A modern synth can make almost any sound, that’s old hat now.

A beatboxer can’t really do two “voices” at once. When they do, it’s impressive because it’s hard.

That’s the point, making stuff purely mechanical is hard.

Are you trying to suggest a smartwatch is easier to build? I think making a smartwatch is much harder to make than a mechanical one.

A smartwatch in a 45mm case is now pretty easy to build. it won’t be fancy, but an esp32 plus screen in a 3d printed case is something I could make.

A basic mechanical watch movement is something I can’t make. (I have made a case and dial out of aluminium/brass though.)

But, the point I was trying to make is that adding a complication to a smart watch is trivial, something that can be done in a few hours and shipped to everywhere. Adding a complication to a mechanical movement is a lot harder, especially as the iteration time is long.

It’s harder to build one smartwatch from scratch - it took decades and trillions of dollars. However, having already built N of the same smartwatch model, it is much easier to build the N+1st than to build a mechanical watch.

But this is a wristwatch not an app.

And while the Apple Watch is objectively better value, it's destined to be e-waste after a couple of years. Mechanical watches last far, far longer.

A smartwatch isn't an app either. They are both platforms that support features to be built on top of them.

Yes but again we are taking about wristwatches, not smartwatches or apps. The features/complications on smartwatches and in apps are different than the complications on wristwatches.

A smartwatch goes on your wrist.