This watch is highly accurate, gorgeous, lightweight, thin, waterproof, and tough. I love the color of the blue sunray dial. I don't like babying my watches, so I bought this on the ad's assurance that I could get it wet. I wear it all day but there's not a scratch on it anywhere. I am surprised that the black band shows no wear given what I put it through (gardening, playing rough with the dog, cooking, showering, generally being clumsy and banging into things). I was afraid that the band might be painted black, or have a fragile electroplating. But at this point it looks like the entire watch is good for life.I just have two suggestions for changes: The date is very tiny and difficult to see, and I wish the hands and markers glowed in the dark. Changing these features would compromise the minimalist design, though.It took me a few days to get used to the crown insignia on the face, but now I don't notice it any more. Still, I think it would be more in keeping with minimalism to make the watch face as shown in the ad photo (no crown), and use the space to make the date bigger and add luminous hands and markers.