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Don’t forget Japan! There’s some great Japanese mechanical watches. I’m a fan of the Seiko spring drive movement.

Right! I have been looking longingly in the direction of Grand Seiko.

Beautiful machines.

I can really recommend an automatic watch. Go to a jewelry store, try some on in the below 300 euro category (like, 10 euro to 300 euro range), and get one. Suddenly you can leave your phone somewhere, and not panic-check the time on it and get distracted.

And they look nice, feel nice. Some of them even have a glass/crystal back, so you can watch the mechanism, relentlessly ticking on.

Get an analog automatic watch. It doesn't need to be second-accurate. Everyone else is keeping track of nanoseconds, you'll be okay not knowing.

I went from an EV to my first manual car earlier this year for similar reasons I think

Yes but a Garmin is an upgrade.

Or Japan? Having digital accuracy and 10 year battery life is pretty nice.