I own a few watches and it’s exactly what @doctorow and @LurksNoMore said. By a twist of my arm I can check the time and don’t need to fumble around with my cellphone (if I can find it at all). I like the tradition and skills that went into it. Perhaps it’s a weird kind of nostalgia to appreciate an old piece of technology still useful today.
I disagree about the “super-luxe item for $20K” statement though. A well regulated Miyota 9000 (there are several different calibers in this series btw) is definitely not a bad caliber but it’s a standard watch movement - good, but not exactly “super-luxe”. The usual price range for watches with a standard calibers like ETA, Valjoux or Miyota is between $500 and $3000. A “problem” with the standard unmodified Miyota 9000 series is its rather high standard deviation of -10~30seconds per day.
My daily “beater” has an in-house caliber based on the Valjoux 7750 movement with a deviation of ±6 seconds per day.
34mm is a rather small watch by contemporary standards. 34mm watches are usually sold as small watches for women. I recommend 38mm+ for most men.
