some prefer analog watches to digital for aesthetic reasons, not nostalgic
These days, i wear one of each (sort of).
My doctor convinced me I needed a smart watch to replace my credit cards, so I obliged him. It takes and makes telephone calls and tells me how unfit I am. Reputedly it will text my parter if I fall over or just die. It does this several times a month! It even keeps dead accurate time, thanks to its GPS connection.
But its battery capacity is so poor I am not allowed to die during the half-an-hour a day it is charging. To preserve the battery the screen is usually off, so I cannot even see the time at a glance.
So on the other hand (literally) I have an analogue-looking watch, though it has a quartz (digital) clock. Unlike most battery powered watches, I have never had the back off in the decade or more I have owned it. That's because its face is a solar cell that recharges its internal battery. It just keeps going, non-stop.
I used to have a real analogue watch - a Rolex Oyster Perpetual no less. Powered by movements of my wrist (don't go there). But it needed cleaning, and oiling. And every time it was serviced, jewels in the movement came loose weeks later.
People have tried to interest me in Swiss analogue watches that cost as much as a Porsche so I accept their champagne, swoon over their watches, then casually ask how often they need servicing, and where this is done. Then I ask how much a service. Could get a decent new Hyundai every two years for less.
I am not into bling. I'd prefer to pay a reasonable amount for something that does the job it is supposed to perform!
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