The watch is beautiful with only one drawback, the wristband is gigantic, when I received it it was up near my elbow and I could slip it off without opening the clasp.
Took it to a jeweler and had the band adjusted to a normal woman's wrist, except for that I love the watch. Real value for money.

The watch is a great looking watch but it's brought more headaches then compliments. The time constantly falls behind. Apparently, the more you wear it the more accurate the time will be. I always wear my watch and it still shows me the wrong time and date. It's cool that the date shows up in shorthand Spanish or English, but it doesn't allow for you to set it the way you want it to, either. I also had looked up this model after purchase on the Croton website, but could not find ANY information on it. It took me a while after playing with it to figure out to change the settings on it, Amazon did not provide decent instructions for care.

I ordered this watch in February '07, and I believe there are two misleading things in the product description. First, the watch does not feature "Japanese quartz movement." It features automatic winding, which means that it does not use a battery, but rather the motion of the wearer's wrist to keep the watch running. Second, when I received the watch, the Croton warranty was expressly disclaimed, and a one-year Amazon warranty was all that was provided.

As noted by another reviewer, there are no detailed instructions, and this model was not listed on the Croton website. While I was able to obtain general instructions there, I still had to go to a jeweler to show me how to set it the first time.

The biggest problem--it doesn't keep time. According to Croton, four hours of wear will keep an automatic winding watch running for 30 hours. I wear a watch at least 10 hours a day, everyday. Nonetheless, I had to set this watch constantly, and it got worse as time went on. It's not worth $5, if you are interested in a watch that can provide even a gross approximation of the correct time.

The watch is very nice looking. I am pleased with everything except for two issues - 1)if you do not wear the watch for more than a day it stops and you have to reset it every time - such a pain, and 2) setting the date and day of the week is not easy to do - the watch does not come with any detailed instructions and it took my husband a few hours to figure it out.