I'm a long time Doctor Who fan and have recently gotten into pocket watches, so this was a no-brainer. (I only wish the Doctor's watch didn't have a plastic case so I could collect it, too.) This one looks like brushed aluminum, and another reviewer wrote about hand painting the etched design on the outside, which is lovely. On-line pictures of earlier versions of this watch appear more brass like with the etched design blackened. I think I would like that better, but this is not bad at all. Where it really "shines" is when you activate the light feature in the dark. Stunning! And it has a quartz movement so it doesn't even require winding. It does come from a toy site, but I'm not sure why they consider it a toy. It's a fully functional pocket watch (well, you can't actually store your bio-essence in it, but...). It even costs half again as much as many of the other watches I have collected recently but, for me, this was well worth the price.