for me:
i'm a dorky engineer. i have spent my entire education and career around intricate machines of many sorts, and they all fascinate me.
a good mechanical watch, with it's many small moving parts, is amazing to me. the amount of abuse that the watch can take, and the machine still runs, keeping time to a pretty damn good accuracy is just mind boggling. in some respects, it's a very simple machine, in others, it's super detailed.
anyway, why do i still wear mechanical watches? status has absolutely nothing to do with it. i often find myself just staring at the sweep second hand, effortlessly gliding around the dial, and my mind drifts to what's happening inside. the gears, the pendulum, the jewels - all doing their thing. second after second, hour after hour, day after day.
it's so cool!
it's also not uncommon for me to stare at my watch for several minutes and have no idea what time it is.
dont judge me
