There is a reason it is Caravelle by Bulova. It looks good enough to be a Bulova, feels cheap enough to be worth $10. The links are hollow. My armitron felt more solid than this. I guess they were going for light weight rather than luxurious feel. However, while wearing it, it feels absolutely fine. It is just while playing with it in your hand do you notice how cheap it feels. It is light and hollow.

The back protective sticker has a sticker on it that says Japan movement Hong Kong band. They were too embarrassed to engrave that information on the back plate. By the way, the backplate is a standard Bulova plate that does not say Caravelle anywhere on it. They really should drop this whole Caravelle thing and brand all their watches Bulova.

To adjust the links takes a needle and lots of force. I stabbed myself very badly trying to remove the links. The links are not connected by spring pins or screws, they are solid pins that need to be pushed through the stamped steel link.

My first reaction with this watch was poor, mainly because it is very light. After wearing it, I like this watch.