I would strongly advise against inputing that sort of detail into any of those sites. There are a ton of them that are mostly vibe coded with zero attention to data safety and by giving them information, you’re effectively casing your own home.
Information about your collection is best stored in an excel spreadsheet on a secure device under your own control.
I agree, was more hoping to start a conversation on the forum which would either highlight the owners good or indeed bad intentions
I think people just get excited and want to build something cool, it’s getting pretty frustrating as we have them come here and spam their website here trying to get customers or traffic but it happens so constantly, typically with the same type of AI generated and designed site that we remove all of them to prevent being inundated.
It’s super easy now to make a website, more so than at any point in history, but the important stuff like data security, thinking about the potential risks and consequences of data and PII you collect and store tend to be the first casualties.
The result is a dream for bad actors and those harvesting information.
Anyone have any knowledge of speedybase.org all over my social media asking for owners of vintage watches to upload details inc EOA's
Was taught to be cautious and before i even contemplate adding my collection details was wondering if it was a forum member?
I would strongly advise against inputing that sort of detail into any of those sites. There are a ton of them that are mostly vibe coded with zero attention to data safety and by giving them information, you’re effectively casing your own home.
Information about your collection is best stored in an excel spreadsheet on a secure device under your own control.
The site runs on Cloudflare Pages + D1 (Cloudflare's edge database). There's no server to hack in the traditional sense - no VPS, no exposed ports.
What the registry stores: serial number, reference, sub-reference, caliber, dial/bezel/caseback variant. No names, no emails, no IP addresses, no accounts. The submitter hash is a one-way SHA-256 of the request IP - used only for rate limiting, not identification. It can't be reversed.
I have no interest in owners' details. Only in creating a maximally usable and searchable database of the timepieces we are all obsessed with.
What it doesn't store: proof images are used to verify submissions and discarded. There's no photo gallery of a watch. No location data, purchase prices. Nothing that connects a watch to a person.
The concern about "casing your own home" assumes the registry links watches to owners. It doesn't. Knowing that a 145.022-69 with serial 31003555 exists tells you exactly as much as seeing it in a Christie's auction catalogue.
Every serial in the database is already publicly documente. I only aggregated public data. individual submissions have no identity to them. They're purely data points.
The source code for the site is inspectable.
Thanks for the reply. I only asked if a forum member 😀
Thanks for the reply. I only asked if a forum member 😀 im more than happy to upload my collection details when i get some time.
As there is no EOA anymore and looks like there never will be. It could become an Unofficial omega verification site if the forum would give its blessing.
Why are the images not stored for future reference
The site runs on Cloudflare Pages + D1 (Cloudflare's edge database). There's no server to hack in the traditional sense - no VPS, no exposed ports.
What the registry stores: serial number, reference, sub-reference, caliber, dial/bezel/caseback variant. No names, no emails, no IP addresses, no accounts. The submitter hash is a one-way SHA-256 of the request IP - used only for rate limiting, not identification. It can't be reversed.
I have no interest in owners' details. Only in creating a maximally usable and searchable database of the timepieces we are all obsessed with.
What it doesn't store: proof images are used to verify submissions and discarded. There's no photo gallery of a watch. No location data, purchase prices. Nothing that connects a watch to a person.
The concern about "casing your own home" assumes the registry links watches to owners. It doesn't. Knowing that a 145.022-69 with serial 31003555 exists tells you exactly as much as seeing it in a Christie's auction catalogue.
Every serial in the database is already publicly documente. I only aggregated public data. individual submissions have no identity to them. They're purely data points.
The source code for the site is inspectable.
From what i see on the site it is quite a clever combination of a production dating section also based on EoA and watches with documents uploaded for the Registry ? a movement number database from Hartman/MAddox + MWO with a pricing database ( including auction results ) a la speedmaster101and Watchcharts.
Presented in a more graphic way like this ;
All with explanation of the sources used. And a nice picture gallery of the models in their correct state.
A link to a stolen watch database like the Watch Register could be a usefull add on. If you take the subscription we can all check our watches for free with you 😀👮♂️👍
if it is all omega speedmasters and only about omega speedmasters, that would be fine and quite interesting.
There is a lot of information available from experienced experts about Speedmasters.
MWO, speedmaster101.com, ilovemyspeedmaster.com.
What will your website add?
It sounds like it will be collection of unvetted data from unknown sources.
From what i see on the site it is quite a clever combination of a production dating section also based on EoA and watches with documents uploaded for the Registry ? a movement number database from Hartman/MAddox + MWO with a pricing database ( including auction results ) a la speedmaster101and Watchcharts.
Presented in a more graphic way like this ;
All with explanation of the sources used. And a nice picture gallery of the models in their correct state.
A link to a stolen watch database like the Watch Register could be a usefull add on. If you take the subscription we can all check our watches for free with you 😀👮♂️👍
