I want to know if anyone else here is a watch nerd or if I am alone in my appreciation of tiny mechanical wonders.

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There are many types of watches; the ones you buy for $20 at Walmart are quartz watches which operate via tiny electronic oscillators. Which is pretty cool, but the old-style mechanical ones are the most fun to look at IMO!

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(And yes I know no one wears watches anymore; that's why I'm specifically asking for watch nerds! Once I helped a coworker win a bet by being a young person wearing a watch )