I was going to pick up the US model only to discover it only receives the radio sync signal in North America. This model is fantastic, does everything as advertised, stylish, sturdy, and above all, accurate. The only minor issues I could come up with:
1.) Sometimes doesn't receive the radio signal well indoors, particularly on rainy days. But my house is fairly close to a large hill on one side so that may be my particular location. Anywhere outside it syncs fine.
2.) I wish I didn't have to hold the adjust button for 3 seconds to set the countdown timer, and then cycle through hours to minutes. When cooking it'd be nice to be able to set it faster by tapping adjust and then just using rev/fwd to adjust minutes.
Pretty minor things. I still give it 5 stars and love the watch.