Great even though I'm not completely blind......
I have recently reached the metallic age, silver in my hair, gold in my teeth, and lead in my pants. My vision is still ok, I can usually read a decently sized watch without my reading glasses. My biggest problem is trying to read the date. Always a fan of digital watches, but not a fan of huge watches, I tended to use watches like the Timex or Casio digitals with stainless steel bands. After exhaustive searches I had to resign myself to the fact that I couldn't use a digital anymore. I did find one digital with a standard size face but large numbers, but the backlight was dismal. That was a surprise since they made others with standard size numbers with super bright backlights. Anyway, I switched to a white faced analog with big numbers, and that was okay, but impossible to read the date. Then I found this watch. Fantastic! The face is about 1-1/4&#34; (case size is 1-1/2&#34;), what I would call standard size. It is about twice as thick as a standard analog watch, but that hasn't given me any problems. I replaced the leather band with my favorite stainless without issues. There is no backlight, but I can easily read the time in just about any light level except black, I can even read it in the movie theater. One push of the button and it speaks the time clearly, loudly enough for me to hear if there isn't a lot of background noise, but not so loud as to disturb others around me. Push the button twice and it speaks the date. Brilliant! No more digging for my glasses so I can read the date off my cell phone. The battery should last me for awhile, since I don't use the speech every day. The automatic time setting wasn't necessary for me, but was a nice feature and will certainly help someone who can't set the watch themselves. There are instructions about leaving the watch on your windowsill, on a certain side of the house, in a certain position, etc. for best reception for the automatic setting feature. I did an experiment. The first night I did nothing, and slept with the watch on my wrist as I am accustomed to (it arrived at my house with the correct time). It didn't update. The next night I set it in the window sill, and it did update. Since then I have slept with it on my wrist every night, and it still updates 90% of the time. I live on the east coast of South Florida, and have a stainless steel band on the watch. I'd call that excellent reception.<br />THIS IS IMPORTANT: Do not take this watch to the drugstore and have the person there replace the battery. They probably won't do it correctly, and will likely break your watch. ABSOLUTELY take the instructions with you and preferably go to a jeweler to have it changed. It isn't that difficult to change (if you have decent eyesight), it is a standard battery, but you have to follow specific instructions or you can damage the watch. I am very happy with this watch, and the slight bit of trouble needed to change the battery is far better than all the frustration I had with not being able to read my other watches.
Rating: 5 stars