My grandson has been looking at pocket watches for some time.  He also is into dragons right now.  When I saw this watch I knew it was the perfect birthday present.  It looks great and he loved it.  He's only had it a few days so time will tell if it holds up to a 12 year olds abuse.  As others have mentioned the winding mechanism is a bit hard due to the dragon head surrounding it.  But this is only a minor annoyance.  The other thing I didn't notice but my wife did, the Roman numerals are not consistent.  At the 4 o'clock position it has 4 i's instead of the traditional IV. She thought maybe  it was done for spacing reasons but I don't think it detracts from the watches value.