Nice looking timepiece, keeps accurate time, great for everyday use.

Nice looking timepiece, keeps accurate time, great for everyday use.  Read Less

Fantastic time-piece. Although I was given a very nice Wenger Swiss watch years ago, and have owned several cheap Casio Illumi...  Read More

Fantastic time-piece. Although I was given a very nice Wenger Swiss watch years ago, and have owned several cheap Casio Illuminators' (which are awesome, btw), this is my first self-purchased nice watch. After a few months of researching, I settled on this beaut and couldn't be happier.Watch: Automatic (self-winding) with attractive see-thru back so you can see all of its internal glory. Matte-like bead-blasted; finish for the dial that gives it a rugged, handsome look. Large twelve hour numbers on outer ring with smaller military time numbers on inner ring. Day/Date at the 3 o'clock position in English and French (many people guess Spanish or Italian, but the Saturday/Sunday abbreviations give it away, as only French has Samedi/SAM (Saturday) and Dimanche/DIM (Sunday)). As other have pointed out, this watch's automatic engine is a twenty-four hour cycle (vice a twelve hour engine), meaning if it rolls to the other language at noon, you're twelve hours off. Just roll it back exactly twelve hours to get back on track, and minimize adjusting from between about 8pm and 4am (this is when the inner mechanism starts rolling the day on its own). The face of the watch is an attractive dark green. The lume is excellent; almost too bright if coming from outside to a darkish room. It really, really pops. Seiko states its good for 100 meters underwater (~300 feet), but without a screw-down crown I would not feel comfortable going that deep with this watch. Perfectly suited for swimming and water sports, though. Lastly, it is a bit on the larger side, but wears it's well. Many watchmakers are creating ridiculous sun-dial sized time-pieces. This watch, for me, is large enough to be both attractive and functional in low-light field conditions, without being obnoxious.Band: A lot of reviews give this band guff, but it is a nice, durable band that should withstand normal to moderate use. It has a leather reinforcement along the fastener-holes so the band doesn't start pulling apart there. They also melted or sealed the end of the band to prevent fraying. If you like some other fancy watch band, that's fine, but this strap is perfectly usable and should last for years. Yes, when it reaches the end of its life I'll probably get a G10/NATO replacement, but I'll wager that five to ten years in the future.Summary: I'm notoriously, um, frugal, although I understand the concept of a good value, vice simply buying the cheapest thing and then regretting how it doesn't quite meet your needs. Seiko does have a cheaper automatic watch in same color scheme at about two-thirds the price, but its size and water resistance weren't up to snuff for me. Several brands make budget automatic watches, but quality appears very sketchy. This is a reliable, accurate, affordable and practical watch from one of the most trusted names in horology. It might not have the most up to date, hackable movement, but instead packs a quarter-century proven movement that I prefer to less well-proven designs./*Two month update: I set the time on this watch when I first got it, and have been wearing it almost continuously, even at night. I pretty much only take it off for showers and working out/yardwork. Being non-hackable, it is tough to set exact, millisecond-level precision, but over the past two-months my watch is now ~3 to ~5 seconds fast. I continue to be super impressed. (05NOV2018) */  Read Less