That makes it that the watch has been switching over its territory: from reliable timekeeper to an expression of one’s personal taste, preferences, and yes, social standing. But that doesn’t mean that the watch has become obsolete in what it does best, telling time! The living, beating heart of a mechanical watch, can still offer a lot of added pleasure to its owner, and makes it, in fact, a very cool tool!
How cool is it that something mechanical, will still tick and function just as well hundred years from now, as it does today? Powered by the motion of your wrist, or perhaps even better because of more personal, by your own fingers as you go through the motions of winding your watch. Why do you think that even avant-garde watchmakers like Hublot and Richard Mille are still making mechanical watches, with not a smart watch in sight? Because they know that a mechanical movement made with high-tech materials and cutting edge technology is the bridge to the future, and makes by far the coolest tools!
by: Martin Green