Three points:
1 - Eric Clapton is a great blues guitarist. He was on top a very long time for good reason
2 - Eric Clapton is also aging gracelessly and saying dumbass stuff about vaccines in particular. If you go back and look for it, he always said dumbass stuff, including racist and antisemetic stuff. Not entirely unprecedented for a mid-to-lower class Brit of his vintage, but still
3 - I have a longtime fascination with wristwatches. Collect American watches from the '30s-'80s for decades, still have ~175 or so. Later on got deep into larger/more expensive Swiss watches, though I'm not rich enough to totally plunge there. Timepieces are fascinating little machines that combine aesthetics and detailed engineering. I've pretty much stopped with watches, but every now and then that beast wants to get out again. I'm particularly drawn to the largest & most expensive vintage Panerai watches.