God, this is a good piece of writing: https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing/ascii

I'm not a Watch Guy, but a few people have commented on the fact that I've worn a watch consistently for the last 20+ years. "Why bother? You have a phone." This article summed it up better than I ever could: my mid-2000s Nixon or my 1980s Casio never distracts me. It asks nothing of me. It just does what it should. I can check the time without seeing twenty other things asking for my attention. It just is.

More quiet things, plz.