My dad had an old fashioned timex wind up watch
Back around 1974 or 1975 he lost it while tar and graveling our roof
About ten years later I am helping him do some repairs and I find the watch sitting on top of the fireplace chimney, the leather strap is all rotted away
I wound the watch up and it worked
I wore it for a few years and then gave it to my youngest brother
He still uses it