Tangentially, (who me?) I like “good” watches too, and have a small collection of them. In fact my maternal grandfather was a watchmaker and I still have some of his tools and watches.
However, the watch I actually wear the most is a plastic digital Casio G Shock which I’ve had for decades.
It is comfortable to wear, weighs almost nothing, is 100% accurate all the time due to being radio controlled, never runs out of battery due to being solar powered and was the the only thing in close proximity to my left arm that survived my bike crash completely unscathed.
When travelling, it “knows” what time it is wherever it is in the world and I nerdily use the stopwatch facility on a regular basis to time myself on bikes and in the swimming pool.
As a piece of jewellery, it fails on every count, but as a useful timepiece, it wins by a country mile.
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