Used to Fancy a Tag Heuer

     The watch I use daily operates by solar power and provides the accurate time and date through radio waves. Two words, "Eco-Drive" and "Radio Controlled," are inscribed on the dial plate. http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2007/04/watch-that-does.html The only disadvantage is that this watch can't receive the radio wave from Japan in Canada.
     I took the Tag Heuer out of the drawer today. As I expected, all the hands had already stopped because I've not used it for two years, so it is natural. I had its battery replaced and it started moving. Just after I took this picture, I set the watch back 17 hours to Pacific Time.
     When I bought this watch about ten years ago, it was accurate and expensive and moreover looked fancy. However to my regret, as technology has developed, its worth has seemed to decrease.

(Vocabulary)
operate 《[自]常に＋[副]/[前]》(機械などが) 動く, 作動する
inscribe (石・銘板などに) …を記す, 刻む
inscribe sth on/in sth  ＜…＞を＜…＞に記す［刻む］
be inscribed with sth  ＜名前・文など＞が記されて［刻まれて］いる
dial plate  時計の文字盤
set/put the clock back __ minutes  時計を＿分遅らせる