Here's mine. I bought it new in 2015, and I wear it almost daily. It has never needed work.

Very nice. Here's mine:

Here is my Bulova Sea King “Whale” from 1971 that I bought used a couple years ago. Still runs very well 54 years later.

Wearing an oldie watch made in 1988 with a pulsometer on the dial. Love the beaten old thing.

Here's my reliable, simple Casio. Been with me for the past 7 years. I love this old fucker.

I'm not wearing it now. But I have an old Casio calculator watch I wear.

Same one Dennis Nerdy wears in Jurassic Park

Right?? One of the first things I do when getting a new phone is disabling all the useless notifications and keeping the ones I care about. My phone doesn't spam with notifications all day.

I know a ton of people love g-shock, and i respect you guys, but to me it looks like something i would pick up on my way to drive a main battletank into the heart of russia

Got nearly the same month ago

The plain old digital ones with solar + radio time syncing are the best tool watches on the market in my opinion : set and forget, it even does DST automatically. The only limitation is you have to be outside during the day with the watch exposed a few hours a month or cheat with other light sources.

Father, I cannot click the book!

I'll bet you it does, but you'll need to put a new battery in it.

There was one case in the last 3 years that I thought about getting one. I started running and hated having to need my phone on me and needed a watch either way.

Then I went to dinner and saw how a friend was continuously and unconsciously flicking their eyes down at their smartwatch every few minute if they weren't talking and decided against it. I'm getting old...

I use one because it lowers my screen time. I can walk away from my phone and still be aware of texts and calls from family.

Mine is primarily a sports watch. The smartwatch features are just an added bonus.

Edge case here: my hands are constantly dirty with things I don't want to get on my phone (relevant hobbies include machining, gardening and calligraphy). A smart watch means I can check to see if a message is important (ex: kids/partner attempting to get ahold of me) and I can answer calls and texts just using my nose/tongue + TTS. I never understood why they were such a mainstream accessory, but they are very convenient in some circumstances.

(Edit: I just remembered another use case, my partner is medically "a dingus" and constantly loses their phone as a result, but habitually is always wearing their watch. Upgrading them to a smartwatch has meant our relationship no longer suffers the daily turmoil of tearing apart several rooms looking for it. Again pretty niche, but a wonderful QoL improvement)

I work as mechanic and when my hand is either dirty or full or busy, it's super useful to have a fitness band to help tell time or see who's calling/messaging.

Sometime it's also quicker to check time instead of having to pull my phone out. It's also helpful for when i misplaced my phone.

Same here. They are just pointless devices. A smaller screen for your small screen. And I can't understand the point of a "watch" You take off to charge. I'm using a solar powered G-Shock and take it off my hand maybe once every 3 months.

I’m rocking a $5 Ali watch with a nice rainbow watch band.

something buzzing on my wrist all the time would drive me batty

It's the same when it's in your pocket. I'd say the issue is not that it buzz all the time on your wrist, but that it buzz all the time. I disabled most notifications, except for a selection of people and apps. When I get a notification, it is usually important enough that I should check it. Everything else (including non-emergency work stuff) is checked on my own accord, when I feel like it.

Having the notifications pop on my wrist, with that system, does not feel like a shackle more than a phone constantly turning its screen on to tell you you have unread whatever.