So retro you have to pull out the stem and advance the hands 24 hours to move the date from 30 to 1. You can hear it tick!

But that's OK. It's handsome, heavy, and quite accurate. Crystal seems very resistant to scratches. I expect one of the strap-restraint loops to break as other reviewers have noted, but it hasn't happened yet after about 3 months, and actually shows no signs of doing so.

Don't expect high tech with a ton of features. It is what it is, and it does a great job being just that. If you're looking for imposing but not ostentatious, simple but not toylike, serious-looking but not expensive, here's your watch.

Oh, the Indiglo lighting is very nice and even, lights up the whole face of the watch.