A smaller drawback is the setting of the date upon receipt of the clock. If you particularly unlucky, you have to turn for a while, until the date is current. Buyer an analog clock that is probably most buyers clear. The clock is ticking audibly, so you can tell right away whether it is running or not. I myself feel the ticking as a calming, others might be annoyed them. The, in my view, very big disadvantage is the bracelet or the fact that the manufacturer does not produce Timex Replacement Bracelets for this series. By the time it wears off easily and no one wants to replace an equal cherished clock. While there are plenty of other producers supplying spare bracelets that I have tried sometimes - with the result that the clock is not as well located then at the wrist. For me, it is therefore not an option, so I then buy me rather a new clock.