I bought this watch to wear when I work day shifts.  I did not need anything with extra functions other than a day/date.  I am surrounded by all types of devices that will give me gps location, elapsed time functions, and the phase of the moon. I wanted something simple, easy to read, and relatively thin.  The thinness has more to do comfort when wearing jackets with snug cuffs.  I also wanted something that was solar powered.

I looked at the Casio offerings.  But the smallest of the solar Casio's was larger than this watch.  The Seikos were close, but most were larger or heavier.  In the end, the simple design and readabilty of this watch guided my decision.

The watch is accurate.  I have only made minor adjustments in the eight months I have worn it.  It is easy to adjust.  It is highly readable in the daytime.  Less so at night but more on that later.  The band was uncomfortable for me.  I too opted for an inexpensive leather band which has made the watch much more wearable.

There are several reviewers who talk about the luminosity of the watch.  I don't know if I got a bad copy (which I doubt,) or if their idea of luminosity is different from mine.  When I am working nights in a low light environment, I need to be able to look at a watch face quickly and determine the time.  The only analog watches I have found that do this without any gymnastics or button pushing are watches that have tritium vials mounted on the hands and around the face.  Everything that is back-lit requires either a button push or a particular turn of the wrist.  Though their readability is excellent, I don't often have time or a free hand to accomplish this.

The hands and hour markings on this watch dim pretty quickly after being removed from a light source.  A couple of hours away from that light source and the hands are very, very dim.  I have a 15 year old Luminox that is still far brighter. So for my purposes, this Citizen watch is not a good candidate for night wear or use.

All in all, I enjoy having this watch.  It is fairly light weight with excellent details.  With the leather band, it is my everyday watch at work or at home.  When they introduce an Eco-Drive this size or slimmer with illumnation that does not require a light source to recharge the hands and markings on the face, I will be standing in line.  But for now, as I do a lot of work in a Night Vision Goggle environment at night, I leave this one home and wear a Luminox or its cousin...