Customer Reviews

Invicta Men's 8926OB Pro Diver Collection Coin-Edge Automatic Watch

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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 can cost thousands of dollars and need to be serviced every 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 every month because they will run a couple of minutes fast or slow. Are you willing to put up with this just to own "a work of art?" That is the big question someone with a casual (or fleeting) interest must ask themselves. But at Invicta's price point, this is a perfect way to find out.

Ironically, mechanical watches are a joy to wear because of their complications. The back case is covered by a mineral crystal, so you can actually see the inner workings. The second hand sweeps around the dial, which I think is more elegant than a quartz movement. The aesthetic quality is the main selling point. We are really talking about men's jewelry here folks. With clocks, cell phones, tv and the like, it is not hard to find out the correct 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.

This is one of the best watches you can 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 expensive Rolex Submariner. It has a nice grip and it seats quiet tight. This model is available with the more traditional Invicta bezel at lower price. As a whole, this watch represents value all over. This is the watch that made aficionados world wide think about the real cost of Rolex watches. Are you paying for status symbol or quality? For a genuine 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 expensive look, but doesn't cost you much. And you also get the value associated with that particular brand name. Invicta has done a terrific job in that it is probably one of the best value deals you will find. It has the Rolex look but with a very small price tag. And the name Invicta also adds value to the watch. People have come to known Invicta as a quality brand with very affordable prices.

M.T.Nino

Why should 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 rarely adjust it. It's an automatic movement watch -- not a quartz watch.
That means it is a self-winding watch. And that's fine. I doubt anybody reading this needs a hyper-precise watch for everyday 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 benefits of Invicta is its presentation. The watch comes in an attractive case, and it has a polishing cloth. It practically blinds you with its 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 changing 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 about 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 easier 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 definitely looks like it is more of an investment than it is.

I've had my 8926C for at least 5 years now. I never take it off; I shower with it everyday; I do hard, physical, dirty, outside geology work with it; I beat the &#%$ out of this watch. It's all scratched up (if you look closely), but still looks great; it works perfectly and I LOVE IT! I get compliments on it all the time. After the first few months of resetting it now and then it's kept time to within about 1 minute every couple of months (about 1 second per day). I like watching the Japanese Miyota movement better than the Swiss Silleta movement because you can actually see the balance wheel spinning back and forth and the anchor lever and ruby (jewel) pallets ticking away on the escape wheel. You can only see the balance wheel on the 9937's Swiss movement. Several of the ruby (jewel) bearings area visible on both movements. Speaking of visible, the Tritnite glowing material glows brightly all night. The date window on the front crystal magnifies slightly, less than the 9937's, but the date is no more or less readable than on the 9937. My front crystal is slightly scratched, but it looks pretty good for all the abuse it's seen. The back crystal is perfect. If I could change one thing, I'd put solid end links on the bracelet and screw them to the case like the 9937. I break the spring bars (pins) about twice a year, but only because I'm very rough on the watch. I actually like the 8926's stamped clasp better than the 9937's "solid" clasp because the solid one actually has a very narrow connection to its stamped end piece which is no thicker than the wider stamped clasp on this watch. The 8926's clasp isn't as pretty as the 9937's, but I trust the 8926's more; and who sees the clasp anyway? All said, this watch is a very good-looking, bullet-proof, reliable workhorse. I just got a 9937, and although I love it because I'm turning into a Swiss movement geek, I appreciate the 8926C more than ever. It's a hell of a watch for a steal of a price! Buy one! You'll love it!

And after a highly rated Orient died on me after 3 days I ordered one of these hoping I would get a "good" one. I received this watch yesterday afternoon (8/5). Right out of the box it would not start until I pulled the crown all the way out. When I unscrewed the crown and wound it a couple of times to start it did not move. When I pulled the crown out all of way it started up (note that the instructions in the box say the watch should STOP when the crown is pulled all of the way out). Within the first hour I noticed that the second hand would either hesitate momentarily or stop then skip a couple of seconds on the dial several times between the 1 & 3 o'clock positions. Several hours later I took it off and set it on my desk. 20 minutes later I looked down to see that it had stopped running. I shook it several times and it did not start. I unscrewed and wound the crown several rotations and still nothing. I then pulled the crown all the way out and it started to run again. I went to bed shortly after that.

