This is a great Swatch. Originally designed in 1999, the watch is so popular that it continues to be sold ten years later. This is unusual for Swatch, a company which routinely rotates and changes its product line two or three times per year, and speaks to the durability and elegance of the design.

The watch is presented in a stainless steel case and band, with a hard rubber insert design to connect links. The metallic parts of the band are a polished, semi-shiny silver design. A black face with high accent chrome hands and a shiny black outer dial, providing a combination of both dress and sport appearance. This watch can be worn with both dress and casual apparel. Because of its design, this watch is physically heavier than most Swatches (many Swatches are made with aluminum bands which are extremely lightweight), but no more than most other watches of its type, and certainly not bothersome in wearing.

The overall impact and appearance of the watch is a dressy/sporty look, and, like many Swatches, appears much more expensive than it actually is. Quality is first rate, both with the physical construction of the band and case, but also of the internal movement, all being made -- as all Swatches are -- in Switzerland. Time-keeping accuracy is first rate-rate.

I bought this watch in Paris back in 2002, one of the first Swatches I ever purchased. After nearly ten years of wearing, finally one of the rubber inserts broke. The folks at the Swatch store on the Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;e in Paris replaced the link at no charge to me last year (2009). The watch is still one of my favorite Swatches. Five stars.