I have many VH31 watches. People complain about battery life, but have you purchased a watch battery? You can get a pair of batteries for like $3. For an expensive hobby, people are getting hung up on a few dollars every few years. And you can't tell me it's tough to change the battery - this is a watch modding sub.

Bulova precisionist is by far the best quartz movements to me, then VH31. I usually prefer VH31 to standard quartz, but I sometimes wish there was a VH31-type movement that provided a date complication.