This watch, the STUHRLING ORIGINAL MEN'S 171A.3335E2 CLASSIC EXCLUSIVE 'CURVETTE 44' SLIM AUTOMATIC WATCH seems to have everything anyone could ask for in a watch.  VERY handsome styling, automatic movement, (no batteries, no mechanical winding -- just move your wrist to wind it!), a VERY thin case, water-resistance, and even a tiny "second hand" in the bottom, which is, as opposed to the more usual, "second sweep" hand, (which goes around the entire face of the watch)-- less obtrusive, and more generally pleasing to the eye.  No -- this is NOT a chronograph, and will NOT tell phases of the moon, or what time it is in, say, Istanbul, when it is 12:00 noon in New York City.  But most chronographs, (except for those with prices in the stratospheric range), are cluncky affairs -- and this mid-price watch is nice and neat and thin, and will look great on any man's wrist.

What then is missing?  LUMINOUS HANDS!  It is truly a shame that such a wonderful watch can easily be read during the daytime only!  Luminous hands would allow this watch to be read 24 hours a day, and in the darkest of rooms.  Without these luminous hands, this watch falls just short of being spectacular. With its present great features and great looks, the omission of this single, simple feature truly is a great pity, and leaves anyone looking at all the great features on this watch, (and thinking of the one simple feature that has been left out), to wonder:  WHY?