... guess I'll just have to keep feeling inadequate ... when working in Jo'burg some years ago I bought a cheapie watch in the local market for the equivalent of a dollar or so ... doesn't lose more than a second every umpteen months, is easy to read .. and, if I lose it, I don't have a heart attack thinking about the replacement cost ...
Cost of replacing the battery every now and again is a bit steep, though, by comparison.
So I'm a dyed in the wool luddite .. I can live with that.