Oddly, the only watch that has given me nightmares is the (rather lovely) GP I bought when my mother died.....thought I'd have a permanent memento on my wrist.
Sadly it has been totally unreliable and has cost FAR more than the (high) purchase price in repairs over the last 16 years, but sentiment drives me to keep it and wear it. The nightmares are mainly from listening to a tirade of "good money after bad" from a close female relative......while, infuriatingly, the quartz driven Cartier she bought at the same time and for the same reason has been perfectly reliable.
Oh, except for when I washed her jeans with the Tank Française in the pocket......