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| Met a WIS yesterday>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12th, 2006 12:10 pm |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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stopped by my watch guy after getting the Orsa, just had an inkling that one of the screws for the strap was a little loose..............correctamundo I digress...as I was waiting Eric was sizing a watch for a customer noticed the watch he had on his wrist to be an Invicta Tungsten/Ceramic didn't say much until Eric brought out from his bench the Invicta Prowler in Blue steel, let me tell you that watch is freaking awesome...not for $799 though. Truthfully I was impressed with both timepieces. We had a little chat....I invited him to stop by 3T. Of course he asked my opinion of Invicta......I was polite 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12th, 2006 03:39 pm |
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Gregger 3T WIS 
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So Tony, How do you think it would look on us older guy's wrist???
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2006 02:18 am |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS
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Gregger wrote: So Tony, How do you think it would look on us older guy's wrist??? Greg, The guy wearing it, was older than us so should be fine!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2006 06:41 am |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Nice story Gumba!hand6.gif I don't think there has ever been a doubt that Invicta can turn out some nice "Looking" Watches....as long as you wait for the inevitable Price Drop ...and hope you get one of the Good ones!watch2.gif
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2006 09:55 am |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS
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For sure buddyhand6.gif Realyy blew me away though that I would find them that nice:P
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2006 11:06 am |
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canadajo 3T WIS 
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Invicta to me has always been about good looks ...kinda like that girl whos hot but shes absolutly crazy and your afraid she will come apart and kill you :D:D:D All looks and no integrity, or character, or heart, ie. rotton insides
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14th, 2006 08:36 am |
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Docrwm 3T WIS 
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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 |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14th, 2006 11:33 am |
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KenC Admin 
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Doc..............thanks for the contribution....it is sad that Invicta took the route they did. It was once a promising company (albeit now obvious that it was built on smoke and mirrors) that abandoned it's goal, principals and customers.
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