For a fella who is not a tremendous fan of Genta-esque, integrated bracelet, sports watches, you rather liked this watch! The killer here is the movement. This is a wonderful movement. There is so much inner beauty here. And the Chopard 96 movement is not only small and thin, but has an unusually long power reserve. I don't think that people can find fault with the Geneva Seal-ed movement.
On the other side of the coin, the overall design of the watch is very much "beauty in the eye of the beholder." While I like it, I find the bracelet with the polished part that sticks out, to be an ultimate scratch magnet. But I would say that if it was all brushed, it would probably not look quite right.