I've had a couple of people ask about my new watch.  It makes a very good impression.  The self wind mechanism works, but since I'm not a daily watch wearer (at least not the same one every day), I need to reset it each time I put it on.  It's no trouble, that's the nature of the beast.  You see the gears from the face and back of the watch.  It is mezmerizing to watch everything work in "synchronicity".  It may lose (or gain) a minute or so when do I wear it two days in a row.  That may also be my poor setting of it in the first place.  The only downside, for me, is the height of the watch.  It's quite thick, and while men may disagree, not very feminine.  Again, the size is because of the extra gearing, so it is what it is.  I enjoy wearing it, and one of my co-workers wants to know where I got it so she can pick one up too.