My mom gave me the same watch as a gift in 1995 , worked without any problem until I lost it while jumping from a cliff into the ocean. I guess the resin band was not that strong for the impact. Two years ago a wanted a watch to use for running or while doing a hard work, so I bought the same watch and still running like new. Now it has the same problem like the other, the green letters fade out but still looks ok , and the two differences from the old one, is that this one does not have dual time , and the beeps you hear while pressing the mode button, now has a higher pitch to tell you are on timekeeping mode.