I purchased this as a bit of a splurge with my tax refund this year.  I had been wanting a Citizen Ecodrive for a while now and had settled on getting one of the smaller stainless ones or another black plated one that was available.  But I wasn't really happy with either one.  The silver one had a very small face and the black one had oddly shaped/located numbers.  I wasn't thrilled for either, but I was going to settle.  But then out of the darkness this beautiful timepiece showed up in my recommended list.  It was love at first sight and as soon as I could afford it I got it.  Once I had this in my hands it was almost love at first sight.  THe size of the face, the big bright numbers were perfect.  The only fault was the TINY wrist band.  I had two choices that went from fairly snug to loose enough to fall off.  But after swapping the wrist band this is quickly becoming my favorite watch.