I have actually brough 5 or 6 watches from ebay in the last few months.

and i too , watch several items at the same time, firstly it puts it on my list so i dont have to search for it again.

secondly, the way ebay is, and has recently been brought to my attention, there is no point ( infact it can be detrimental to you if you do ) in placing an early bid , well except to make it become an active bid on auction. As with the withdrawrall of a bid, it can make you become the highest bidder again, after you think you are out of an auction and have moved on to bid on the same item with someone else, potentially making you liable to buy 2 of the same thing.

so i will watch everything i am interested in, and place the majority of my bids in the last minute of an auction if not the last seconds.

and you will find the majority of your watchers are waiting to the last possible moment, to bid, if the price doesnt go beyond what they are prepared to pay.

if you have an auction running for 5 days you can bet only 5% of the action happening on your item happens in the first 4 days and 23 hours and 30 minutes , 95% of the action will happen in the last minutes