I'd like to start out by saying that this watch looks great. It has a classy look, and a substantially heavy feel. It has a stop watch timer with 10ths, seconds, and minutes, which could be handy if you want to time walks or runs exactly. I've only observed this watch in my hand, however, because I'll need to have at least five links removed from the band for it to fit my wrist. That means a trip to a jeweler, or buying a link remover tool set (about six dollars here on Amazon). I'd feel very comfortable wearing this watch in any setting. The "old fashioned" hands and dial display is just fine with me.

What this watch does NOT have are the promised set of adjustments. According to the instructions, this model should have three settings for the stem (or crown as they call it) to pull out to for setting the time and the calendar date. The watch I received will only pull out to one setting. I was unable to change the date by any method whatsoever. It came with the correct date showing, but since this is a 30 day month, will I lose days every time a month doesn't have 31 days? LOL Now, I might be able to keep track of the correct date without relying on this watch to remind me, but if its going to present the information, it would be nice if there were a way to keep it correct! Possibly this is the reason why this watch has a list price of $600 everywhere, but is actually selling for $80 everywhere. So if you want a watch with a $600 look for $80, but don't care about setting the date (or don't want to buy it off of some guy on the street with a arm lined with watches), this would be a good opportunity for you.

The stopwatch works nicely. Press the buttons on either side of the stem (crown) to start and stop it, and both together to reset the stopwatch to its starting configuration. Maybe I'll use that in cooking sometime, instead of watching the clock on the wall and remembering when the start time was.

This watch is certainly a bargain in its current price range. If you get one and manage to set the date, leave a comment and let me know!

UPDATE on setting the date via the stem (crown) ... see comments.