account to get the better pricing. The rest of the collection is in California, so I can deal with them later.
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I am still working on the cabinet plans, but will share details here once ready....and of course updates through the build and final pictures once complete.
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This is going to be an interesting thread to follow.
Good luck with the journey!
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I will follow your career with interest, lol.
Nice going thus far!
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All 110 pillows in use, about to order some more.

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Wow. Looking forward to following along with your progress
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Awesome. Love home builds and looking forward to seeing your progress.
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I showed my wife this thread to try to prove I didn't have too many watches, and this was her reaction:

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I wish that watch were 38mm?
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I know the struggle. 2 cabinets, 14 drawers total + two 24 ct. cases. Couple of sheets of closed cell foam + lots of hunting on Walmart.com + lots of patience.

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This will be great! If you need any help with shipping you know that you have a lot of friends who are happy to help!
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The second order of pillows came surprisingly quickly. Here now 190 watches on pillows.
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watchpalooza wrote:The second order of pillows came surprisingly quickly. Here now 190 watches on pillows.
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Can't wait to see the rest, and what else you have hanging out in the bay. Need me to "check" on them FTE?
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Are there some you cannot see, looks like this is several rows deep...

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ncstate1201 wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:57 pm Are there some you cannot see, looks like this is several rows deep...

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Yes, it is 8 rows deep.
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How are you planning to rotate through the 8 rows keep an eye in what you have and how will you pull from the back and not bang into others or knock one off the shelf. Just curious...

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ncstate1201 wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 6:46 am How are you planning to rotate through the 8 rows keep an eye in what you have and how will you pull from the back and not bang into others or knock one off the shelf. Just curious...

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This setup is only temporary until the hardware stores reopen and I can build a proper cabinet. In the end, this is to be a wall-hanging cabinet that is only 1 watch deep...a wall of watches.
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