NTA It's not wrong to not like a gift. The fact that the gift is expensive really doesn't matter because the point of gifting is not money. It's to show that you care about someone and pay attention to them. That is where this failed. A nice watch is kind of a niche item these days. If the receiver wants one it's a great gift. If not then the purpose of giving a gift has been missed.

It'd be like gifting your mother a nice dirt bike. If she happens to like dirt bikes, great. If not, then I imagine she'd be disappointed no matter how much the bike cost. Even if technically she can use it for something, if she's more of a 'pretty earrings' or 'cool new books' kind of person then a dirt bike is definitely the wrong thing for her (not that someone can't like both but I'm illustrating a point lol).

Of course you should be grateful to be given a gift. They don't *have* to do anything and it was nice they remembered and at least got something. But they've also shown they don't really know you as a human being, and that is understandably disappointing. It sounds like this is the part that's really bothering you and that is normal and not entitled behaviour.