🫣 Prime Day Purchase Arrived 😂

I was browsing the Prime day sale and as someone with a clear shopping addiction and a severe case of financial irresponsibility, this is a pass time I can ill afford. But here we are!

I picked the silly thing up on an impulse and I have to say I don’t hate it!? What the hell is happening to me!? I seem to have hit that time of life where two-tone suddenly becomes desirable and, you know what, I‘m okay with it! I don’t know how this happened, but I blame it squarely upon my impending 49th birthday. 🤣

About the watch: You guys know Invicta, they’re either ‘homages,’ or they’re downright hideous trash and I have to admit, having had an all steel version of this watch before, I expected disappointment and garbage for my £57. Amazingly this watch seems to have improved over the years. The bracelet, despite the expected hollow endlinks and cheap clasp is surprisingly good, the female endlinks helping the lug-to-lug stay within the measured 47mm. The watchhead itself has a better finish than my previous version. Even the cyclops magnifies to a reasonable degree. 

Downsides are minimal for the price: the crown feels rough screwing and unscrewing and the bezel, while perfectly aligned, (hear that Seiko?) has a little back-play and up/down wobble, nothing egregious. Lume = Meh as expected. No deal breakers there tbh. 
 

All things considered, I… I’m actually impressed! 🫣🤷‍♂️🤣

 

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The watch from the photos look impressive. I am not a fan of INVICTA. But it looks good tbh. I used to hate TT. But ever since I saw the bluesy, it kinda changed my perspective.

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Eh...keep it for a few days and make sure it works properly before claiming to be impressed.

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JBird7986

Eh...keep it for a few days and make sure it works properly before claiming to be impressed.

Fair, but I’ve been here before. I’ll keep an eye on it. 😂👍

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Jt0909

The watch from the photos look impressive. I am not a fan of INVICTA. But it looks good tbh. I used to hate TT. But ever since I saw the bluesy, it kinda changed my perspective.

Honestly, the photos don’t actually do it justice! I‘m still surprised by this revelation. 😊 I’m not a fan of the company or the massive logo engraved on the side, but I guess I’m softening in my middle-age. 😂

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JBird7986

Eh...keep it for a few days and make sure it works properly before claiming to be impressed.

A fair point but I've had mine (all steel, black dial) for 3 years and in honesty, its been perfect. 

In fairness, I have an all green dial/bezel thats quartz and the difference in quality is night and day. A friend has a swiss made (compiled?) version and it's better still, so maybe the reach to each level is different (which I know sucks). That isn't fair of course but I'm not going to be able to  buy a subby anytime soon and I'm having good experiences with the pro diver so far. If there's any advice regarding a truly unique budget diver for little wrists  (like, really budget), I'd really love to hear it! 

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Just you wait till the big 5 0, then the 'madness' really begins. (Thats a lot of watch for not a lot of money 💪)

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Enjoy the watch, it looks great!