I bought this watch a month ago. I did download the pdf manual and read it before my watch arrived. I did expose it to 30 hours of sunlight. The night fluorescence does work and the human eye best sees the stars and “M I C K E Y” when looking 2” away from the watch (similar to viewing stars in the sky looking off to the side.) The gold is gold, not rose gold.
It’s a beautiful watch! My wife loves it! It was a perfect gift for our Anniversary.