I bought this watch because I wanted a watch to wear casually that was sophisticated and stylish without being too expensive. I have a 6.5 inch wrist, which is pretty narrow for a man, so I like that the dial is small enough that it doesn't look too huge on me. The markers at each hour are very shiny and look great in person and the hands glow in the dark slightly. The date and day is a great feature and is very easy to read and adjust. It looks very nice with the metal band, but I prefer leather bands, so I replaced mine with a light brown one. It takes an 18mm band, which is somewhat narrow for men, so selection of bands in that size was not great. It is an automatic watch, so it is thicker than a quartz watch and will need to be worn almost every day so the clock doesn't stop depending on how long you wear it and how much you move while wearing it. I wear a different watch to work during the week, so I guess I didn't really think this one through. Looking back, I probably should have spent the extra $30 or so and bought one of Seiko's solar models that looks very similar to this one, because solar watches store charge on an internal battery so you could wear it only on the weekends without needing to reset the time each week. All in all, if you plan to wear this watch most days, it's a good choice. You will have a hard time finding another watch that is automatic or looks this good at this price.