I used to watch (eh eh) in befuddlement the enthusiast as they went of about movement and about heritage.
Even the costliest of watches still had that +5/-5 seconds per day loss or gain. With an iphone in my pocket, besides my ping-pong equipment, I were always amused: the phone never needs adjustment (and if it did it did so by itself).
So I snickered. I wrote them off as crazy; that’s what I do.
Until I got my first (ahem) quality piece.
Listening closely it seems to have a life of its own. Hundreds or so tiny parts moving, turning, springing, day in and day out. A tiny piece of living machinery resting on my arm, living its life there.
It is, put short, pretty great.
I still point and snicker at people though.