Automatic watches are usually much more expensive than this one, so I was dubious that it would be high quality and would keep good time. I'm very pleased with it, though. I wear it every day and sometimes I sleep with it on. When I do take it off at night, it hasn't lost any time when I get up in the morning, so you could easily leave it off 6 or 8 hours and it would still be ticking when you get up--as long as you've worn it all day prior. The drawbacks to the watch are relatively minor. There is no quick release button or tab for the nylon band that comes with it, so to remove that band and replace it with a leather one, I had to essentially break the pins holding the band. I even have a special tool that I use for replacing watch bands, and I couldn't get the pins to release the way I think they are supposed to. Not a big deal. I replaced the nylon band with a Ritche band that has the pins built in with a quick release button. Also, the glowing hands don't show up very well the longer the night wears on, but you can still make them out if you really look hard, even after several hours in the dark. Another minor annoyance is that I like to sync my watch with an online time server, but after you start this automatic going, the seconds hand can't be stopped, which makes it difficult to sync with another clock down to the exact second. I guess at some point, I will have to let the watch come to a stop and then sync it again. Overall I love the watch, though, and it has become my daily wear watch.
Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]