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Details to record
- Brand or maker
- reference number
- movement
- box and papers
- metal and hallmarks
- gemstones
Example record
Dad’s Speedmaster from 1996
Manual wind · steel bracelet · box and papers
Your notes
Bedroom drawer, in the watch roll. Papers and the 2019 service receipt are in the blue folder.
The details you will be glad you kept
Read the small engravings
Photograph the dial, caseback and clasp, or the stamps inside a ring. Check the suggested brand, reference number and metal against the piece, and keep a worn stamp in your notes as uncertain until you can confirm it.
Keep the full set together
Note whether the box, papers, certificates and service receipts are still there, and where they are kept. Watch collectors often ask about box and papers, so it helps to know where they are.
Start a collection
Add a few items and build from there.
