I own a few Skagens so I thought that I'd buy one for my wife because she has no watches.  It's a good watch for the money but I'm definitely going to buy her a pricier Skagen in the future.  I agree with the other reviewer that the date is REALLY small and almost impossible to read.  Yes, it IS suprising that there isn't a magnifier for the date. My wife isn't a watch snob so she seems to like the watch so far.  But once she wears a more expensive Skagen, she's going to know the difference.  Think of this watch as being "entry" level, something that's above a Timex/Casio from Walmart.