Starting a collection record
Start with one record per watch: identity, purchase details, photos, condition, value, service, timing, wear, documents, and export notes.
Build the watch collection catalogGuides
Lugs Collector Guides
A practical hub for documenting watches, preparing insurance records, tracking accuracy, planning service, understanding wear, and keeping sensitive collection details private.
Collection system
What a serious watch collection system tracks
A useful collection system is more than a gallery. It should make each watch identifiable, prove what came with it, show how it has been worn and serviced, preserve value context, and let you export records when an insurer, watchmaker, dealer, or family member needs them.
- Identity: brand, model, reference, serial notes, movement, case, dial, bracelet, and status.
- Evidence: dial, caseback, accessory, receipt, appraisal, warranty, and service-document photos.
- Ownership: purchase source, provenance, values, insured amount, sale or trade history, and export dates.
- Use: wear diary, service timeline, timing notes, reminders, wishlist, and what-to-wear context.
- Privacy: full serials, receipts, values, appraisals, policy numbers, and storage details handled carefully.
Collector intent
Start from what you are trying to do
Bought a new watch
Capture the receipt, warranty card, serial notes, accessories, first photos, condition notes, and value source before details disappear.
Follow the new-watch intake workflowPreparing insurance documents
Collect proof of ownership, proof of value, clear photos, appraisals, receipts, service records, and a dated export for the insurer conversation.
Review the insurance inventory checklistChecking accuracy
Log repeated seconds-per-day readings with reference time, position, wind state, temperature, service context, and notes before judging the trend.
Track watch accuracy without overreading one resultPreparing for service
Bring service history, timing trends, warranty notes, symptoms, photos, and previous invoices together so the watchmaker gets useful context.
Know when regulation or service is worth discussingDeciding what to wear
Use wear history, service status, travel plans, value, and rotation gaps to pick a watch with context instead of guessing from the box.
See wear history and product answersPreparing to sell or trade
Keep photos, box and papers, service records, value notes, final condition, accessories, and sale or trade details attached to the watch record.
Document sold, traded, gifted, or inherited watchesCommon workflows
Quick workflows before you open a full guide
New purchase
Add the watch, photograph the accessories and receipt, record purchase details, note condition, then log the first wear.
Insurance prep
Review identity fields, values, appraisals, photos, documents, service records, and export date before sending anything.
Accuracy trend
Use the same reference time, repeat readings over days, record position and wind state, and compare the trend with maker context.
Service visit
Bring timing notes, service history, symptoms, warranty details, and photos together before contacting a watchmaker.
Watch accuracy tracking and COSC explained
How collectors can record repeated seconds-per-day readings, understand COSC context, and decide when a watchmaker should inspect or regulate a mechanical watch.
How to catalog a watch collection
A practical system for recording watches, photos, service records, values, wear history, timing notes, documents, exports, and privacy-sensitive details.
Watch collection insurance inventory checklist
What to keep in a watch insurance inventory: ownership records, identifying details, photos, values, appraisals, documents, update cadence, exports, and privacy cautions.
Need product specifics?
The Lugs FAQ answers privacy, export, pricing, platform, and cloud backup questions.