The watch is terrific. It is accurate and it's very light weight. As you see, it's solar rechargeable. An initial concern is unfounded -- doesn't appear to be any need to worry about it holding a charge. When I received it, it was fully charged and it has never dipped below that in the ensuing few weeks. On most days the watch just sits on the dresser so it's never really in direct sunlight.

The watch comes preset with the time and date. All you have to do is read the manual and tell the watch which time zone you're in and everything resets itself automatically.

The analog face is very readable. Even at night, the hands are sufficiently luminescent that I typically don't even need to use the (weak) LED light. Just so you understand, the LED only lights up the small digital window at the '6' position. If you're looking to use your watch to provide enough light to stumble out of the bedroom at night, this isn't it. But, like I said, you don't really need it to be able to read the time.

The bottom window is small. If you wear bifocal glasses, you may have to take them off to read the window. In its normal mode, this window shows one of the following: the time (digital), the date, or the day of the week. Since the analog face doesn't have a second hand, it also shows the seconds in all 3 modes. Additionally, the bottom window can show the other features -- timer, alarm, stop watch. Initially, when I read the manual, I was a little worried that the process for setting and using the various features was a little convoluted. I worried that I might need to keep the manual handy to remember how to get at the different capabilities. In practice, though, it's not bad at all. The button at the '8' position cycles through the basic functions - local time, UTC time, alarm, countdown timer, stopwatch. Then, when in 'alarm' mode for example, the button at '4' cycles through the various alarms. When you're at the specific alarm you want (it has several) the button at the '10' either turns it on/off or, if held, goes into the mode to set the alarm time. It's actually pretty easy to remember once you've done it a couple of times.

One caveat - the alarm is, shall we say, 'subtle'. I doubt it would wake most people so don't plan on using it as an alarm clock. Or, if you're in any type of reasonably loud environment, you might not hear it at all. Once again, that's not a problem for me but you should be aware.

The only thing I didn't like was the strap. It appears to be some type of silicone/rubber. It actually works fine, but I thought it was a little uncomfortable. Also, it was impossible to keep the free end of the strap from flopping around. So, I went to Amazon and bought an 18mm 'NATO' style band that was black/orange/gray. For an extra $10 I got a strap that I really like and I think it makes the watch look even better.

Summary - I like the watch a lot. The digital window is small. Only the digital window lights up at night. The alarm is quiet. The strap wasn't my favorite. With all this, I really recommend it because it does so many things well. I rated 4 stars instead of 5 because of the strap.