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How to keep a watch collection record
A useful collection record answers a few simple questions: what is it, is it yours, and when do you wear it? Start there. The rest can grow with the collection.
Give each watch a useful record
Keep a photograph, the brand, the model and a reference when you know it. Add the details you would want to find again, such as where you first saw it or which version caught your eye.
In Reference, these watches live in your private Index. You can correct their identification later, so an incomplete reference does not have to stop you recording a discovery.
Separate owned from spotted
The watch in your box and the watch you admired across a table belong to different parts of your story. Marking them separately keeps a growing Index useful.
Spotted watches can stay alongside your collection. Daily wear is for active owned watches, so a discovery does not become a watch you claim to have worn.
Build a record of wrist time
Log the watch you wear today. Over time, the history shows which pieces come out regularly and which stay in the box.
A private wear entry and a public wrist check are different actions. You can keep a wear history without publishing a photograph, and choose separately what you share with other enthusiasts.
Add the details that matter to you
Reference Pro adds purchase and service records, your own private watch values and monthly wear summaries. These sit alongside the photographs and references you already keep.
A value you enter is your own record, not a live market price or an appraisal. Check the current Pro price and included allowances in the app.