Rugged and durable watch.

This is well built, rugged and durable watch. It might be a bit heavy for some, but that's usually what you get as a trade off for the durability. If it were made in titanium as some wish, it wouldn't be as durable. Even with the scratch resistant coating, it will scratch if scraped on rock or a stone wall. I doubt either are heat treated to 41 HRC for the ti, nor in the 51 or 60s for steel, but steel is easier to get that hard. I bought this to wear for work since at times we have to physically intervene with violent residents and didn't want to beat up my other watches. The only thing I sort of don't like is the coating on the case and bracelet. I'd prefer it were just heat treated to a higher hardness instead of their titanium coating. As I said, everything will scratch, especially a watch made to be a "tough" use watch. Plain stainless can have most scratches polished out. With the coating, it won't be possible unless all of it is removed. That's the only thing that keeps me from giving that fifth star.

Complications

I wish this piece also offered a day complication.

PROMASTER TOUGH

1)keeps very good time: about 5 seconds fast a month ( much better than most quartz watches at this price range.Have worn the watch for almost 2 months & set it to NIST & checked every week. 2) a tad heavy on the wrist but not intolerable (have a 6 &3/4 inch wrist & was hesitant to purchase because of this, but it wears well even on a smaller wrist) 3) very easy to read for these tired old eyes.Lume fairly good- lasts about 5 or 6 hours. 4)a little lackluster since it appears to have a matte finish 5) pins in the band are not tight enough; hopefully they wont give out at some crucial point in time. However it made sizing easier. 6) all in all a very fine & sturdy piece of craftsmanship that should last for many years & require no servicing.

Simple, handsome, and accurate.

Thoroughly enjoy this handsome solar watch. As others have stated, the date window is too small to be useful in dim, or worse, light or when viewing at an angle. Like the second hand with a different color scheme. Using a NATO strap; bracelet came in wrong size when using their print template.