I got up this morning and noted the watch had stopped again. So I went through the same routine again to get it going. Two hours later I look at my wrist to check the time and noticed that the thing had stopped AGAIN! So I went through the "routine" but this time it did not start up..... I sat there in my car dumbfounded at the situation when it just started running again with no interaction or input from me. Then it stopped again for about 10 seconds or so then ran for approximately 3-4 minutes and stopped again. Shaking it had no effect.

So, at this point I have given up on any of the "off brand" mechanical watches. This one goes back for a refund, and I think I will stick with one of the major manufacturers.

I bought this expecting to get a $80 watch, and what I got was worse junk than the Rolex replica I bought in S. Korea 7 years ago. What is sad is that my replica runs like a finely tuned machine and has not had an issue the entire time I have owned it.

I have had an Invicta 8926 for a couple years now. The watch looks great, a nice heavy weight stainless divers watch. Mine however has been problematic, First off even when wearing it all day it would frequently stop working completely. I sent it back for warranty repairs (took two months) and upon return it would not keep time. It would loose about twenty minutes per day. Back to the factory and another couple months later I received a new watch. Guess what, it doesn't do much better. It looses about about 15 minutes a day and also stops working occasionally. I have bought a Seiko Automatic Divers watch to takes the Invictas place and it works great. If Invicta would make this watch actually work properly it would be a great watch.

I've had this watch for 6 months. Its a nice looking watch and solid (and heavy enough). There are two significant issues
1) The watch loses a two to four minutes every day -- this means I have to reset the watch time regularly. Its nothing I can count on anymore. Note, that at first it kept time fine which is what many of the above reviews include.
2) If you don't wear it all day / every day it stops. (you don't have to wear it when you sleep).

A friend of mine has the same watch at work and has the same problems as I. Interestingly, he tried to dissuade me from getting the watch but I didn't think a new watch would have time keeping issues so I bought it anyways....

Neither of us would recommend purchasing this watch.

If you want a watch that looks great, and only to wear it when you go out to look good get this watch, otherwise I would avoid it.

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!

I am extremely impressed with the feel, look and general quality of the watch. It contains the Citizen Miyota 21 jewel automatic movement that is a true workhorse for a fraction of the price. The comfortable stainess steel pinned link bracelet is worth the price of the watch. It has rounded flexible brushed steel wrist links The foldover adjustable double safety clasp uses pins as well. Can easily be mistaken for a watch costing much more. The Mineral Glass crystal is scratch resistant - but not as good as a sapphire watch face, but is less prone to chipping or shattering than a sapphire crystal. The display watchback is also mineral glass - displaying the undecorated Miyota automatic movement. It look as stylish and run as well as my other watches, and, I receive as many comments if not more from the Invicta's. It is a great looking watch! Good value, accurate and stylish if you like the Sub' look. This is a good day-to-day knock about watch that still looks better than the quartz stuff in the same price band. If it lasts 5 years it's more than paid for itself. If you would like more information and talk with others about Invicta's or other watches visit www.thewatchcentral.com. All questions and comments will be responded to.

****UPDATE**** The replacement watch was AGAIN a used and broken model with a stripped screw in crown. The crown was popped out when I opened the box and was obviously damaged. It was missing half of the included items (warranty, protective plastic, polishing cloth). I was promised a NEW watch by the CS rep yesterday. I have asked for my money back.

Note to Amazon: Your QA is non-existent. Your CS reps while nice, really couldn't care less about my problem. She happily refunded my money but don't you think it would have been easier to just SEND ME WHAT I PAID FOR???!?!?!?!? Consider me an ex customer.

Original review:
Earlier this week I ordered an Invicta 8926c from Amazon.com. I read a lot of negative stuff about this brand but a lot of positive reviews for the pro-diver series. Well, my "new" watch arrived in the following condition:

1. No protective plastic on the face or bracelet.
2. Black grease (yes I said grease) on the crown and back of the watch. A lot of it.
3. The movement was DOA. Tried starting (winding, gently shaking etc...) for an hour. No luck.
4. The bezel was askew.
5. Wrist schmootz on the bracelet clasp and links.
6. The bracelet and face were scratched.

Now this was ordered as a NEW item from Amazon. Not used from Joe-Bob's Watch And Weenie World. I complained to Amazon Customer Support and the rep was very helpful and she is sending me a new one overnight. But, to get a "new" item in such atrocious condition is ridiculous. I was really looking forward to getting this Faux-Submariner and I'm bummed that something like this gets by the QA department. I can understand an internally damaged item getting by but this watch was obviously used and abused. Hope they can get this right the second time.