[Razorfish]

Over the past year I have been getting into the hobby of studying and collecting watches. Not just any old quartz digital watches but old style mechanical ones. This seem kind of silly like collecting jewelry but allow me to explain by example (below image).

PATEK CALIBER 240 MOVEMENT
-Automatic winding (no battery, microchips, or electrical wires)
-27 quartz jewels
-200+ parts but only 3.75mm thick
-Perpetual calender (does not need a date change on the 31st of the month like most non-digital watches)

As much into computers as I am, I find things like to be amazing. Mechanical ingenuity at its best. No computer chip or button-shaped battery in sight. Not to mention that all of the best watches and movements are entirely hand-crafted. Overall I would say I see beauty in this, much like a car fanatic sees beauty in an old SS muscle car without the need of a computer to guide it. Does anyone else feel this way, or is my new found obsession silly?