This is my second of these watches, the last made it about  1 1/2 years of almost continuous use. I work on an oil rig, and have to have watches with non metal bands at work. Found this style so light and comfortable, that I tend to wear it at home also. Paid $55 for this watch, best price around and well worth it. I can't say the same for Seiko's watch center though, whatever happened to previous (stopped working, no damage to watch on exterior at all) the watch repair center wanted twice the cost of this watch to repair it.