I am a huge fan of large dive watches and recently had the movement in my Seiko Black Monster watch fail.  I wanted an inexpensive watch with some heft behind it - and found this gem.  Looked at it at local retailer and decided to save some money and bought it from amazon.com.  The watch fits well and looks great.  I replaced the short(er) rubber strap with a deployment clasp on a Maratac silicon strap and it looks great.  Fit my criteria of looks and weight.  I am not familiar with the Freestyle brand and just received the watch so I can't comment on functionality or durability.