I can't exactly explain why, but I found this watch on Amazon while looking for something else and became fixated on it. I must have had it in my Wish List for several months before deciding to treat myself for Christmas to this. I got it the day before Christmas and am delighted with my purchase.

The watch itself is incredibly good looking - masculine - large - very easy to read numerals. The luminescence on the hands is brighter than on any watch I have ever owned. The red sweep second hand contrasts nicely with the stark functional backdrop of the white-on-black watch face. The watch seems larger than what is displayed on the Amazon site, but not so large that it resembles a pop-art watch or anything. You just won't mistake it for a unisex time piece.

But the canvas strap is funky. It looks like Citizen had inherited some surplus Army tents and made watch bands out of them. Where the watch looks better than how Amazon displays it, the strap looks worse. I had a spare black leather band from another watch and replaced the canvas with a much better looking strap.