Yes.

That Monza you mentioned made me feel all tingly. Honestly I could stare at that movement for hours.

There is always the Seiko VH31 quartz, which is quite smooth. You can’t really tell that it’s not an auto, especially in smaller sized cases. Hasn’t really caught though. It’s mostly found in Aliexpress watches.

No. They’re plastic. Wear it around the house and stay away from door frames.

That’s why I like the Aquaracer. At least it has a dodecagonal bezel and previous models had their own unique bezels. Now that they moved the date at 6 it’s even better. Now I wouldn’t pay their asking price, but design wise it stands out from the others in a nice way.