I got this watch as a gift for my wife (who is not athletic and does not abuse her watches) but the black-surround for the face fell off, and half of the letters wore off of the surround as well.  We are now on our 3rd attempt to glue it back on (this time with silicone).  It has a pretty nice feature set, especially the newer once-a-week/weekend-only alarms (it's my 7th or 8th timex ~ironman watch purchase since 1989) but is not a reliable design, imho.  The big reason to get this watch is because it uses a STANDARD Spiedel watch band.  I am getting fed up with Timex watches for women because this was to replace the previous watch (<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Timex-Women-s-T5K026-Ironman-Sleek-Digital-Resin-Strap-Watch/dp/B0013HP7I4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Timex Women's T5K026 Ironman Sleek Digital Resin Strap Watch</a>) for my wife, where the entire watch fell out of the band and was gone forever - BUYER BEWARE.