They don’t do it for cars, so why they should do it for watches, which tend not to kill you, escapes me.
With cars it's a different industry altogether with star safety ratings.
Remember there are elements around what are deemed to be not so verified in certain ways.
Take Diesel Gate(for example), and VW haven't been the only ones.
Then there has been the TAKATA air bag recalls to consider as well.
Cars are just more complex in that there are so many elements with so many variables as to their operation, with safety recalls and recalls around aspects pertaining to reliability.
My last new vehicle had some recall about a vent seal in what they call nowadays the HVAC. I didn't even know about it until I went to the dealer about another silly issue which suddenly cropped up just before the warranty was up.
In that regard, it's not unlike a watch with a manufacturer routinely replacing old parts with updated ones at a service, even if they're otherwise servicable.
With the watch industry there's a different culture with a focus on different priorities with their own approach. It's very much a closed shop in some ways
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The only safety issue around watches are related to water resistance for divers watches and that's governed by a different set of international standards which watch manufacturers are not necessarily bound to adhere to.
I remember back in the day when a watch manufacturer would often put "WATERPROOF" on the Caseback with no reference to how "WATERPROOF" the watch actually was.
Nowdays they would not do that as a watch is not deemed to be "WATERPROOF" as such, but "WATER RESISTANT" to a certain depth. To that the standards have evolved as with all things.
Either way, we are reliant on their integrity on some level.
