Cataloguing your watches?

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aloguing/record-keeping apps exist for all sorts of other areas (believe it or not, I used to use a record-keeping app when I kept snakes, logging when they ate (they aren't daily feeders), what they ate, weight, shed records etc).

Perhaps the reason a good one hasn't been developed is because, as you say, previous attempts have been a footnote to the main business focus.

Whether there's a lack of user interest though, that is a distinct possibility.

You’re surprised that a hobby that romanticizes analogue technology taken to extremes isn’t pivoting quickly toward apps? 😁

An oversimplification, but there’s also I think a user base distinction to be made:

there are a lot of folks that buy and sell mostly modern watches and aren’t too fussed about data

then there are a few folks that have a focus on vintage watches and are inordinately fussed about obscure, controversial, and weird data

catering to the data “needs” of those two groups seems … frustrating.
 
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You’re surprised that a hobby that romanticizes analogue technology taken to extremes isn’t pivoting quickly toward apps? 😁

An oversimplification, but there’s also I think a user base distinction to be made:

there are a lot of folks that buy and sell mostly modern watches and aren’t too fussed about data

then there are a few folks that have a focus on vintage watches and are inordinately fussed about obscure, controversial, and weird data

catering to the data “needs” of those two groups seems … frustrating.

Ha, fair point! At the same time, the fact that people are cataloguing their collection proves the need, somewhat at least. I think the data concern can be addressed too