I wish "Arthur Bradley" had written his review before I fumbled around trying to resize the watch band on my own.  The information he provided would have been helpful.  I can recommend a very small diameter drill bit for pushing out the rods in the polyurethane band (use the blunt end).  I recommend a needle inserted into a block of wood as the tool to play with the two (2) spring loaded clips that connect each end of the polyurethane bands to the metal clasp.  Cut the band with a razor or box cutter on a scrap piece of wood.  Of course you can always take the watch to a jeweler and have the band resized, but I'm a bit of cheapskate and it's a hassle to get to a jeweler.  I also wanted to go slow, I was worried the jeweler would make the band too small and once you've gone too small it won't grow back.  Note, you can also decrease the band about 4 mm in size by putting the pins on the top half (closer to the 12 on the watch) closer to the clasp (towards the 6 on the watch).

My previous watch was a Casio G-Shock [ASIN:B001AZXN4O Casio GW500A-1V G-Shock Atomic Solar Watch]] that I used for 7 years and was great for everything, except I thought the look to be poor.  I wanted a similar watch in capability as the Casio (atomic clock time corrected, 200 m water resistant and solar powered), but more upscale in looks and to have an analog face (it's easier for me to tell how much time I have left).  This watch fit all the criteria.

It's really difficult finding a watch on which you can easily see the time.  How many of these watches are white hands on a light background or dark hands on a dark background or it's so busy that you can't see the hands??  This watch stands out for clarity.  I'm just starting to need reading glasses, I don't want to have to put them on just to see the time.

I disagree with the one statement from "Koyote" in the review above that this is a heavy watch and big.  I thought it was exceedingly light watch and somewhat slim in thickness, otherwise he did a great review and must have experience with high-end watches.

15 March 2014 Update - After more than a year of owning the watch (I wear it every day to work and use the Casio for work around the house), I am still amazed at how much I enjoy it.  I've banged it on door strikers and other things and I look with dread to see the scratch and every time I am amazed that nothing happened to the crystal nor the metal finish. Sometimes, I've seen what I thought was a scratch and a little rubbing with the finger tip or cloth and the mark disappears.  It's nice to know that every time I pick up the watch, it will be accurate - even automatically switching time with daylights savings.  This is by far the best watch I have ever owned.

21 June 2016 Update - I still love the watch, but I am going to have to say "no" to the band.  I went through two bands in 4 years (the rubber ripped both times).  The first one I chalked it up to my little kids grabbing me at the arm.  I never let them do that with the 2nd band, yet it ripped again after another 2 years.  I got fed up with buying the rubber Citizen band at about $70 and bought the steel bracelet for the Citizen Eco-Drive CB0020-50E 23mm Stainless Steel Watch Band, the same watch, just a different band for about $80.  The steel bracelet fits great (it looks like a different watch though - neither good or bad) and I hope I am now done buying replacement bands.