I just needed a water proof watch for swimming, not looking to spend much money. I had a black casio that lasted for over 3 years that I bought for 17 bucks, got my money's worth. This summer I purchased one with a plactic white band, but the strap started to look dirty. So I came back to amazon and picked out silver, thinking it had a plastic strap. I pleased when it arrived. It has a sterling silver/metal strap! It looks nice for more then just the pool. The pink numbers are easy enough to read. I needed to take to jeweler and have a few links taken out- that cost me 8$. So in total this watch cost 30 and I think it was so worth it, looks like it should have cost more!