> Quartz watches are superior in almost every metric: [...] are far easier to repair.
Not at all. Repairing a broken quartz mechanism almost always means replacing vast swaths of it, if you're not replacing the watch entirely. In the case of quality quartz movement analog watches, the rest of the movement is mostly identical to mechanical watches.
Now then, for a compromise, I recommend solar powered analog watches. They have the best of both worlds, a perpetually powered and satisfying mechanism controlled by a quartz movement. I do wish they had faster beats (ticks of the second hand), but I get why they don't.
Not at all. Repairing a broken quartz mechanism almost always means replacing vast swaths of it, if you're not replacing the watch entirely. In the case of quality quartz movement analog watches, the rest of the movement is mostly identical to mechanical watches.
Now then, for a compromise, I recommend solar powered analog watches. They have the best of both worlds, a perpetually powered and satisfying mechanism controlled by a quartz movement. I do wish they had faster beats (ticks of the second hand), but I get why they don't.