I don't value specifically "in-house movements," but I do appreciate "watch makers" over "watch designers." Grand Seiko, Rolex and Omega make a great watches inside and out. Those tend to be the watches I hand on to. Others I tend to flip.

I have gotten to the point where all of my mid level watches are gone. I have one plastic digital sports watch and everything else is at "my highest quality level." For me once I bought a better watch, the level below got passed over and never got wrist time

The power indicator looks more out of place in photos than it does in person. I like it because it feels part of the spring drive movement. I use the power reserve, I tend to keep the watch powered up and check the accuracy regularly. I find that kind of fun. Here is mine.