I'm an admitted watchaholic, Seiko-specific. I wear all of my watches in the "bracelet" fashion, nothing snug on my wrist (e.g., leather strap watches, elastic-type bands) and this watch is just that, a lovely "bracelet style" watch (although links can be removed like most watches). The face is very easy to read - the gold hands match the markers and are a compliment to the warm goldish/creamish background. The clasp it petite, yet not difficult to manage. The lone caveat for me is that this watch is not meant for those of us with long hair - this watch catches hair like honey catches flies.....and by the time the hair is caught between the links, the painful hair-ripping is not reversible. I've had more hunks of hair caught in this watch than I care to count and have had to relegate this otherwise lovely watch to the "only wear when hair it pulled up" pile. Although I have more than a dozen Seiko watches, most with "links", this is the only watch that routinely rips the hair from my head and it's not because I'm running my hands through my hair...instead, anytime my hair is near the watch it's just a given some will get caught in the watch as the links move (open, close, open) and simply catch everything. Now...if I were one to convert this watch to a fixed wrist style instead of a bracelet, there may be hope for my hair and the watch would probably be problem free. Hair-ripping issue aside, it's still a very elegant and solid watch and I'd probably buy it again.