Calibre: Watch Collector
Tim McNerney Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Calibre: Watch Collector is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Tim McNerney. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 7, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 10 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 7
- 2026 · v1.4
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About Calibre: Watch Collector
Calibre is a precision instrument for your pocket — a software timegrapher that measures the accuracy of mechanical watches using your device's wired or built-in microphone. Place the microphone so that it can pick up the sound of your watch/movement and Calibre begins listening immediately. The escapement's tick and tock are detected in real time and the app computes the same measurements as a physical paper-tape timegrapher: • Rate deviation — seconds per day gained or lost relative to nominal • Beat error — asymmetry between the tick and tock intervals in milliseconds (preview) • Amplitude — the arc of the balance wheel in degrees (preview) • BPH — the beat frequency of the movement, detected automatically or set manually A scrolling paper-tape trace gives you a live visual of timing consistency. An ensemble beat waveform view overlays averaged tick and tock cycles for detailed acoustic inspection. Confidence bars and real-time signal quality indicators guide you to the best microphone placement. WATCH LIBRARY Build a library of watches/movements with individual profiles — lift angle, nominal BPH, caliber notes and full measurement history. Measurements are grouped by dial position when you measure the same watch in multiple orientations and a rate history chart shows how accuracy changes over time. Service events mark the start of a new era so pre-service data is retained but excluded from current analysis. REAL-WORLD COMPARISON Manual timing runs let you log (real time, watch time) pairs over hours or days. Linear regression computes drift rate, current offset and R², letting you compare bench measurements against the watch's actual performance on the wrist. AUDIO PIPELINE Separate DSP profiles for built-in, wired and Bluetooth microphones switch automatically when the audio route changes. Optional AudioKit Butterworth filters, software AGC, adjustable detector threshold and envelope release give you precise control over how the signal is processed. An on-demand signal analyser inspects the live audio feed and suggests filter and gain settings as individually-appliable cards. FULLY OFFLINE No account required. No network requests. No analytics or telemetry. All measurement data stays on your device. Calibre is designed for watch enthusiasts, collectors and watchmakers who want data at their fingertips. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://calibrewatch.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.4 · Updated October 7, 2026
Welcome to Calibre 1.4. - More accurate amplitude: Calibre now times each beat's full sequence of sounds and averages both halves of the swing, giving readings much closer to a dedicated timegrapher. Amplitude appears after about 20 seconds, blinks while a new reading is being confirmed and shows "--" rather than a guess when the signal is unclear. - Wear tracking: tap Wore Today on a watch's page, see your most-worn watches on Overview and browse a dated wear log for each watch or your whole collection. You can also add wears for past days. - Library filters: filter by lug width, and active filters now appear as pills you can tap to remove. - Calibre remembers the tab and watch you had open when you return to the app. - Updated Spanish and French translations.
App privacy
The developer, Tim McNerney, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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