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<\div> A clean black dial distinguishes this durable, dark-hued Invicta Men's Pro Diver Collection Coin-Edge Swiss Automatic Watch. A polished stainless steel band joins to a lasting stainless steel case that's topped by a black, ion-coated, unidirectional coin-edge bezel that is imprinted with white indexes and Arabic numeral minute indicators in increments of 10. The striking black dial is protected by a scratch-resistant, sapphire-coated window, showcasing luminescent geometric hour indicators that supplement luminescent, silver-tone hands. Small white minute markers and a date window at the three o'clock position finish the look of the visually likeable dial. This Swiss-automatic diving watch is water immune to an impressive 660 feet (200 M) and is staged in a yellow Invicta gift box along with a buffing cloth. Screw Down Crowns: Many Invicta watches are equipped with a screw down crown to aid prevent water infiltration. This is most mutual on our Diver models. In order to adjust the date and/or time on such a watch, you will have to firstborn unscrew the crown before you may gently pull it out to it is initial or second click stop position. To do this, plainly rotate the crown counterclockwise until it springs open. When you have finished setting the watch, the crown will have to then be pushed in and screwed back in tightly. Not doing so will cancel the water resistance of the watch and will void all warranties from the manufacturer. Overall, this routine will have to not require a lot of crusade or force. Automatic Watches Automatic watches do not operate on batteries. Automatic watches are made up of in regards to 130 or more elements that work together to tell time. Automatic movements mark the passage of time by a series of gear mechanisms, and are wound by the motion of your wrist as you wear it. The gear train then transmits the power to the escapement, which distributes the impulses, turning the remainder wheel. The remainder wheel is the time regulating organ of a mechanical watch, which vibrates on a spiral hairspring. Lengthening or shortening the remainder spring makes the remainder wheel go rapidly and without delay or slower to advance or retard the watch. The travel of the remainder wheel from one extreme to the other and back again is called oscillation. Lastly, automatic movements come in dissimilar types, including movements that are Swiss-made, Japanese-made, and more. Also referred to as self-winding, watches with automatic movements employ kinetic energy, the swinging of your arm, to provide energy to an oscillating rotor to keep the watch ticking. They're considered more satisfying to watch gatherers (horologists) because of the engineering artistry that goes into the hundreds of elements that make up the movement. If you do not wear an automatic watch systematically (for with regards to 8 to 12 hours a day), you may keep the watch powered with a watch winder (a outstanding gift for collectors). The Invicta Story With it is most inspired creations yet, Invicta demonstrates it is technical and design prowess, providing timepieces of style for uttermost value. "We have long held firm to the faith that supremely crafted timepieces may be offered for exceedingly modest sums. It is the founding principle of our flagship and the radical notion that still drives us today. By being true to our convictions, we will carry on to turn the remainder of power, and deliver unfeigned Swiss luxuriousness to any individual who desires it. Let all those who possess our timepieces and pass through our doors witness the quality, value and care in each piece we create, and the spirit of never-ending possiblenesses in everything we do." These are the words that greet visitors and motivate team members inside the Invicta Watch Group's new international headquarters. Emblazoned in stainless steel, it has been the Invicta message since Day One. With each new timepiece, the company sends up a flare for those looking to be specified not by how much they spend, but how wisely they spend. With it is strong collections, the gutsy Swiss brand is guaranteed to keep attracting followers. The art of the craft. Inside an Invicta Workshop It takes years of training and a great deal of pride to achieve glorious Swiss timepieces by hand. But it takes guts and the courage of your convictions to make those timepieces lowcost for everyone who appreciates them. At our Swiss workshops, we mix time-honored traditions with a little bit of horse sense each single day to invent the greatest values in the watch-making world.

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168 of 173 persons found the following review helpful.
Great product, but the lower-end ones may be the one for you.
By Dave Duy Le
This watch is very good for 300 dollars. It resembles the Rolex Submariner very closely. It is very sturdy and heavy and I love it a lot.

