My husband has always worn a watch with a dial, not an electronic face. When his old one broke and was beyond repair, he moped around for ages before falling in love with a new one. For us, it had a massive price tag (ok, it's only 3 figures but it was well into them and heading towards 4). but it was what he wanted and so I bought it for him for Christmas. He's literally lost without it despite his mobile phone going everywhere with him (work).
He only wears that watch and his wedding ring (don't ask how many times that has gone missing, it is beyond a joke). When the watch 'broke' the adjuster for time came out in his hands it was repaired immediately without question. The shop embarrassed that it had come out.
Curiously we also have a mechanical old wooden wall clock that my mother bought years ago. When we were last in the UK she gave it to me and we had to bring it home on the plane. It's now on the wall but has taken 2 years or more to get it to adjust to the change in atmospheric pressure, altitude and climate with me constantly adjusting it each time I wind it by hand. After 2 years, I've finally got it to within 1 minute a week accuracy. It's easy to adjust that each Monday when I wind it up. (It runs for 8 days before stopping). My family has a history with old grandfather clocks, one of which is a family heirloom.
One thing we've noticed is that since getting the wall clock up and running, we don't check the time anywhere else. We both look for the wall clock in preference to the microwave or the oven, mobile phone or tablet. And if it is not ticking, you can 'hear' the fact immediately from anywhere in the house!
