This watch is very nice but there is one odd thing: the date is IMPOSSIBLE to read. It is so small that you cannot even see it with a magnifying glass. In fact, I tried with a magnifying glass and still could not read it. I'm not sure why they include this feature, since it is way too small to see? Personally I don't care that much since I never really use the date, you have to keep remembering to adjust it every month. However it seems strange that the watch is sold as an "easy reader", and the hour numbers are all very large, but then the date is so tiny you cannot read it at all.