“Just like the mechanical watch gave way to the cheap electronic watch. It was no longer worth the price difference to get a mechanical watch when you could have an equal or better product for a fraction of the money. And, like the attempt to make mechanical watches sell as luxuries by adding diamonds and gold...”
Now just hold on thar...
Watches are my one guilty pleasure. Wearing a watch isn’t about knowing what time it us. Also you don’t need diamonds or gold as there are stainless steel mechanical watches that sell for 10’s of $thousands, and people virtually line up to buy them. A run-of-the-mill entry level Rolex will set you back around $5k. A Patek Philippe dealer won’t even talk to you unless they know you, even if you are waving cash under their nose. Haute horology is not going away anytime soon.
That said, I got G-shock watches for my nephews for Christmas 2017. They thought they were cool, but they don’t wear them.
Love my G Shocks. Both are solar waveceptors which means they keep perfect time.