I wanted to try an automatic watch because I wanted a watch that had some amount of craftsmanship in the making of it. As some have said in their reviews, automatics aren't the most accurate of watches, which made me all the more surprised when this watch kept perfect time with the official US atomic time. Unfortunately, this only lasted two weeks, then it kind of fell off the cliff, losing about six seconds in two days.
 After that, however, it settled in to losing only about a second a day.

As some have said, the band is very stiff. I thought at first it must be rhinoceros hide, but after a couple of days it formed to my wrist. The crystal is impervious to scratches, but the case scratches pretty easily,so I resolved to only wear it on weekends, but it is so comfortable to wear I decided to wear it 24/7 except for in the shower.

All in all, I think this is the best watch I have ever owned.