The band of this watch feels sturdy and heavy. It is huge! The links are big. The center links are polished which gives it a more fancier look. It is a scratch magnet if you're not careful, but you may always polish it down again. Or you may brush it down to give it a more Submariner look.

When I primary saw the back of this watch, it was incredible. I've never seen a Swiss automatic motion in person before, though it's through the crystal, it's beautiful! It's fun talking to my dad with regards to the back of this watch and it's movement. I told him "You may see right there it says 26 jewels Swiss Made on the mechanism." Although on the crystal, it says Swiss Movement. That's because the motion itself is Swiss Made, but the watch itself isn't. But to me that's all the same! Swiss Made or Swiss Movement, it has a Swiss Made motion and that's all it matters for it to be Swiss to me!

This watch surely looks a lot more pricier than it is. It likewise keeps time very nicely, I don't recognise how a good deal of seconds it gains or loses because I don't care much for that stuff. All I recognise is that it keeps time correctly and that's all it matters. The most beauteous part of this watch in my opinion is the second hand. You may without doubt or question see that it flows very smoothly. That's called a sweeping motion and that's what the Rolex Submariner has! My dad owns a Submariner and I equated them both together and the movements are equilibrium!

To an without being made adept by training eye and to an individual who does not know much of watches at all, they will surely confuse this watch with a Submariner. They look so much alike! The bezel, hands, dial, crown, diameter, etc. Everything is so the same style. This watch also uses a sapphire crystal like high end watches do.

The only issue I have with this watch is that Invicta has some watches that have the precise same style as the 9937OB but for lesser price using for less materials. It's not the problem though, the problem is that people confuse my 9937 with the lower end models because they don't recognise when it comes to this model because they only trade the lower end ones at Costco for 50 dollars and 100 dollars.

My dad came home from Costco the other night and said "You recognise what? You got ripped off for 300 dollars, I saw this watch on Costco for only 100 dollars." I was like WHAT DID YOU SAY? NOOO! I had to give him a deep brief comprehensible statement of how this is dissimilar because it's Swiss Automatic, it beats at 28,800 BPH, with a sweeping motion second hand, etc. etc.

If you don't care with regards to what humans think of you, this watch is well worth the price. But it's not worth it if you only care for the watches looks, you might as well go with the lower-end 5017 or 8926. Why spend the extra few hundred bucks for something that looks the same?

Here are the deviations amongst the low-end 8926 and the high-end 9937.

The 9937 uses a high-end sapphire crystal while the 8926 uses the mid-end solid homogeneous inorgani substance crystal. The 9937 has a more spectacular cyclops (Magnification Bubble) than the 8926, which allows it to resemble more closely to the Rolex Submariner.

One of the biggest deviations are the movements. The 8926 uses a Japanese Miyota motion which is employed in Citizen automatics. The Miyota is not bad at all! It's genuinely good, it just doesn't compare with the Swiss Sellita SW200 motion employed in the 9937. The deviations in the movements are the 9937 has a 28,800 BPH equated to the 8926 that beats at 21,600. Now what does this mean? Sweeping second hand motion! That's right, the 28,800 will move at 8 increments per second equated to 6 per second on the 21,600. That means the 9937 will tick smoother and because it beats at the same rate as a Submariner at 28,800. The second hand ticking will be almost the same! While the 21,600 will be a bit rougher.

The 8926 will likewise have a for less bracelet, the 9937 uses a very strong sturdy bracelet that weighs a MEGATON! The end links on the 9937 likewise doesn't fold like the 8926 does. Because of this, another closer resemblance with the 9937 to the Rolex Submariner.

The 9937 uses a somewhat littler minute hand than the 8926. The 8926 uses a minute hand that is the size of a Rolex 50th anniversary Submariner while the 9937 uses a regular sized one.

Now another divergence again is that the 9937 will say Swiss Movement on the bottom of the dial, while on the 8926 it will say Japan Movement.

Although there may be a heap of more divergences amid them, this is all I may think up at the moment!

