Timepieces vs. Watches
I appreciate fine timepieces. To be perfectly clear -- a fine timepiece is made by hand. It has a "movement" made of around a hundred tiny pieces that are put together by hand by German and Swiss guys named Hans or Meyer. These guys have big white mustaches and fat sausage fingers. Hans and Meyer work on one timepiece at a time using tools that were also made by hand with techniques that were handed down father to son for over a hundred years. They rarely make more than a few hundred of a given timepiece before it is retired from production.
Watches are made of plastic or have plastic parts inside of them. They are put together by machines. Watches have a battery. Watches have a digital read out or glow in the dark hands. Watches have a brand name that people recognize. If you buy a watch, even an expensive watch, there is a good chance that you will run into another guy wearing your watch at a meeting or at a party. If I were to get a timepiece it would probably be a Patek Phillipe or A. Lange & Sohne.