I am using this watch since 2 years and the watch is as good as brand new no sign of wear, the gold color is intact.. Some of u finding issue with barcode scanner but dont wry i confirmed it with fossil service center that its having issue with Barcode but the watch is purely genuine another issue buyers found is in model number so there are two models one is Bq1009 and another is Bq1009I so the Bq1009 is global version and Bq1009I is for India specific model..Bq1009 comes with gold color min...