I bought this watch for my boyfriend's birthday. He loves a big watch and I knew it was large when I got it. I wasn't disappointed, and neither was he. I had my doubts about the rubber band but it's really nice, not cheap looking at all, if it was metal it would have been way too heavy, it's a heavy watch anyway. The face part is pretty thick, maybe a half an inch.

We took links out ourselves, not using the little screw-like pins but the big pins we did it with a couple of regular screwdrivers. You have to be careful doing this though, cause the black plate will scratch off if you're not careful (uh, this could be circumvented by taking it to a jeweler, but we don't live anywhere near one). The band is nice and big, we had to take out two links (and regular watches from the store usually aren't big enough for his wrist so it's really a large band).

The face glows nicely (the kids were impressed and noticed it glowing from a distance). I read some reviews that complained it wasn't bright enough, but it's not a back-lit watch, so I didn't expect that from it.

Just a little warning that the outside of the watch is a little sharp-ish (he accidentally scratched me with the watch).