It's hard to convey how and why I am so attached to mechanical watches. I'd say that looking down and seeing the pallet fork dance like a skeleton and the balan

It's hard to convey how and why I am so attached to mechanical watches. I'd say that looking down and seeing the pallet fork dance like a skeleton and the balance wheel spin in perfect time makes me feel like everything in the universe is deterministic and I don't have to worry so much. This tiny bit of ingenious engineering on my wrist brings me great comfort. When I don't have it on I am more likely to feel depressed or anxious. It is for this reason I wear my favorite mechanical watch every day (currently I am infatuated with the 44mm Zenith DEFY El Primero 21 with a skeleton dial) so I rarely run into the problem this author describes. It also doesn't have any complicated functions that must be set (the sole additional feature is a timing mechanism that uses a separate movement and power reserve), so in the rare case I am not wearing it for a couple days I don't have to spend a lot of time fiddling with it. This guy should get a watch winder though. And have someone install a sapphire glass crystal after market (or do it himself if he wants to have some fun). And uhh, you can shower in that thing bro (just don't press the buttons while you are showering, this can create a gap in the seals). It is fine.