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 Outstanding Price for Outstanding Quality! Mar 02, 2010
I've long lusted after this watch because it closely resembles my Rolex Submariner, black on black. The pictures do it no justice, as this watch is an excellent copy of my Rolex -- except the luminous hour markers are small on this Invicta than my Submariner. This Invicta Pro Diver Collection Coin-Edge Automatic Watch (#8926c) has the weight,feel, and look of the genuine article, overall. It has nicely brushed links, with highly polished center links; the black dial, with black bezel, has a fine visual appeal; the bezel works smoothly. The sweep of the seconds hand is steady, but perhaps not as smooth as the real Mccoy; still, I'm very satisfied with it and am glad to have "given in" to my lusting for it. I wanted a look-alike to wear daily so I can minimze risk of losing or damaging my original. This watch fits the bill. I firmly believe this is an excellent buy for a very reasonable price. As usual, Amazon.com's shipping are outstanding: the watch came in its signature canary yellow box. Amazon's customer service is a model of what it should be. It's why I've been a faithful customer for the past several years.
Great value for the cost on close examination Feb 28, 2010
I've had my Pro Diver 8926C for about 3 months now, wear it every day, and have had absolutely no real problems with it. Since I wear it every day, I don't have to wind it, and in the last 3 months, as far as I can tell, it hasn't gained or lost ANY time whatsoever - it is extremely accurate. Maybe I just got lucky, but if my watch is any indication, the 8926C series watch seems pretty reliable and high quality.
I have worn it swimming in the ocean with no problems at all, and although I'm not terribly careful with it, there are no scratches at all on the face, so it seems fairly scratch resistant, but the metal watch band does appear to pick up scratches easier than I would have expected, although they are not really noticeable. The automatic winding mechanism is fairly quiet - I had one watch that really made a distracting cranking sound when I moved around, so this quiet mechanism is a nice change. The second hand has a nice sweep, you can see it tick, but it isn't as jerky as some other watches I've seen.
My only real "complaint" is the glow in the dark hour markers and dial - it honestly doesn't last more than about 5 minutes in the dark - basically you notice it is glowing brightly, but in a few mere minutes, the face is dark and can't be read. I had the same problem with my Citizen watch as well, while on the other hand my Tag Heuer glows in the dark for over an hour. My other only complaint is based on my own personal preference - this watch is not as wide as I'd like, I prefer watches to be around 42-44mm, so this watch feels small to me.
All in all, the watch is very accurate, looks good, very durable in any conditions - water, heat, or activity, and considering the price, is a tremendous deal. High quality for an almost ridiculously low price.
 I wanted a steak with the sizzle on a hamburger budget, but got a raw deal! Feb 24, 2010
I cannot say enough about how disappointed I am in this watch. When I received this watch, I opened the box and thought I saw a well crafted, stylish and pleasing piece of jewelry. Instead, all I got was a shiny bracelet attached to a watch-shaped object. Oh, it is a beautiful looking watch and I did not expect quartz precision in an inexpensive automatic Japanese movement, but I did expect it to continue running beyond the second day of ownership. This is all the more disappointing because I really liked this watch when I first got it and had to defend my purchase to my wife. Imagine my chagrin now that I have to tell her that I am returning it because it really is useless. Maybe this is a case-by-case thing and another one of these would work perfectly, but I refuse to take that chance. I am sending this watch back for a full refund and, knowing how good Amazon is about these things, I expect to get nothing short of a full refund and an apology for the inconvenience. This does not sour me on the Amazon experience, merely Invictaa as a company and on buying watches on the internet, in general.
Keep watching this review as I will update it for any additional comments.
 Beautiful, but useless Feb 21, 2010
Look, the situation is plain and simple. The watch is well put together and beautiful.
But for whatever reason it's not a good time keeper.
Mine gains 6 minutes per week and that makes it useless as a watch.
Even for an automatic, this is very poor performance. It's going back.
Total Junk - Costly Warranty process Feb 21, 2010
Received this watch recently.
Already the crown is defective. It will not screw back into place.
The Invicta warranty terms are that you must send a $25 fee in the form of a Money Order for the S&H. Add to this the approximate $10 it will cost you to ship the watch using a secure shipping service to the Invicta Service Center and the costs of getting a money order, and now the costs to send this $100 watch for warranty service are over 1/3 the price of the watch. If you purchase this watch on sale for around $60 that's over half the watch's price.
If you have to send the watch for service a couple of times it will cost you about the price of the watch!
Either way this is absolutely unacceptable and totally ridiculous.
If a company has a defective product it should pay the costs of returning the defective item to you after it services the item.
You've already paid the costs to ship it to the company, not to mention the inconvenience of getting a money order and of doing without the item for a few weeks.
For the above reasons the watch is going back to Amazon, and will not go near an Invicta product ever again!
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