As I've mentioned elsewhere, there are two schools of thought about a display back on a watch at this price point, and with an industrially finished movement (that is, not hand decorated). The purists say, put a solid caseback on it, there's really nothing to look at. I take their point but I feel that anyone who's going to spring for a mechanical watch is probably, at some point, going to want to watch the movement do its thing, or explain to a friend what an automatic watch is and how it works, or what have you and opening up the back makes this sub-$1,000 watch much more discussion friendly. Purism is all well and good but so is having a little fun in life every once in a while.