Received my watch a couple of weeks ago. I was a little hesitant to order it, based on the three reviews that had been posted as of the date that I ordered it. But so far, I've been impressed. I thought the packaging was impressive (a long, sturdy orange box for the watch, plus a protective sleeve for the box, both in excellent shape). Inside the box, the watch was secured and had a small piece of silk covering the watch face to protect it from the box lid, plus protective plastic wrapped around the watch face and buckle on the strap. The leather strap is incredibly soft and comfortable. I wish the strap was a bit longer, but I have a pretty big wrist, so maybe it won't be an issue for most guys. Once buckled, the buckle area of the watch looks great, the only problem is that it's a bit hard to push the end of the strap through the two bands around the strap, because once buckled I don't have much strap left over to work with. But this should get easier as I wear the watch and the strap is used more and gets more flexible.

This is the first skeleton watch I've owned, and it's neat to look down and see the watch's little heart beating away. In the two weeks that I've worn the watch, it has stayed accurate to the minute, which I think is pretty impressive for an automatic watch at this price point.

I had to scratch my head for a little bit before I figured out the second hand: the long, solid part of the hand counts down the first thirty seconds along the outer edge of the second-hand dial; the shorter, open part of the second hand counts down the last thirty seconds along the inner part of the dial. I had never seen that before, and it's kinda cool.

Buy this watch when you're younger and you can glance down and see the watch's internal parts with no problem; I'm in my fifties, and I have to be wearing my reading glasses to really get a good look at all of the cool wheels and dials inside the watch.

I highly recommend this watch if you are looking for a skeleton watch. The look is unique and can be a conversation starter. (I plan to use it to talk to my grandkids about how the theory of evolution can't be true: "Since Darwin's time we've learned that a single living cell is far more complicated than this watch; how many years/lightning strikes in a mud puddle would it take to magically create this watch," etc., etc.) The color palette of the watch--a soft-white face with a thin silver accent band, blue hands and hour markers, silver case, and black band--is subdued and classy. The hands and hour markers are not luminous, but you wouldn't expect them to be, since this is a dress watch, not a sports watch.