Contributing

Contribution guidelines

Thank you for helping. These rules keep the site accurate, fair and safe for the people in it. Editors check every contribution against them.

What a sighting is

One watch, on one person, at one moment: a scene in a film or episode, an appearance at an event, or a day in public. If the same person wears the same watch in two scenes or at two events, that's two sightings.

Confirmed, Likely or Unverified

Confirmed: The exact watch is clearly established: a clear close-up showing the model and dial, or a statement from the brand, a stylist or the production's costume department, or a documented prop or auction sale.
Likely: A strong match, but one detail isn't certain — the exact reference, the material, or the dial colour.
Unverified: You believe it's this watch but can't show it clearly yet. Unverified sightings are welcome; they're labelled as such.

Record the watch as precisely as the evidence allows. If you know it's a Speedmaster but not which reference, choose the family and leave the reference blank.

People

Public figures only: actors, musicians, athletes, models, creators and others in public life. Never private individuals.
Never children. Don't name them, and crop them out of photos entirely, even if they are in the background.
On screen, the person is the actor; the character goes in its own field.

In the Wild: no real-time tracking

Give the city only — never an address, venue, hotel, home, school or workplace.
Photos must not reveal those places either (signs, house numbers, distinctive views).
Sightings appear at least 7 days after the day they happened. A sighting without a date isn't published.

Your own words, and sources

Write descriptions yourself. Don't copy or closely paraphrase other websites, magazines, forums or wikis.
Link to your source — a clip, an interview, the person's own post — rather than copying it.
Don't claim a watch's value or authenticity, or that it was a gift or product placement, unless a source says so; give that source.

Photos

Only upload photos you took, or that you have permission to publish, and credit them. Agency and paparazzi photos almost never qualify. No photo? A good description and a source link make a perfectly good sighting. Location data is stripped from every upload automatically. See the image policy.

Your own watches

Your own photos of your own watch, please; keep out anything that shows where you live, and never show children.
No phone numbers, addresses or outside links in the text — buyers reach you through the site's message form.
Selling? Be accurate about condition and what's included. We don't take part in sales or check listings for authenticity.

How review works

Everything new is checked by an editor, and you'll get an email either way. If something can't be published, we'll say why. Contributors can suggest edits to any sighting; editors review those too. Every change is kept in the history, so nothing is lost.