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<\div> Classic styling and high performance add up to an great sport watch for your land or sea adventures. This automatic watch, from Invicta's Pro Diver series, places a big round stainless steel case on a robust triple link steel bracelet. The black dial is designed for quick and easy read-off, even in low light conditions. It offers three-hand function with Tritnite-coated luminous hands and hour markers and a magnified date display at the three o'clock mark. The dial is capped with a resilient solid homogeneous inorgani substance crystal and framed by a black unidirectional rotating steel bezel with coin edge detailing. This watch is driven by Japanese automatic movement, which is visible through the see-through skeleton case back. It is rated water immune to a full 660 feet (200 meters). Automatic Watches Automatic watches do not operate on batteries. Automatic watches are made up of regarding 130 or more parts 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 implement 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 collectors (horologists) because of the engineering artistry that goes into the hundreds of parts that make up the movement. If you do not wear an automatic watch systematically (for regarding 8 to 12 hours a day), you may keep the watch powered with a watch winder (a great gift for collectors). Screw Down Crowns: Many Invicta watches are equipped with a screw down crown to help 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 must original unscrew the crown before you may gently pull it out to it is initial or second click stop position. To do this, merely 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 procedure must not require a lot of effort or force. Pro Diver Collection Plunge into any horizon using the steadfast guidance of the Invicta Pro Diver. Stylishly classic, internal workings are forged with variations of either Swiss chronograph or 21-jewel automatic movements and willingly navigate in depths up to 300 meters. Built with convinced prowess, the fortitude with which these timepieces function makes the Pro Diver the quintessential in performance. The Invicta Story With it is most inspired creations yet, Invicta demonstrates it is technical and design prowess, supplying timepieces of style for extreme 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 unfeigned 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 every one who appreciates them. At our Swiss workshops, we mix time-honored traditions with a little bit of horse sense each single day to give rise to the greatest values in the watch-making world.

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101 of 108 persons found the following review helpful.
New to Mechanical Watches? This Will Get You Started.
By Dave
This the THE watch that put Invicta on the map. Styled after the Rolex Submariner, the 8926 has a very solid feel to it.

Mechanical watches may cost thousands of dollars and need to be serviced each 2-3 years. They have to be either worn daily, stored on a watch winder, or hand-wound lest they stop ticking and have to be re-set. Even with due diligence, premium timepieces have to be manually adjusted each month because they will run a couple of minutes fast or slow. Are you more than willing to put up with this just to own "a work of art?" That is the big question somebody with a casual (or fleeting) interest ought to ask themselves. But at Invicta's price point, this is a perfective way to find out.

Ironically, mechanical watches are a joy to wear because of their complications. The back case is covered by a solid homogeneous inorgani substance crystal, so you may genuinely see the inner workings. The second hand sweeps around the dial, which I think is more graceful than a quartz movement. The aesthetic quality is the main selling point. We are genuinely talking with regards to men's jewelry here folks. With clocks, cell phones, tv and the like, it is not hard to find out the rectify time. So to me, a mechanical watch is worth the idiosyncrasies. Buy the Invicta and wear it for a couple of years. This way, when your are ready to drop $2500 on an Omega, $5000 on the Rolex, or $100,000 on a Patek Philippe, at least you will have an idea of what you have gotten yourself into.

64 of 74 persons found the following review helpful.
Rolex Owners: Beware!
By M. T. Nino
This is one of the best watches you may buy for $135. Distintive and solid stainless steel bracelet with an extension. Automatic Japanese Miyota Cal. 8215-2 movement. Mineral crystal with cyclop feature. Water resistance to 200 meters or 660 feet. The bezel (coin edge type) reminds me of the more highpriced Rolex Submariner. It has a nice grip and it seats quiet tight. This model is available with the more traditionalisti Invicta bezel at lower price. As a whole, this watch represents value all over. This is the watch that made aficionados world wide think regarding the real cost of Rolex watches. Are you paying for status symbol or quality? For a authenti Rolex watch, 85% of the value lies in the name. So why buy an Invicta Rolex look-alike? You get the best of both worlds. You get a quality product with an pricey look, but doesn't cost you much. And you likewise get the value related with that peculiar brand name. Invicta has done a terrific occupation in that it is probably one of the best value deals you will find. It has the Rolex look but with a very little price tag. And the name Invicta also adds value to the watch. People have come to known Invicta as a quality brand with very lowpriced prices.

M.T.Nino

38 of 43 persons found the following review helpful.
Best Invicta watch
By S. G Spires
Why must you buy this watch? Well, you could just like watches, or a diver.
However, you don't have to be a "pro-diver" to use one of these watches. I've worn these types of watches for more than 25 years and have done little more than dive on coral 15-20 feet down. These watches last.
Invicta's 8926OB (for Original Bezel) is almost a duplicate of a Rolex Sea Master. So much so, Rolex threatened legal action unless parts were changed. The Rolex timepiece will probably last longer, but at $3,000 it should. The Invicta is a working man's (woman's) watch. Mine keeps good time and I seldom adjust it. It's an automatic motion watch -- not a quartz watch.
That means it is a self-winding watch. And that's fine. I doubt any individual reading this needs a hyper-precise watch for daily life. We all like to think of ourselves as underwater demo team members or 21st Century 007s, but that's not the case.
Probably one of the gains of Invicta is it is presentation. The watch comes in an beautiful case, and it has a polishing cloth. It practically blinds you with it is silver bracelet.
There are drawbacks though. Every Invicta watch I've got has a delicate crown and stem. The crown also winds the watch, like normal, but when you move it out to the other settings then you REALLY have to be careful opening it. Delicately pop it out to the A or B setting. The first, or A, setting is for altering the date. The second, or B, setting is to move the hands.
The crown screws down and is secure. So, you don't have to worry when it comes to it snagging anything.
Just a note on the Original Bezel versus the newer 8296 scalloped, or Omega type, bezel: It's sort of a coin edge, and, to me, it is having little impact to turn. The scalloped type requires too much pressure and over a few weeks of use it starts to feel like it is wearing out.
I use mine to measure elapsed time for exercise and other events. It's not 100-percent precise like a chronograph, but gives me what I need.
Just to recap, this would make a good, inexpensive, gift that unquestionably looks like it is more of an investment than it is.

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