This is not a fancy thrills watch.  But, it does have the day and month indicators.  It is easy to read.  Like most Seiko watches I have bought it does not keep precise time over two weeks.  It does gain about 1 minute.  That seems fairly normal and is not worth the cost to have a jeweler try and adjust it.  My former Seiko gained about 5 minutes every two weeks.  So I believe it is just the norm for wrist watches as I have had other watches do the same.  If you get one that is always precise then more power to you.