QUOTE(watabakiu @ Apr 9 2018, 08:08 PM)
Tks much! But other than the aesthetics, what drives people to get manual/automatic watch, rather than quartz??
Boggles the mind that one requires ANOTHER watch to set the 'dead' watch back to life. Isn't showing time the reason one wears a watch? And life being busy as is, wonder how one find the time (no pun intended) to re-set watches?
Watches itself is an antiquated notion. You don't need a watch, your phone tells you time is atomic precision and if you don't have one, almost everyone else has one. PC have time indicated, some signboards shows the same, etc etc...
So, automatic harks back to engineering and human's ability and need to engineering something mechanical to perfection. The usual drivers are the movement (sweeping vs tick), the ingenuity (how different movements accentuate different strengths, priorities, capabilities) and maybe longevity, because you can still find watches from 100 years ago that still works.
It's also one of the few jewellery a man can spot and show without being out of place in a corporate culture. Large chains is a no no, large rings is a no no, large earrings or pendants similarly. So, a man have his cufflinks, ties and a watch as the best representation of the jewelry he can wear to compliment his style. So, using it to appreciate a wonderful work of art and engineering says much.
And, if you hang out with C suites, conversation somehow one way or another touches back on watches so having a decent piece, or at least decent knowledge helps.
My CEO beemed when I commented on his GS, which looks like a 70's cheapo quartz Seiko that one would have missed out on otherwise. It led to some very good chat on his pieces and interest.