As soon as I took this watch out of the box, I knew there was something wrong with the clasp.  A clasp seems like a pretty simple thing, but the design here was too fancy by far.  When I took it to my watchmaker, to have a few links dropped out, he too commented that it was a strange, poor design.
Sure enough, it became unclasped 15 minutes later while I was driving (not exactly tough use).
Unfortunately, Bulova isn't the same dependable watch it was ten or more years ago, this company is routinely churning out low quality products.
Just in case you're in love with the face and thinking of changing the clasp on your own, you should know that the second hand is not in the traditional place (large sweeping hand) it's the little dial at the six o'clock possition.