Buying into your argument I suspect this would be the one to get. It's the most advanced digital watch display combined with radio time correction. Either this or an iPod nano on a bracelet or strap of some kind.
That said I don't agree with your argument. There are any number of reasons to go with an analog watch over digital even for a battery operated watch. The format is hardly obsolete. Analog watches, once you learn how to read them, provide better readability in more lighting conditions, and allow the user to immediately know specific time in relation to the hour. This can be important when you're in a hurry to make a date someplace. You not only immediately know the current time, but how many minutes until your target time. Similarly, you immediately know how much time has elapsed since a given target time. An analog display can also be used in place of a compass to determine direction of travel.
Barring stylistic concerns, this is probably the best wristwatch ever made: the Seiko SBCM023 Prospex Perpetual Calendar Diver.
Unfortunately it has been discontinued. It was available for under $600, has a strong scratch resistant case and bracelet, one of the most accurate quartz movements ever made, a perpetual calendar function, so no resetting the date for short months, incredibly legible display, and a snag-free form factor on the larger end of mid-size so it baseline goes with everything. The problem of course is that it has boring styling, and none of the sex appeal of various high-end watches. Nevertheless if I were forced to sell all but one of my watches, this would be the keeper.
Digital watches are for people who have no sense of time, generally.
