Update - Invicta Pro Diver 47126 - Nothing Pro about it! 😔
TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT!!
Arrived really quickly, but where I thought this was a bargain for $50 delivered, I actually feel it's massively overpriced!
Best thing about it is the packaging!
Nice box, and booklets etc. Offer of an extended warranty and a magazine. All feels really well thought out and more than the $50 dollar price, but then......
The watch is such a let down....😭
The bezel is fixed, even cheap AliExpress quartz divers have a moving bezel. It feels really poor on the bracelet and where they have used a poor mineral crystal it just looks flat.
I think they should be able to do a lot better considering what Pagani can put out for £40-£60!!
Needless to say this is going back! 😔
Been on a short journey so far, but have enjoyed collecting watches. I have a fantastic connection and I am hooked! Always room for one more watch!
Wow, that's a very different watch in the advertising shot. Amazing what some well placed lights can do.
Invicta’s warranties are a joke. It would be a waste of time to extend the warranty. Tons of online complaints about their warranty service
Yikes!!! What a dud!! Tough break my man, good luck with the return I hope it is hassle free
Yikes!!! What a dud!! Tough break my man, good luck with the return I hope it is hassle free
Already finding issues as the UK isn't in the EU now.
For the hassle I might as well write it off to experience
Already finding issues as the UK isn't in the EU now.
For the hassle I might as well write it off to experience
Ughhh, bummer. Was worth a shot though, that design had potential
Honestly this post is a really great example of how frustrating shopping online for stuff has become. Stupid details you wouldn’t even think to verify because they did a great job with the pictures and all that, and then you get it and it’s like a mug with a picture of the thing you wanted on it.
Then you’re left there like “wtf, how?!” And you go back to the product and scroll halfway through the dissertation of why this is the best thing that ever existed and see that is says it’s just a picture on a fcking mug, so you try to return it and have to jump through all these hoops, or you don’t have time to run it to the local return center because you’ll be damned if your paying for a shipping label to send back this stupid mug that no one would ever buy on purpose, and eventually you just forget you wasted $20-$50 on bs AGAIN, and then repeat in a few months.
I have a couple of really nice pro divers. Quartz 50 euros, automátic 70 both in amazon prime days. Really nice and well done and with a functional bezel. Obvioulsy not sapphire and no ceramic, but you have a good watch for sure. I have some paganis and every time I get one I pray for no deffects. The last one has a danzing bezel... I would definitely give invicta another chance
Honestly this post is a really great example of how frustrating shopping online for stuff has become. Stupid details you wouldn’t even think to verify because they did a great job with the pictures and all that, and then you get it and it’s like a mug with a picture of the thing you wanted on it.
Then you’re left there like “wtf, how?!” And you go back to the product and scroll halfway through the dissertation of why this is the best thing that ever existed and see that is says it’s just a picture on a fcking mug, so you try to return it and have to jump through all these hoops, or you don’t have time to run it to the local return center because you’ll be damned if your paying for a shipping label to send back this stupid mug that no one would ever buy on purpose, and eventually you just forget you wasted $20-$50 on bs AGAIN, and then repeat in a few months.
Lesson learnt that's for sure. I was looking at the 1953 as well, but that is now out of the question due to this, although it's with Amazon so returning will certainly be easier!
That sucks! Yeah just get a duro instead
That sucks! Yeah just get a duro instead
I have one of those 👍
That's a shame, I have two Invicta's and I am very happy with both. I got the Invicta Pro Diver 8926 in the sale for €80,- and it's a great watch to that gets many compliments.
Invicta have always been a mixed bag when it comes to marketing versus reality. But really, what did you expect for $50 ?
Invicta have always been a mixed bag when it comes to marketing versus reality. But really, what did you expect for $50 ?
Well having paid £40 for a Pagani with an NH34 GMT, Ceramic bezel and decent strap, a lot more than I received!
Well having paid £40 for a Pagani with an NH34 GMT, Ceramic bezel and decent strap, a lot more than I received!
Just don't ask about working conditions and wages, eh?
Yeah, their boxes are always nice. The rest is garbage. But you got a bargain on a beautiful box! That's worth some excitement! 😉
The giveaway was the "30" on the bezel being the right way up.
I'll put that down to experience. Everyday is a school day
I have the all black ip 1953 I modded the hands and added a nato.
Picture?
I have a Duro. To be honest it was a curiosity purchase, needless to say that curiosity has been satisfied! It won't resurface!
I bet London to a brick, however, its bezel works better than old mate's in the OP, though?
I bet London to a brick, however, its bezel works better than old mate's in the OP, though?
I am the OP? 😂
I am the OP? 😂
Even better. Firsthand review. How's the Duro's bezel work, versus the Invicta?
Even better. Firsthand review. How's the Duro's bezel work, versus the Invicta?
The Invicta is fixed, so the Duro doesn't have any competition..... 😂😉👍
The Invicta is fixed, so the Duro doesn't have any competition..... 😂😉👍
It's really quite extraordinary, isn't it?
I don't think I've ever come across it in watches before.
It's really quite extraordinary, isn't it?
I don't think I've ever come across it in watches before.
Only in £10 market watches or very cheap from AliExpress. Like $10.....
If Pagani can produce the level they do for the money they charge, a company like Invicta should be ashamed of themselves.
Invicta can be a hit or miss I’m starting to distance myself from the brand slowly since I have a lot of them. It took me a while to realize the amount of time and money I had spent and doing research on them, I could have been doing it for other brands. For what Invicta chargers for some of their models I could have put towards a better watch. Don’t get me wrong I don’t hate the brand I’ll wear mine from time to time but, with so many watches I can’t neglect my other ones just sitting there.
Take the Invicta cruise before you distance yourself. You may not be able to go back. 😁
Bummer - Send it back if you can and ask others here for their recommendations in that price range.
Thankfully they have made contact and are taking it back! 👍
Picture?
I’ll post one later tonight
In contrast to this, today I received a Pagani PD-1693. This cost £46 and has an automatic GMT movement, screw pins and sapphire crystal. Doesn't matter if it's a Clomage or not, but it's night and day apart in quality!
As promised my slightly modified Invicta black IP 1953 Pro Diver with modified hands and on a black nato strap.
I've noticed that Invicta seems like a sketchy brand on MSRP. It's like a game, where they claim some ridiculous price then it's discounted 90%. The exception to the three card Monte MSRP is on cruise ships. For some reason they've been like a house brand on Royal Caribbean. Seen them on every cruise I've been on, and if you are a watch enthusiast suddenly you appreciate Pagani Design! I know there are Invicta fans, and I say to each their own. But I don't understand the brand compared to alternatives.