We bought these watches for our groomsmen, and we are extremely impressed and happy with our purchase! After looking around the internet for detail images of this watch, the shine on the watch prevents the camera from capturing how detailed this watch really is in person. We were worried that the watch quality would reflect the price, and after seeing dozens of images online, we purchased it anyway. When the watches arrived, we were VERY surprised at how beautifully built these watches really were. The online photos do not do this watch justice.
The dial is very crisply printed, the date on the date wheel and minute/hour hands are also very crisp. The coin edge on the canteen is also very precisely machined, as are the screw threads and the lettering on the case back. The band feels very high quality, and nicely detailed with the "diver weight" inserts. Others have said the band is short for them, but we found these bands to be long enough - maybe this has already been addressed by Invicta.
Overall, the feel of the watch is very quality. It has a very solid weight and feel to it. The dial is minimal and stunning to look at. The bezel is very highly polished and flawless. The lume on this watch is also incredibly bright. We were initially thinking of getting the chrono version of this watch, but when we finally saw this watch in person, we have no regrets.
We have looked at many watches in the mall at similar price points and you simply cannot compare the quality for the price. The price on this watch is crazy low for what you are getting. Usually $100 watches have sloppy printing on dials from overprinting and the components are cast instead of machined. You can also usually tell how much attention to detail there is by flipping a watch over and looking at the caseback. This watch has a beautiful etched caseback that is crisp to read. You can't find that on any watch under $100 anywhere!
The only down side to this watch is actually the presentation box. It comes in the standard yellow Invicta box, which is a great box, but we have seen some of the Russian Divers come in the red Russian Diver boxes. Since these were gifts, we would've loved to have the option of getting the "official" Russian Diver boxes. This is not a big deal, but it would have been a nice touch.
For those thinking that this watch looks like a generic sub $100 watch, it's not! This watch could easily sell for much higher on the build finish alone. We are very thrilled with our purchase!
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Now not even Swiiss Mvt...
I bought this watch because I liked how it looked like. I must confess I hadn't been swiped before for all this BIG-WATCHES fashion trend. I read all the reviews where they state again an again that this is really a BIG watch and I was a little bit affraid that it would look comedic on me. I liked it however and since it had a huge discount and an offer of free one day shipping, I took the chance and bought it. Now I've received it, and even when it is big (and not that heavy), it is not of clownish-big comedic proportions.It is a nice watch and it doesn't look that much like a cheap counterfeit/knock-off. However, that guy with a review that made it sound like it is an almost-original-rolex-quality, well, it is not, and it doesn't have that quality (What did you expect really, for less than a 100 bucks?).Now, I am overall satisfied with my buy (taking into account how much money I inverted on this, it's ok), but after reading the first reviews posted and receiving and inspecting my unit, I can't avoid feeling like these brand of watches keeps getting cheaper, and I do not mean of a cheaper price, but of a lower quality. E.g., some people complained it was not "Swiss made" but "Swiss movement", well, let me inform you that now it is not even Swiss movement. At least there is no "Swiss movt" label to be found anywhere on the watch. Once again Amazon will have to remove the pictures and put new ones without the swiss movt label.Also, the hour hand is kind of "off the mark" a little bit. I mean, when it's 12 o'clock, and the minute hand is directly pointing at 12, the hour hand is pointing a little bit to the left, like 5 or 6 degrees off towards the 11 position. It is not noticeable but when both hands should be perfectly aligned, and you can almost correct it by playing to set the time; and please note that I said almost. Therefore I only give it 3 stars, it doesn't deserve more.Will I return it? No, it is not worthy of spending money on sending it back (UPS from mainland Europe to continental USA would cost me at least 70 euros) and it is a good looking watch, solidly built and of a good quality for the money spent on it, I will probably use it for scuba diving on the mediterranean (And I know, I'm not supposed to, But what the heck, I bought a "russian diver" so I will use it for diving; if it breaks down, it was a cheap watch). Will I buy another watch again from Invicta?, no, not again, at least not a russian diver; and not on-line. In any case, I will see it first in person, before buying; But I really prefer to spend 4-5 times more on a trusty titanium EcoDrive, or even 67 times more on an original Milgauss (I work with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulators and around MRIs frequently) when I save enough money for it.
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Uber-coolwatch. Love the dangling chain
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2016