Mechanical spring-powered watches are more than luxury items for collectors. Consumer brands continue to have mechanicals in their line up. Quality Swiss and Japanese automatic watches can be had for US$200 or less.
Popular brands include Invicta, Seiko, Swiss Army, Citizen, Timex, Orient and Hamilton.
Mechanical Watch Advantages
Frequent travelers will find it easy to adjust the time for different time zones, more easily than with a digital watch.
With mechanical watches, there are no worries about the battery going dead at a bad time (when camping, traveling in a strange country, fighting off zombies as the last human alive in New York).