After reading the description on this item, I knew it was going to be larger than what I expected.  It was even larger, thicker and heavier than I anticipated.  The bands are very stiff and thick, too, although the quick-change feature is nice and easy to use.  Another thing I'm concerned about is that my son-in-law has an Invicta watch, and has experienced nightmares dealing with their customer service to have a part replaced - unresponsive, and then ultimately charging his credit card 5 times for a $5 shipping charge. Apparently this is well-known in the industry and the company's reputation has seriously suffered as a result. If this watch were more expensive, doubt I'd take a chance and would probably just return it rather than hassle with any kind of service needs. The jury's still out on this one.