Received the watch and had very, very high hopes for it to be great. It's big (which I like) but not too big. It's heavy (which I like), I thought it wouldn't be as big and feel so sturdy but to my surprise it is. The band is long (I have a 9 inch wrist) and I have plenty of room left for the band to wrap around and still be able to secure it with the clasp?, or whatever you call the piece that attachs after the band goes thru the buckle. Anyway this watch is great, all blacked out except the date. When I say blacked out I mean blacked out, you are almost never going to see the hands of the watch without doing a double take or allowing your eyes time to focus on it before actually seeing that there are in fact hands there, but I knew this going in so it isn't a negative, just be mindful of that.

What makes this only 3 stars for me is that the illumination sucks big time. The instruction says to leave in sunlight for at least 30 minutes, well I left it in the sun for about 3 hours and when it got dark, nothing. I then had to take it into my bathroom, hold it up to the track lighting and then it glowed for about 5 minutes but even then it didn't last long. Either I got bum lume in my watch or this strikes out. Would be great if it shined brightly at night since it is so dark during the day.