[timw4mail]

There is just something about a decades-old mechanical device that still works. I'm not sure any company made a smoother film-winding mechanism than Nikon, especially on the Nikkormat series.

And on the other side, you have the clunky soviet cameras, which one wonders how they worked in the first place, yet they still do.

[smileypete]

If you like old soviet tech then this channel might appeal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvvFI9XEW1w

Lengthy reviews of soviet consumer electronics, in one of the most ASMR sounding voices I've heard (subs available)