Primer
How to read a reference number
Five or six characters that tell you the case, the bezel, the bracelet and the year — once you know where the seams are.
The Dials desk · 2 min read
The watch reference
Every watch, described the same way.
41,859 models from 200 houses — case, calibre, dial and bracelet recorded to one specification, so two watches can finally be compared side by side.
- Models
- 41,859
- Brands
- 200
- Specification fields
- 40+
The houses
Brands with the deepest catalogues
Latest additions
Just catalogued
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.C794.132A0 listings
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.B975.132A0 listings
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.B975.200S0 listings
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.B975.435X0 listings
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.B995.132A0 listings
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.C794.211S0 listings
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.F547.132A0 listings
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.F548.132A0 listings
BreitlingAvenger
A1338012.C794.105X0 listings
DamaskoDK 10 Black
DK100 listings
DamaskoDK 14 Black
DK140 listings
DamaskoDK 11 Black
DK110 listings
The journal
Notes on watches, and on cataloguing them
- Behind the catalogue
The case for the crop
Why every watch in this catalogue is photographed against nothing at all.
- Field notes
Six movements worth knowing by name
The calibres that turn up under a hundred different dials, and what to listen for in each.
- Buying
What a listing actually tells you
Condition grades, service history, and the three words that should make you ask for more photographs.