So for the conclusion? I am very happy with this watch, it is just monstrous for the pricing. Do I commend it? It depends. If you don't care much regarding watches at all and don't care in regards to the divergences I provided for the price differential and would rather save money. Then I would say go with the 8926, but if you do care and you love watches then hey! Save the cash and get the 9937! It's well worth it.

58 of 59 people found the following review helpful.
Invicta 9937OB Review
By Roger Burton
I have owned the Invicta 9937OB for when it comes to 9 months now and I am in general pleased with the good quality of this Rolex Submariner tribute watch. The following remarks are based on my research, experience and views with regards to this watch.

The OB in the model number stands for "old bezel." This is the coin-edge bezel that Invicta devised prior to their adoption of the scalloped bezel employed in a lot of of their present diver's watch models. Personally I prefer the coin-edge bezel, as it is requiring little effort to grip and turn than the scalloped bezel Invictas.

This watch has a Sellita SW200, Swiss made, automatic movement--a copy of the proven and authenti ETA 2824-2 Swiss automatic movement. The Sellita SW200 is a 26-jewel motion where as the ETA 2824-2 motion has 25 jewels. I've read that Sellita put in the extra jewel to be dissimilar (marketing reasons) and claims the extra jewel increments the power reserve of the movement. The Sellita appears to be a good copy of the ETA according to my research.

Concerning accuracy, my watch was running with regards to 35 seconds a day fast out of the box when I received it, which was too inaccurate for me. I had a watch maker service and regulate the watch and it now runs at +/- 3 seconds a day--very good accuracy for a mechanical watch!

I had been keeping this watch on a winder each night, because the power reserve seemed to be only regarding seven hours off the winder (the Sellita power reserve specification is 38 hours). What was going on here? After having the motion serviced by a watch maker I was told that this was not the fault of the watch movement--I necessitated to hand wind the crown 25 times to achieve the full power reserve. Well, I tried this and sure sufficient the power reserve is rather good if hand wound. Lesson learned, don't rely on a watch winder to to the full or entire extent wind a mechanical watch.

A highly desirable feature is the scratch immune sapphire crystals covering both the watch face and exhibition back. No scratches on either crystal after 9 months for my watch. Also, it is interesting to view the automatic motion with Invicta branded rotor through the case back view window when examining this watch. A testament to the quality and style of this watch was when a family fellow member thought it was a real Rolex Submariner (his parents own Rolex watches).

With it is beefy stainless-steel watchband and case the Invicta 9937 weighs in on the heavy side--although this is something you quickly get employed to and it feels comfortable on the wrist. But the round luminous markers and watch hands could unquestionably have better lume for a diver's watch. For typical casual wear, this criticism tend to be minor and not a deal breaker. I like the good quality, style and value you get for your money.

74 of 80 people found the following review helpful.
Class Act
By Alan Smithee
I am a novice watch collector, nevertheless I have one major rule - the watch must be underneath $500. This is not only because I am not Mr. Deep Pockets, but also I have issues with spending money. You could say I am a VALUE novice watch collector.

I have been wanting a Sub-mariner watch for some time, sure the Rolex is the CROWN (king of the hill) - but to meet my rule ($500) - it would seem that Rolex is not going to make the cut. There are a good deal of Sub-mariner look-alikes.

Now comes the value - it's not just regarding looks, it's when it comes to substance. Sure - the Invicta 8926 or other similar watches have the looks, but what regarding the substance.

Think regarding this - Rolex is more than just looks, the name equates to quality and substance. From the movement, crystal, to workmanship.
My goal was to find a Sub-mariner - that HAD the Rolex QUALITY! Finding the looks was easy, finding the quality - well that was the hard thing to do.

After doing tons of exploration - Invicta 9937 not only had the looks - but the quality for the price is very surprising.

Let's break it down.

