The frame is silverish paint over black pastic.The Dial is much more modern with sanserif numbers.It posesses a conventional movement with the second hand concentric to the others.The backlight is insufficient to read past 10 feet at night by my eyes.The backlighting is a timer set for up to eight hours starting when you first adjust it. The light does not come on with reduced light levels.Mine both arrived with a hazing of the crystal. [Shop wear?]David Bullis