I love watches.  Have many different brands including Citizen and Seiko.  I took a chance on this one because it looked nice and was fairly cheap at around $25.  Well, over a year later it still looks good and keeps accurate time.  I'm really impressed with the mechanical stop watch.  For the past couple months I've been wearing it every day to work and it is holding up quite well.  Every now and then the band will pinch a hair on my wrist, but it still looks good with no indication of the black wearing off like some other bands do.  I wouldn't hesitate one bit to buy another Songdu watch.