I've loved this watch for the whole time I've owned it, for all the reasons listed in the other reviews.  However, the watch band kept falling apart.  A jeweler could usually fix it, either for free or at minimal cost, but this time some parts went missing.  I contacted Bulova for a replacement band, and it's eighty-five bucks plus tax and shipping.  Too much money -- I'm ditching this watch, and here's why:

I'm ditching it because it's too beaten and scratched up to be worth the investment.  Both the glass, and the blue paint on the bezel, are seriously marred by scratches and dings.  If the watch still looked great, or even good, I'd spring for the band.  It looks like crap, and I'm very disappointed in how this watch has held up, after only four years of normal usage.

I thought that by spending more for a watch, I was purchasing durability.  I was wrong.  It's just another piece of shoddy, throwaway junk.