I had to purchase a watch for work that was easier to see and was tough enough to handle normal day to day tasks w/o falling apart. I have several kinds of watches that are far more expensive than this Casio Watch, but I don't like to expose them to the possibility of getting scratched or damaged. If your also getting a little older like me, sometimes your eyes start to have a little trouble seeing small digital numbers on most LCD watches, so when I noticed a co-worker wearing one of these and after he showed it to me I just had to buy one. It's definitely a day watch, the backlight feature only lights up the small digital readout just below the center of the watch and it's not backlit, it has a small white LED off to the left side that barely lights up the small digital box. On the main dial, the numbers, hour & minute hands are all luminescent & are very bright after being exposed to bright light. The small digital box serves several functions & you can set this area to display several types of information. All in all, I feel the watch is worth every penny I paid for it and am very satisfied with my purchase..