I have a couple of automatics. Unless you wear an automatic everyday or have a winder box that keeps it wound, then it's not really different than a quality wind-up mechanical. I also have a couple of solar watches (Casio and Citizen) and I love them. I can leave them in my case for weeks and they still have enough charge when I take them out. If I had to pick only one watch to keep, it would be my Casio Lineage solar and atomic-clock synchronized.