Watch collection workflow and software

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Ralvari

·Apr 18, 2021

Hi all,

I'm thinking to use some software to have better controlled all the watches I have with all the related information about (photos, receipts, comments, characteristics, etc).

Are you using any specific software and/or workflow to have your watch collection "in order"?

Thanks

 

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eugeneandresson

·Apr 18, 2021

Excel for recording.
Organised file system for photos.

 

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vintage hab

·Apr 18, 2021

I also just use Excel

 

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Spacefruit

·Apr 18, 2021·Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder

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LesXL

·Apr 18, 2021

- Excel/Numbers for my attempt to keep an organised information system
- Watches album on Google Photos

 

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Larry S

·Apr 18, 2021·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Hard copies of all correspondence, photos. Excel

 

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Ralvari

·Apr 18, 2021

So, no commercial (or free) specific software at all, just "self-developed"

 

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Dan S

·Apr 18, 2021

The OP might be interested in these threads, which addressed similar topics.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/which-app-for-watch-collection.88907/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/how-do-you-collate-your-watch-information.67463/

 

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Amg786s

·Apr 18, 2021

very outdated here- Photos album on the Mac with a notebook of scribbles! Although this thread has empowered me to start something more cutting edge

 

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mr_yossarian

·Apr 18, 2021

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Massive management overhead, even with your number of watches 😀!

 

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Ralvari

·Apr 18, 2021

Dan S

The OP might be interested in these threads, which addressed similar topics.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/which-app-for-watch-collection.88907/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/how-do-you-collate-your-watch-information.67463/

Thanks. So, I see that there is not (yet) the definitive easy tool that answer the major request of the aficionados (privacy, easiness, etc...)

Watchsee (that I knew) is the most near app, but it's "short" in specifications and parametrization.

 

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MRC

·Apr 18, 2021

Ralvari

So, no commercial (or free) specific software at all, just "self-developed"

Tellico is a free collection manager that I fiddled with and decided it was overkill. The probable downside for you is that it requires KDE Frameworks 5 platform (also free) and that is only available for Linux and some BSD Unix variants,

https://tellico-project.org/

 

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Ralvari

·Apr 18, 2021

MRC

Tellico is a free collection manager that I fiddled with and decided it was overkill. The probable downside for you is that it requires KDE Frameworks 5 platform (also free) and that is only available for Linux and some BSD Unix variants,

https://tellico-project.org/

Many thanks. Here I'm at home a full Mac user. 😀

 

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MRC

·Apr 18, 2021

Ralvari

Many thanks. Here I'm at home a full Mac user. 😀

I believe that modern MacOses are based on BSD, so you might find a port of the software. Can't help more, I've been Linux at home since 1998 and SunOs before that.

 

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ewand

·May 6, 2021

I use Excel for numbers, but OneNote (free and also freeform, to a point) for grabbing summary info like the condition of the watch when I received it, a link to the FS ad etc, maybe links to further info on that watch or ideas for bracelets etc. There are other similar packages - like EverNote - but OneNote is available for nothing on every platform so it's just _easy_.

 

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Simmy

·Jul 22, 2021

Mac users can take a look at Tap Forms 5, which is pretty good for cataloging pretty much anything.

 

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Waltesefalcon

·Jul 22, 2021

Little hand written tags with the date of the last service written on them.

 

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Donn Chambers

·Jul 22, 2021

Ralvari

Hi all,

I'm thinking to use some software to have better controlled all the watches I have with all the related information about (photos, receipts, comments, characteristics, etc).

Are you using any specific software and/or workflow to have your watch collection "in order"?

Thanks

The Timepiece Genleman uses an excel spreadsheet and a handwritten notebook. If i works for them…. 😉

 

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LesXL

·Jul 22, 2021

Donn Chambers

The Timepiece Genleman uses an excel spreadsheet and a handwritten notebook. If i works for them…. 😉

And YouTube... You could always go back to watch your videos 😀

 

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drhex

·Jul 23, 2021

Excel for me with a tab for inventory, inventory sold (strangely empty 😀 ) and last serviced.