I'm one of those people who have more watches than they will ever need in a lifetime.  That having been said, I bought this watch because it had exactly everything I was looking for in a watch.  First of all, it has a very nice leather band.  I prefer leather to metal.  The watch diameter is ample for my aged eyes, yet not so big that you feel you're carrying Big Ben on your wrist.  The white face also provides very good contrast to the hands of the watch, again making reading it very easy on older eyes. Most importantly to me however was that this watch had all the functions that are important to me.  No more, no less.  It has a date dial at 3:00.  It has a retrograde hand at 6:00 that tells the day of the week, and finally at 9:00 is a 24hr GMT dial which is feature found mostly in watches that cost a lot more.  I've had this watch for about a week now, and I haven't taken it off my wrist!