Research · Tenue Score

Strip away the hype. Measure the watch.

How much watch is in this watch?

In Switzerland they would say tenue: how the watch holds itself. Its bearing. Not the brand. Not the price. How much watch is in this watch.

Every other ranking mixed price and fame into how good a watch is. This one does not. You get Engine, Frame, and Bench. Price stays off. Brand prestige stays off. Craft and Vision stand beside the number. They do not inflate it.

Engine. Frame. Bench.

Score a watch

Published specs go in. Tenue Score comes out. Known watches print on the next screen. Price never enters the sheet.

What the card prints

Tenue Score
Engine + Frame + Bench, out of 100. In Switzerland they would say tenue: how the watch holds itself. Price and brand fame stay off the sheet.
Engine
Barrels, beat, escape, load, protocol.
Frame
Case, seal, clasp, carrier, crystal, lume.
Bench
Whether it can be serviced and kept alive.
Craft
0 to 20. Beside. Never added.
Vision
0 to 20. Beside. Not yet scored on live cards.

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Mechanical timepieces only. Quartz is ineligible.

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