Hi Richard,
I have been an avid watch collector now for the past 25yrs, and must fully agree with your first statement. " Let me start by saying that I love mechanical watches,... always have and always will". I must also admit that I have several quartz watches in my collection including a Breitling Emergency Mission, Tag Microtimer and Rolex Oyster Quartz to name but a few. (All different styles of watches), but when I wear them there's never any need to adjust them, wind them, check the time etc and after a while there's just something about a mechanical movement that you miss. So if you obtain your pleasure from mechinical watches don't go back to a Quartz. Just my opinion
Best Regards
Richard Lawton