A tilted photo squashes the round dial into an oval. Auto finds the tilt; or drag the sliders until the dial matches the round template, then tap Apply.

Keyboard: arrows move the template (Shift = bigger steps), , and . rotate 0.1° (Shift = 1°), + and − resize.

Fine adjust

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Rotation

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Bezel ring

Line weight

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Arrows move the template by a hair; ↻ ↺ turn it by 0.1°.

12 is one hour left12 is one hour right

Auto-fit measures every index for you. To measure by hand, switch to Measure and tap both ends of an index (for round dots, two opposite edges). A magnifier appears while your finger is down so you can place points exactly.

A tilted, compressed or glare-heavy photo can make a straight index look off. Every reading above is already corrected for the camera angle the app measured on the minute track.

The pinion sits higher than the dial, so a tilted photo shifts it a little. Judge it on a straight-on shot.

What to check on this dial

Auto-fit locks onto your dial's own minute track, then resizes the index outlines and date window to match your actual dial. The model template supplies the layout (which hours have a date, subdials or a triangle); the measurements come from your photo.

Use Flag to pin anything else: a print smudge, a bezel mark, an end-link gap. Each pin goes into your post.

Choose a photo or screenshot of the timegrapher screen. Claude reads rate, amplitude, beat error, beat rate and lift angle and fills them in below. You can also load it with your QC photos on the Align tab and it will be picked up there.

Reading it right

1. Use the reading taken fully wound, dial up, after the numbers settle. Ask for a video if you only got one frozen photo.
2. A few seconds per day either way is fine and a watchmaker can regulate it. Low amplitude or high beat error can't be fixed by regulating.
3. Amplitude depends on the lift angle the machine was set to. A wrong lift angle can shift amplitude by 10–20%, so note it if it's shown.
4. 28,800 bph is the normal beat rate for most modern automatics, not a fault.

Saves this QC (measurements, checklist, timing, verdict and a small preview of the overlay) under a report ID. Anyone can open the link to check the numbers in your post weren't edited. Reports can't be changed once created; make a new one after changes. Your full photos aren't stored.

Four clean images from your photo and measurements: a cover photo for the top of your album (the dealer's shot, squared on the dial with guide lines), the dial with the alignment overlay, close-ups of every index on its line, and the date window with your timing and checklist. Make photo album (in Watch details) adds them to your album next to the dealer's photos.

Claude looks at your QC photo, the template overlay with your measurements, and everything you marked, then applies the sub's standards and makes a GL or RL call. It's free to use, with a few AI checks per person per day.

Watch details

Before you post

1. Post the whole QC album, timing included. Incomplete packets get removed.
2. Wait for timing data from the seller before posting if it's missing.
3. Answer every point. "Not sure", "N/A" on a model that has the feature, or a wall of text get posts removed.
4. Be specific: "the 9 index is tilted counter-clockwise", not "looks odd". Mods discourage vague words and lines drawn on the dial.
5. Compare against other QC photos of the same model from the dealer, not the genuine watch. Rep dials differ from gen and that isn't a QC flaw.
6. Judge at real size too: zoom out until the dial is wrist-sized. A flaw you can't see there rarely justifies a red light.
7. Most alignment "flaws" posted turned out to be a tilted photo. If several indices lean the same way, ask for a straight-on shot first.
8. Sellers usually allow two or three RLs before offering a refund instead, so save your RLs for flaws the sub actually rejects.
9. Upvote the people who help you.

Feedback shapes the next version. Pick what happened, add a line if you like, then copy it into the feedback thread.

What worked, what didn't

Privacy: your photos are measured on your phone and are never uploaded by the app. Only when an AI feature runs (model detection, timegrapher scan or AI verdict) are they sent to Anthropic's Claude API to be read, and they aren't kept by this site. The copied feedback contains no photo.

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