This watch packs a lot of value for the price. This is one of the largest watches I could find that did not look foolish. The case gets out of the way and your view is all dial. The size and layout of the dial, shape and size of the hands, and the reflective numbers, all make this watch fast to read. It looks like an altimeter on your arm. The lume at night is pretty good, if the dial has been in some light source to charge up before hand. The sapphire crystal pulls the price of watches up into this range, but you cannot overstate how valuable it is to have an essentially scratch-proof lens on your everyday watch. I wanted to get a cheaper watch, but kept coming back to this guy because it has everything I wanted in a watch. The screw-down crown and water resistance was the final straw; I just had to have it! From the factory, my movement is running at -2 sec per day. I have no problem with that. It is not as heavy as you would expect. The window case back lets you see the magic happening. The strap is very beautiful, but as others have noted, too stiff right out of the box. If you want a watch that is just an excellent timepiece, that looks like it will run forever, than you have to have this watch!