I also am a BERNINA owner. I do not have the model you are asking information for. I have an 1130 and B530. Both of these machines record the number of stitches taken-not the hours of use. If you talk about hours of use you have a very subjective idea. Does that mean the number of hours the machine is on or the actual stitching time and/or how fast. By counting stitches you know how much the mechanism has been used. My older machine just counts stitches and I have it serviced annually. This information is helpful to the tech. My newer machine, the B530 records 360,000 stitches and turns on a warning on the computer readout to remind me to oil in in places that are prescribed. I do that and the counter is reset. I do take this machine for service annually. I hope this bit of information is helpful.