1. Movement (9937 - Swiss Movement) - a great deal of persons don't even think in regards to movements, they are just mesmerized in the looks - there is not one thing faulty with that, but there is a difference. Many Sub-mariner look-a-likes run on Quartz (battery operated) - there are a great deal of magnificent quartz movements out there, but this review is in regards to determinations a watch that meets the standards of the Sub-mariner (of which Rolex has set the stage).
First, the watch is an automatic (traditionally watches come in 3 varieties - hand wind, automatic, and quartz) - the Sub-mariner is a conventional automatic (or self-winding watch). The motion in the 9937 is a 26 jewel ETA 2824, a ordinary Swiss motion in galore high-end Swiss made watches. For the 9937 to have such a motion at the cost is a darn good deal. The second hand moves in a quick-ticking fashion. If you have ever seen a Japanese automatic movement, while very nice - they seem to make a more jerky beat - this is because they have less beats per second, not that it is bad - but it is noticeable. The Invicta 8926 uses the Japanese motion - if you look at them side-by-side you observe the difference, which is seen by the motion of the second hand.

2. Crystal - the 9937 uses a Sapphire crystal, rather than hardened solid homogeneous inorgani substance crystal. This is another big treat which you would only find on the high-end Sub-mariner watches by Tag, Rolex, or Omega. The use of a sapphire crystal is closely scratch resistance equated to hardened mineral. Additionally the raised Cyclops magnifier is no little affair - it stands prominent at the 3 o'clock marker over the date.

3. FACE /BEZEL - if you are looking for the Rolex Sub-mariner - this is as close as it gets. The hour markers are raised has silver surrounds around the luminescent markers - this separates the 9937 from galore other imitators that just paint in the luminescent and shows an extra thought in the production. Of course the Invicta wing logo appears and the second hand has the Invicta logo at one end. Invicta - while making their own version of the sub-mariner has no problem showing off their product with pride. So that does reflect a divergence - but a positive one in my book. Additionally - Swiss Movement is written along the bottom to indicate that it's ticking with real Swiss precision - not just any movement. The bezel insert only has the minute hash marks for the introductory 10 minutes - something likewise more distinguishable with the sub-mariner line. The numbers are done in the traditionalisti block fashion. The serrations on the bezel are not as sharp as the Rolex version - but are found in this model. Note - a lot of imitators use a scalloped edge rather of serration. Again - the 9937 remunerate homage to the sub-mariner.

4. CASE - the case on this watch is thick and heavy - it's solid, with a combining of brushed and polish. But what genuinely stands out - more so than even the Rolex, is the clear back on the watch - you may see the motion and engraved INVICTA in the weight that moves (to mechanically wind the watch). The back is a class act affair. It is stamped "Pro-Diver 200 Meters", "Sapphire Crystal", "Stainless Steel 316L", " Swiss Movement", "Invicta", "Model 9937" - inside the clear case it is stamped 26 jewel Swiss made. There is no doubt the pride they took in making a solid watch front to back.

5. Bracelet - Here is where the Invicta in truth surpasses the Rolex it recompense homage too. The bracelet seems more solid and heavier than the Rolex. Granted I don't own a Rolex, but have tried them on and equated them - so this is just an observation. You FEEL this bracelet and it's solid. The clasp is SOLID stainless steel - not a pressed-stamped out clasp. It's very nice.

So what do you get?
For just over $300 you get a very solid watch, sapphire crystal, Swiss movement, solid stainless steel construction and bracelet. The Invicta 8926 is nice (for $100) it has the looks - but not the quality. You recognise you are wearing this watch.

Rolex ($5000 plus) - Their own movement, Sapphire Crystal, Stainless Steel.

Invicta 9937 ($300) - Swiss ETA movement, Sapphire Crystal, Stainless Steel, Clear Back, Solid Bracelet.

Invicta 8926 ($100) - Japanese movement, Mineral Crystal, Stainless - stamped bracelet.

I took it to our local jeweler - who caries Tag, Rolex, Omega, etc. for resizing of the bracelet. He gave it back to me and asked what I salaried for it. I said it was a gift - but it was a little over $300. He said that it was effortlessly a $1500 watch and would give his Tag, Rolex, or Omega a solid run for the money. He winked and said - don't tell any person regarding it - because it will injure my business. If that doesn't tell you this is a steal for the price - I don't know what does.

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