The astron is a nice watch. I don't know if you've ever heard of Grand Seiko, but attached is a rather lengthy review of my Grand Seiko in a watch forum I hang out on as well as my time here at ECF. I'm a watch guy through and through. Grand Seiko's are hand marvels of perfection that compete with the best of the best mechanical movement watches out there. Warning, it's a long read, but hopefully an interesting one:
http://www.intlwatchleague.com/showthread.php?4551-A-Repost-of-the-Review-of-My-Grand-Seiko-Part-1-(Part-2-is-contained-in-a-reply)&highlight=
Oh, please stop with the Grand Seiko talk! I've been THIS close to pushing the "buy" button on one all weekend!