Running watch via sh, how?

Question

linux

Hello.
Given: 2 script.sh scripts whose purpose is to generate output from curl
Task: run two scripts at a specified frequency (2s)
Solution: run through watch

watch -n 2 "/root/script1.sh | tee -a 1.log" &>/dev/null &
watch -n 2 "/root/script2.sh | tee -a 2.log" &>/dev/null &

Everything is ok with this, but at some point the watch process crashes and there is a need to restart it.
I made a sh script to run it by cron:

#!/bin/bash
if ! (pidof watch)
then
    watch -n 2 "/root/script1.sh | tee -a 1.log" &>/dev/null &
    watch -n 2 "/root/script2.sh | tee -a 2.log" &>/dev/null &
    echo "Watch restarted" | mail -s "CRON: Watch was restarted" [email protected]
fi

If you run it manually, then everything is OK, if through cron (* * * * * root /root/watch-restart.sh), then watch is not processed. Did not notice any errors, the letter is sent.
What could be the problem?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Support the crutch with another crutch?
Isn't it easier to run curl c, for example, --progress-bar?