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 Posted: Thu Dec 14th, 2006 08:36 am
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Docrwm



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 Sorry for the cross-post but this seemed to fit with this thread and is all I can offer on/about Invicta myself.  I had some unexpected time the other day, so I went to BJs and "window shopped". A year or so ago I found a Gruen Swiss 2824-2 with display back, deployant, 100m rating, etc. for $39 in BJs traveling watch show. Nice watch - my only 2824-2 and I like it - particularly for the price.  Well the traveling watch show was back at BJs again. No great deals. There were Gruens and Elgins but they were all Quartz movement watches

The interesting thing was that there were a LOT of Invictas on display. I've never handled any Invictas and haven't offered an opinion on them before other than to point newbies to some experiences of others.  So, I finally got to handle some Invictas and see what they are like in person. How do I say this........they failed to meet my expectations - every single one that they had there. When I looked closely there was something odd, wrong, or off about every one. Several had hairs embedded in the lume or dial paint. Two had finger prints under the crystal. One had a crown that was at an angle. I realize that these were the "on sale" Invictas but I didn'f find that sort of problem on any of the Gruens and only one Elgin and they were selling for less ($39 vs $59).

I've been tempted in the past by some prices on Invictas at Amazon and elsewhere but after handling 15+ of them now, I've become convinced that a lot of the comments here are not just folks with a bad attitude (sorry).



Last edited on Thu Dec 14th, 2006 08:43 am by Docrwm