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I'm staying away from scraping to avoid IP questions/issues but there are serious problems with every dataset I've touched (including the makers' own data!) and none of them scope the range of fields I'm chasing.

 

I suspect that some major resellers have their own (hidden, proprietary) databases. This is an effort to build a really solid dataset by hand by checking sources. My data isn't 100% complete yet and I'm sure there are bit errors, but such is the nature of this sort of research.
I'm not trying to capture anything about sell prices or recent prices, nothing with USD/euro/etc - just things that are true about the reference if you held it in your hand.
Here's the list of fields I've got so far for each reference.
Maker
Model
Model Detail
Reference
Case
Case Gems
Dial
Dial Gems
Band
Strap Gems
Hand shape
Indices
Shape
Diameter
Thickness
Diameter, rounded
Thickness, rounded
Lug-Lug
Lug Width
Buckle Width
Calibre
Display Back
Cab. Crown
Half Hunter
Frequency
Jewels
Reserve
Wind
Small second
Center Second
Deadbeat Seconds
Day
Date
Week
Triple Calendar
Annual Calendar
Perpetual Calendar
Year Indicator
Moonphase
EOT
Day/night
Chronograph
Rattrapante
Flyback
Tourbillon
Carrousel
Alarm
GMT
24H
World Time
Jum minutes
Jump hour
Minute repeater
Musical
Grande Sonnerie
Petite Sonnerie
Striking
Fusee
Power reserve indicator
Twin Escapements
Hacking
Skeleton
Diameter
Thickness
Components
TPD
Direction

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Finally finished indexing 835 JLC's - now have 9523 references indexed across 8 makers

 
By: xto : September 28th, 2024-22:33
and the 37mm diameter gap continues. Interesting to note that Blancpain favored 38's and 40's - by a lot - over other diameters. There are more findings to be explored - diameters are just one of 50 fields I've captured for each reference (where I could f...  

Interesting data !

 
By: Aquaracer1 : September 28th, 2024-22:49
38, 39 and 40 mm leading the way, that’s about what I’d expect across these brands. Maybe Omega?

it's in there... I have to figure out why it's not showing up in that chart (or at least not in the legend

 
By: xto : September 30th, 2024-00:42
A. Lange & Sohne 480 Audemars Piguet 1087 Blancpain 1931 Breguet 869 Jaeger-LeCoultre 835 Laurent Ferrier 25 Longines 948 Omega 735 Patek Philippe 1695 Ulysse Nardin 704 Vacheron Constantin 450

I'm staying away from scraping to avoid IP questions/issues but there are serious problems with every dataset I've touched (including the makers' own data!) and none of them scope the range of fields I'm chasing.

 
By: xto : September 30th, 2024-00:38
I suspect that some major resellers have their own (hidden, proprietary) databases. This is an effort to build a really solid dataset by hand by checking sources. My data isn't 100% complete yet and I'm sure there are bit errors, but such is the nature of...