I was largely responding with this to comment in the context of you talking about "needing a new watch" and having to spend 50 or 60 dollars on a mechanical watch.

I thought I would try to live without a watch for a while. On the second day, someone asked me the time. I had to stand up and pull my phone out of my pocket, as if I were going to call someone who had a proper timepiece. This won't do.

I really understand and see the appeal in having a mechanical watch for the sake of tinkering. However, it is wasting time and money if you delay buying a watch just for the sake of having a mechanical watch, if you seek to have a thing on your wrist to have the time.

It would be like a person walking to work every day, unable or unwilling to buy an expensive, retro, car. They can get a super cheap new car, something everyone else uses ever day but refuse to. It's a bit silly.

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As for the other guy's response; mr happy mute:

For all your talk about not reading the post, if you agreed with the concept that you should use a quartz watch when it suits you, than why did you respond in a "disagreeing tone" to the post where I was attempting to make that claim?

You are the one who assumed that me saying "why not get a digital watch" was a comment on the idea of having a mechanical watch, rather than assuming that it was in response to all this talk about trying to fix a watch, and even mentions of having unfun times pulling the phone out to see the time.

You talk about me not reading your post, but you act astounded when I clarify my points, or just restate them in a more aggressive way, when you vaguely attempt to argue-not-argue with the points I made. I never stated disagreement with the idea that mechanical watches are cool or interesting, so why exactly would I acknowledge you trying to make that point?

I was just trying to explain why I and many others love and collect mechanical watches. I wasn't trying to force you to buy any.

As for this, not only did I assume that, I've been looking around in pawn shops and other places for a cheap/old mechanical watch to play with for a long time now. Again, you are assuming hostilities, or assumptions on my part, that do not exist.

You completely ignored my comment and just said "buy a quartz watch it's better

Yeah, when you are having issues with not having a watch, and talk about needing to fix your watch to see the time, it is better to buy a quartz watch! Then you can save for/spend more time working on and learning about the mechanical watch without having to sacrifice function.

yet then go on to say you own a smartwatch? What do those do that your cellphone doesn't already do?

Display notifications on my wrist, vibrate on my arm to wake me up in the morning, track my steps and movements at all times of the day, change the music playing on my phone when I'm driving, hang up calls when my hands are busy, it has an easy to access compass, and allows me to see a calendar, sunset, the temperature, the time, all at a glance at my wrist.

It does a fuck-load of things my phone can not do.

I bet there's a part of you that wouldn't admit it here that enjoys it for it's aesthetics, and the image it presents to others.

No, my smartwatch looks like shit, and the vast majority of the time I wore it I have been trying to hide the fact that I was using it. Not an issue now thanks to that my new watch looks like a typical LCD type watch.

Why didn't you just buy a cheap Timex quartz watch?

I did buy one, and still own/use it when in situations that my smartwatch doesn't work well, or in situations it may break.