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I crave an actual watch with no smart crap built in. IMO watches are meant to tell you the time, maybe let you set an alarm or stopwatch, and nothing else. My watch cost $25, does all of those things, and has a battery life measured in years. Anything else I need to do can be done just fine by the phone I always carry around in my pocket.
Why do you crave it - it seems you already have it?
Or is something not ok with it or the current market offer?
I do already have a watch I really like; just expressing what I think about watches using the word used in the article title.
I like my $40 watch for surfing, but setting alarms or timezones on it is a massive pain. Smartwatches are great for easily setting alarms/timers when cooking :)
That, and I'm trying to also pull out my phone less and less, as it's distracting. (My smartwatch is unpaired from my phone)
I do like how my Apple Watch allows me to take calls without bringing the phone with me.
But yeah I’d like to cut out most of the features and data colllection.
I love automatics, because they have zero electronics, and they’ll keep working as long as you wear them. Just tweak the time to correct for any gain/loss every once in a while, and correct the date on non-31-day months.