As an ex-primary school teacher I know how hard many children find it to learn to tell the time on an analogue watch and I had had success(well, mostly!) using materials based on the Timex time teacher watches that I had bought for my own children, who are now in their thirties and CAN tell the time, fortunately. My grandaughter is very girly, and I knew she wouldn't be impressed with a watch that wasn't pretty, so I was pleased to find one that combined the good teaching features of the old style Timex teaching watch, with a pretty, floral strap which is a dark enough colour not to show the dirt.