Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I don't often review products, but this watch is worthy of my time. I've worn divers watches as an "everyday" watch since '68 when the jungle, heat, humidity and monsoon rain in Viet Nam ate up two lesser offerings to the clock gods in less than a month. That first divers watch sold me on the value of a simple analog watch with big, easily read hands, with passive illumination that these 70 year old eyes can see in the middle of the night without glasses. By "everyday" watch, I mean a watch that I rarely remove whether I'm showering, sleeping, working on the property, fussing with equipment, fishing including cleaning the days catch or gutting a fresh killed deer ( I've lost a couple of decent watches over the years by forgetting to put them back on after those type of activities). My last divers watch started losing time even after the battery was replaced (twice). I would have replaced the 5 year old watch with the same make and model as it was cheap enough even though it's obvious they don't keep on ticking like they used to, but that company doesn't make that style any more. I did buy a different watch from the maker but just flat out didn't like it. So now, we come to this watch. It's a bit more expensive than I would normally spend on my everyday watch, but after researching all the offerings out there, this was my choice...The price is right for a dive watch of this quality. The watch is the right size. I'm 6'1" and 215 lbs with probably average sized wrists and it looks good on. The one way bezel has no projections that can get bumped to change your setting. The hands are large and easy to read. The lume is bright enough for me to tell the time at oh-dark-thirty even after several hours of sleep, but that may be a result of the habit of charging the lume with the mini-mag flashlight I keep on my nightstand just before turning out the lights. The crown at 4 o'clock is a major plus as I no longer have the crown digging into my wrist when my hand is in an awkward position. Not requiring a battery is/was a major selling point for me...no added expense of the cost of a battery or installation fee or no worrying about the seal leaking is worth the piece of mind. I've only had the watch for 11 days and I initially set it via the atomic clock...when I changed to standard time today, I noticed the watch had not deviated one iota from the setting...no loss, no gain. I'm pretty anal about accuracy on my watches...this guy beats all the others, including two of the famous Swiss made dress watches I own. Only two minor points that affect my viewpoint about this watch. The date window is very small and hard to read, but I generally don't use the date on my watches; shoot, I know what day it is. The watch strap is not exactly to my liking...it will fit over a wet suit but it's just a little too stiff for my tastes and though not a fault of the manufacturer (more the fault of my exact wrist size), it's too tight on the hole where the watch doesn't slip around and too loose on the next keeper hole. I did elongate the too tight hole, but I'll be changing to a NATO band. By the way, the no decompression limits printed on the band don't match what the charts or a dive computer says...I wouldn't use it. This is not a watch with a lot of bells and whistles, but a functional, easy to read (day or night), and accurate timepiece that looks good and fits a pretty active lifestyle. I no longer dive or snorkel but if I did, I wouldn't hesitate using this watch. If you want/need a watch to measure lap/split times, to wake you up, to remind you when to take a drink, has a lot of buttons, yadda, yadda look for something else.