It took me a while to figure out how to adjust the width (there is a sliding metal rod directly behind the buckle to do this; it slides along an elliptical path and works to either or loosen or set/fix the width); once I figured out that subtle adjustment feature, I was very pleased, because this is such a good-looking belt: the burnished bronze-brown color of the matte-metal finished buckle and belt are very handsome-looking.