I’m just an average man looking for a nice, sturdy watch.I previously used a Victorinox Swiss Army Infantry watch for day to day wear. It’s a very cheap watches simple, classic watch which is well constructed. My biggest complaint with the watch was the lifespan of the leather band but that is easily remedied. Unfortunately, ever since I had the battery changed by a local jewelry shop, it’s no longer waterproof (my mistake for not sending it in). Anyway, I was in the market for a new, water-resistant watch would I could wear everyday and intended to stick with Victorinox based on my previous experience.While looking through the collection of Victorinox watches, I discovered this one. I really liked the look of the metal on this watch. This remains true after I android tablet received it. The gunmetal appearance is a little different than you average watch. The chronograph and date displays are attractive. The look is really nice.I also appreciated the fact that it was a ‘dive’ watch and capable of being submerged to 500m. Whether or not this watch really can be used for diving is questionable. I’m not sure how easy it would be to read the chronograph or other illuminated markings when under water and it doesn’t include a light, so I’m skeptical. I’m planning on attempting my first dive in a few weeks so we’ll see how well it works for this purpose.The 3rd selling point was the rubber band — I was hoping that this would prove superior to the leather band on my previous one. I can’t stand the feel of metal bands and I intend to wear the watch when I’m swimming, playing sports, etc so a rubber sport band makes sense. After receiving the watch, this particular element exceed my expectations. This band is incredibly comfortable and feels PS3 controller very sturdy — it just doesn’t seem like it will standup for a long time. I won’t go back to another type of band.The final selling point was the anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Again, my watches take a beating and once you own a watch with the sapphire crytsal, you are unlikely to go back. It’s nice to not have to worry about scratching the crystal without some extreme event.The one thing originally holding me back was the case size. The case is a little thicker than I like. I’m used to a 9.5mm case so the jump up Halloween decorations to 14.5mm case was big. I usually hate ‘thick’, heavy watches — I guess that only applies to cheap ones because this one is very well balanced and it doesn’t feel bad on my wrist. In fact, it’s so comfortable, I forget I have it on — this, to me, is a key feature of a watch.I only have a couple of knocks on the watch (which result in the loss of one star).First, I’m not a big fan of the standard second hand display. It’s located in the middle, bottom right above the date. It’s relatively small and with the hands of chronograph in the 12 o’clock position, the bottom of those hands eachmall makes it difficult/confusing to get a good view of the second hand. There also aren’t really markings in the second hand display beyond the 0/15/30/45 positions. Granted, you have the large chronograph hands for actually keeping track of seconds but sometimes you just need to quickly keep track of seconds and this setup does not lend itself to that.Second, the manual on the watch isn’t great. It goes into basic function but isn’t entirely clear. When I received this watch initially, it facebook wasn’t functioning. I thought I might need to do something to ‘kick-start’ it for the first time but I couldn’t find anything. I’ve never owned a cronograph watch or one with a screw out crown so the concept of two ‘stop’ positions on the crown was new to me.  745TDBanty 131022