Owned for 2 months, received as a gift.

Stainless steel band and midnight blue face are a combination of tough and formal.  Good for work if you have a clean job.  My job isn't so clean, so I wear it after work and weekends.

Since I'm not wearing it continuously, the movement runs out of gas occasionally.  So I get lots of practice setting the time (and day and date), which requires a half dozen more steps than a simple quartz watch.

For instance, the stem has three positions: retracted, middle, and pulled out all the way.  And, the instructions say NOT to set the watch between 9 PM and 4 AM, which is to avoid some ambiguities as the mechanical day/date changes around midnight.

Making a long story short, you play with the stem a few times and learn how it behaves.  You realize setting the time between 9 PM and 4 AM is not prohibited, but is instead easily done.  All in all, a small learning curve that you should be aware exists, but shouldn't stop you from purchasing this pretty thing.

An interesting function is that, while adjusting the minute hand, if the stem is turned slightly backwards, the second hand stops moving.  (Turn it backwards more, and the minute hand adjusts backwards, as usual.)  That provides for a way to set the second hand exactly.

When my watch runs continuously, it picks up about five seconds per day.  It would be best if it kept time perfectly, but running a bit fast is 2nd best.  Using the afore-mentioned function, you can stop the second hand as required without disturbing the minute hand.  Pretty easy, if you care about second-accuracy.

In this rare instance, Amazon's images of this watch are pretty good.  The styling of the band is continuous with the case of the watch, so it all looks like one smooth, silver piece.  The watch and band is a little heavy, which satisfies the hardware-like feeling that makes you feel like a man.  Works for me.

I walked around a shopping mall until I found a jeweler who claimed to have experience removing links from this band.  Recommend removing links evenly, i.e., one from the top of the watch, and one from the bottom of the watch, one more from the top of the watch, etc.  That way, when the watch is centered at the top of your wrist, the latch will remain centered at the bottom of your wrist.  He charged $10 to perform the adjustment, but he wouldn't accept a tip.

To release the latch, don't just try to pull it open.  Instead, squeeze the two tiny tabs on either side of the latch to release it  : |