Guide · Add a watch · Part 4 of 4
Maintenance & Legacy.
The fourth group: the watch's servicing and tests, where it is kept and where it goes next, and your own notes. These pictures show version 2.74.0 of Watch Vault Archive with every field empty; grey text in a box is only an example. Where the form gives a section a one-line description, it appears in italics under the heading.
Service, Pressure Tests & Timing Tests
Service history, pressure tests and timing runs, over the years
A service interval and the date last serviced; once the record has a purchase or service date, the count starts from it. The service history takes one entry per visit: when it was sent and returned, the service type and date, who serviced it, the cost, measured accuracy, any warranty given and the work performed. Pressure tests record the date, what it was tested to, the result, who tested it and notes. Timing tests take the lift angle your timegrapher needs and a timing standard, then rate, amplitude and beat error in up to six positions.
Custody & Succession
Where it is, and who gets it
Where it is now: possession, storage location and exactly where, an access code or key number, where the papers and box are kept, and when you last checked. Where it goes next: a disposition and the beneficiary or directive. These are notes for the people you choose; they are not a will.
Notes & Reflection
Wearing impressions, and why it matters to you
Notes, in your own words. Then a personal reflection on why this watch matters to you, which is printed in the watch's folio and any collection folios, and is never required.
