I am wearing this Republic Chrono Aviation watch as I type this review, and I can barely feel that it is there since it is so light.  This is a big watch.  It is square, with the length on each side about 1 3/4 inches and about 2 1/4 diagonally.  This is a fairly large watch.  It takes up the entire top of my wrist.  However, for its size, is surprisingly lightweight.  I do not necessarily think that makes this a cheap watch, I just think they have used lightweight stainless steel in the construction of this watch, as well as lightweight components inside this watch.  On the contrary to being cheap, this watch looks like a very expensive watch with all its features.

One of the features I really like is the chronograph.  However, the first watch I received, the chronograph second hand, which on this watch is where the traditional second hand is located, was sitting on the 58-second mark, so I had to send it back.  A hassle, but the second watch works just fine.  The minutes dial for the chronograph is one of the three small dials on the face of the watch - the middle left position to be exact.  There are two other small dials on the face:  The real second hand is at the bottom at the 6 o'clock position.  The other dial in the middle right is the dial for military time.  I really like this feature because I never can figure out the 24-hour time.  All these smaller dials have white hands and white markers, so they are easy to see on this watch.  The watch also has a date window at the 4:30 position.

The face has all white hands and numbers at the 12, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 positions, and these are all white as are the marks at the other positions.  The case is a nice shiny stainless steel with a screw (I believe to be fake) at each corner of the square case.  These screws along with the square stainless steel case give this watch, I believe, an industrial look and feel.  From the bottom of the case to the top of the face is about 1/2 inches.  Coupled with the earlier measurements I stated, this certainly is a big watch.

The band is made out of leather, and it does look nice, but is on the stiff side, so I will have to break it in some.  The buckle has a circular R on it, a nice touch.  I had never heard of Republic Watches before I found this watch on Amazon, but I am very impressed with this watch.