I haven't given this item to the intended recipient, yet, so I cannot say anything about it's reliability, etc. But I chose this watch because she's somewhat elderly, with not great 'sight'...so I wanted to give her a watch that would be readable, yet still be small...as she is very petite. But when I took it out of the box, I thought at first that the wrong watch was sent. The numerals and lines are not a distinct as the picture would lead you to believe. They (the numerals and other lines) appear to be thinner and less dark...and thus stand-out LESS from the 'face'. If I look at the watch face with a magnifying glass, it does look a little more 'acute' in terms of readability, but I doubt that this lady will want to walk around with a magnifying glass just to read the time. I could have gotten her a larger watch of course, but as other (lady) reviewers said, they like the fact that its small size does not 'over-power' their more demure arm.