I bought this watch for my daughter's 12th birthday. Apparently G Shocks are a trend and other watches aren't as cool. Lol, who knew?  Anyway, she loves it!  She got tons of compliments from her friends at school.  I don't know much about the technical aspects of it, but she had no problem figuring it out. She's very happy with her watch. I would highly recommend it and Amazon's price could not be beat!