Watches are a rather personal thing and each of us has specific requirements; likes and dislikes when it comes to what we want strapped to our wrist and what our requirements are in functions; it sort of boils down to "each his own."

My requirements are rather simple and "simple" leads the short list of my requirements.  First, I do not like a lot of whistles and bells.  I have no desire to know the time in each capitol of the world.  I do not need a watch that is waterproof to 10,000 feet.  I could care less as to the phases of the moon.  I do not need an alarm system to remind me of appointments nor do I want something that takes an advanced degree en engineering or computer science to set date, time and what ever.

Secondly, I want a watch that is unobtrusive - clean looking - no glitter or bling.  I want to be able to see the numbers and, both time and date.  I do not want any funny little "sub-dials" cluttering up the face. If the watch appears even slightly pretentious I want nothing to do with it.  But hey, that is just me.

Third, and this is probably one of the more important features I look for, is a watch that actually keep reasonable time consistently.  I hate setting and resetting a watch.  The numbers, both time and date, are easy to read and glow nicely in the dark.

Fifth - I absolutely hate paying more than one hundred dollars for a watch.  I am hard on watches.  I either break them, loose them or generally bang them up.  To pay big buck for something that I am surly bound to destroy, for me, is a complete waste of money.

The watch being reviewed here meets all my requirements.

Now I grant you, like another reviewer here I would prefer that this watch was that of the original and well made Swiss Army watch by Victorinox.  I had one at one time and loved it.  I destroyed it...well, actually an ostrich I was attempting to load in a trailer destroyed it, (ripped the band off and ripped the winding stem off), but the ostrich was only being an ostrich and I probably would have fought just as hard if someone was trying to load me in some strange contraption - I hold no ranker against the bird...the emergency room bill was large, but I have good insurance.  Anyway, I would have preferred to have the Victorinox but I was an am unwilling to pay the price.  The watch being reviewed here, for me, was an excellent compromise.

This watch is a bit larger that watches I normally wear but I am getting use to that.  It is clean looking, attractive and so far (about three months now) it has kept perfect time.

I must admit to have had some trepidation about the leather band.  I spend a lot of time at the gym and biking, and truth be told, sweat like a pig.  So far though the band has held up well and the staining is at a minimum.  When and if the band gets to looking too funky (through no fault of the band itself), I will replace it with something more suited for my lifestyle.

I like this watch and am completely satisfied with it.  If I can get two or three years use out of it without destroying it I will be happy...if it lasts longer, well that for me, is just extra gravy.

Don Blankenship
The Ozarks