I have buyers remorse. I have owned the watch for less than two months now. While it is a profoundly attractive and masculine watch with a slight retro appeal, my troubles started as soon as I opened the box... When I set the time, the crown felt loose and wobbly like it had a cheap plastic stem and the metal clasp on the band popped right off as soon as I tried to fasten it to my wrist. I figured it was just a bad pin, so a local jeweler replaced it with a newer, better pin. Three weeks later I looked down at the chrono hand, and it was re-setting off center by 4 seconds to the 11 o'clock position. I called Mr. Watch, the fulfillment company through Amazon, and they said this was a recent common problem for a few of the Luminox Chrono units that may have faulty movements... since I wore it for two weeks, they would not exchange or RA the piece as per their terms, and I had to return it to luminox for repair under the factory warrantee. This was annoying and off putting considering the cost of the watch. I felt I had no support through this process. They did however offer to refund my shipping expenses, but I have declined.

I shipped the unit to the Luminox U.S. repair facility and they repaired the watch: fixed the hand, replaced the crown, pressure tested it, and returned it to me in a very favorable manner and fast time frame (under two weeks)... I really feel the service center did a better job and took more care repairing the watch than Luminox did at the factory building it... The alarm function is as confusing as others have indicated, and not addressed in the manual. All is well for now, but I was without the watch for a while... Will I buy another Luminox? I am not sure. I will wait to see how this one holds up.

Update 11/22/11: Almost six months in, I no longer have buyers remorse. This watch has only gotten better with time. I have had no quirky movement issues, and I did make one improvement, I swapped the factory band with a "Lone Star Strap" from Texas Strap Company. They made me one in 23mm for this model. It looks absolutely BOSS now... This is without a doubt the nicest looking Luminox offered, and a fair value for the price I paid from Amazon despite having to send it for repair... I am very happy.

Update 8/23/13: Watch is shot after wearing it lite duty in rotation with others maybe 3 days a week. I have since had movement issues again with the chrono resetting to -3 seconds, as well as other intermittent issues. I have sent it to Saltzman on three different occasions for service and fresh batteries and spent another 200 servicing this piece or crap. I'm done. Sorry.