Like many on here I imagine, before getting sucked down the WIS hole, all my watches had been quartz. That changed after a chance meeting with a friend who mentioned his new Explorer had ‘only’ cost two grand and, with time and money on my hands, common sense went out the window and the madness set in.

Twelve years later, my collection has now reverted completely back to quartz and comprises a GS HAQ, a Citizen HAQ, a Spring Drive and a radio-controlled G-Shock, two of which are solar-powered. All are spectacularly accurate, the Spring Drive being the black sheep, running at a mere +2spm. The sheer convenience of quartz, and the pleasure I get from the amazing accuracy of these high end movements means I struggle to see myself returning to mechanical any time soon, if ever.

For 99.9% of the population, quartz is surely the sensible choice. Has anyone else on here found they’ve gone full circle and left the insanity of the 0.1% behind them?