This is a lovely watch, large, but not huge (on my husband's slim wrist).  He likes the solar feature, no batteries to worry about.  It is a handsome piece of jewelry, and looks more expensive than it is.  Both of us like watches as jewelry, not only as time pieces.  This one hits the mark, has a very nice look to it.  The charcoal dial face is a really nice color -- a bit different, and dark enough, but not the ubiquitous black usually found on dark faced watches.  This watch rounds out a nice collection of watches my husband has.  He is rather fussy about his attire, watches included, and this one is a winner.