I agree with the other reviewers' observation regarding the MSRP of Sturhling watches...a quick Google will find many articles on the topic of over-inflated MSRPs on many Asian-made designer watches.  This is an unfortunate, but not uncommon practice -- forewarned is forearmed.  Once you understand this, you will find that Sturhling and others can offer some rather unique, good quality watches at affordable prices.  They look far more expensive than they really are and you will get lots of compliments on them.

I for one, own several Sturhling watches and was well aware of this before buying this watch and I am not complaining about it (I also paid $80).

Onto the review:

1.  Heft -- This is a big watch and feels substantial on your wrist, you definitely know you are wearing a watch.  I personally like this feeling but it might bother some with smaller wrists.

2.  Design -- I find the skeleton-design visually striking with the simplistic movement (no sweep hand) in a different layout than other mechanicals as it is placed in a hortizontal line across the face.  It really leaves much open space to show off the skeleton -- huge see-through crystals on both sides are clear and substantial.  Very pretty.  Only complaint is that the Sturhling Original logo is right in the middle of where the movement is - in other watches I wouldn't care as you can see most of the movement.  In this case, it distracts from the center mounted movement of the watch.  It is hard to tell from the photos how distracting this is until you see it in person.  A higher placement of the logo above the movement or an arched placement at the very top or bottom curve of the crystal would have been preferable.

3.  Materials -  Watch band is a thick and chunky leather/cowhide with alligator embossing.  It feels solid and secure on your wrist, the embossing is a nice touch.  Stainless steel case is thick with a nice matte shine that doesn't show fingerprints too much -- though with all the crystal on both sides you'll find youself using the enclosed polishing cloth a bit just to keep it shiny.  Crystal is thick and substantial.  The movement winds confidently with a nice amount of resistance and stops when fully wound.  FYI -- clockwise winds the watch, counter-clockwise sets the watch, there is no pull out stem on this model.  If you have owned other automatics, this might throw you at first but easily adjusted to.

All in all a great watch for the money and a nice addition to my collection.

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9/13/2013 UPDATE:  I love this watch, it is my favorite amongst many but it has not lasted the test of time.  Watch broke after 9 months of on and off wear (I rotate my watch wearing between several watches).  The minute hand simply fell off of the spindle and is floating around inside the watch.

It is past the Amazon return date (I thought Amazon was offering a 1 year warranty on these back when I ordered it, this doesn't seem the case now but I could be mistaken).  Now I will have to pay $20 + shipping to send back to Stuhrling to have this fixed.  Very disappointed and am revising my review to 2 stars - this watch should have lasted longer than 9 months.