Well by that theory, if I could extrapolate a bit... When summer hits, you may as well walk around naked and heaven forbid you put any product in your hair; for fear of showing off lol!
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I like mechanical and quartz. I like shiny and I like used. But, like my razors lately, I like pieces of history.
I have Vostoks, Poljot, Raketa, and Slava(Russian mechanicals). Like my Movado...
That being said, my daily beater is still a Casio PAW1300-- multi-band solar atomic quartz which does surprisingly accurate digital compass, barometer, altimeter, etc... Bullet proof, usefull watch, still holds its value. Hook yourself up with a nato strap and your good to go. I also like the Casio "fishing/hunting" quartz beaters. Pretty good for ideal fishing hunting time predictions, IMO.
I like watches & have thought about buying an expensive one, but I am rough on watches. I own several watches, none over $120.00. Mostly Casio, Timex & Swatch; I also have the Simpsons Burger King Collection & some of the Star Wars Burger King Collection. I damage them easily, so most have scratches on them. I would not leave the house without my watch. I feel that the timepiece on my left wrist is a watch, not the digital display in my phone.
I've never been injured by my Timex, but I would injure someone who tried to take it. :shrug:
you need a $1,200 German watch brother! If you broke it, I am sure they would replace it for you... After they got over the shock lol!
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For me I really enjoy the way all those tiny intricate bits work together and like it even more when you can see them (glass back automatics).
Far from finding them uncomfortable, I feel naked without a watch. I left my mobile phone at home accidentally and had a peaceful afternoon with an old school news paper. I didn't mind that one bit. If it had been my watch I would have turned around and gone back for it.
Mainly, it's a love of the mechanics of it. I just find them fascinating little bits of engineering. Look at Seiko 5 watches, probably never touched by a human hand until packing but bullet proof automatic movements which will go 20 years without a service and be no worse for it.
Another first for from my grandfather too, a solid gold Garrard automatic watch. Never worn it, never been serviced and after 31 years of being in existence it keeps time perfectly.
To me it sounds like wearing a watch is something you have gotten used to and don't want to be without? I have nevver gotten used to wearing a watch since I haven't been in need of that. So that's understandable.
There is people who have welded their watches into their wrists on car batteries and such. Peeled flesh of their fingers with rings when they have gotten stuck on something and so on.
I think a watch does "accent" a look. So yeah, looks are one thing. I guess redundancy is another for those of us who ware a watch... In that a cell does indeed tell time. That said, I keep my phone in my pocket and I never have it visible when at a meeting. Call me old school but I don't mind a person checking the time, but checking texts is super uncool... And most couldn't tell the difference when someone is looking at their phone.
I don't have one yet, but I'm on the hunt for an Invicta 8928ob. I think they are beautiful: Invicta 8928 Watches,Men's Automatic Pro DIver, Men's Invicta Automatic Watches