Thread: What types of watches do you like?

Originally Posted by honedright

I have been looking at Invicta watches lately. A couple of the guys I work with wear them. I tried on the "Subaqua Noma III" model 6043, at Kohl's, and liked the looks. But after some research online, I'm not so sure the Invicta would be a wise purchase. Apparently, from what I've read, their warranty is crap, and their repair service sucks. Also, it seems that the QC at Invicta is wanting of a higher standard since some units seem to ship out fine while others have problems like stems pulling out, or crystals chipping upon very slight impact, etc.

Am I on the right track to stay away from these watches?

If you like gambling, then you will love Invictas, I've built a buying them on off quite some time. In the late 90s they turned out great watch and the customer service was fine, However as they got more popular their quality control got pretty much nonexistent, however, if you buy them from shop NBC to get a five-year warranty and if you have the patience they will send you your watch back fixed. Although when a new model comes out it's usually their best attempt. I started with their first Ocean ghost which is an exact copy of the Rolex stainless and gold date just and is as nice as the Rolex in every possible way(42 g of solid Italian gold) except the name. I've also bought all their new Sub Aqua but the first versions that came with 7750s and 7751, those I've had no problems with however some of the other watches I bought had to be returned to shop NBC and others I sent back to Invicta to be repaired and eventually got them although sometimes it took several phone calls and up to eight weeks. If you're careful with what you buy can do pretty good, my best example was an automatic See Vulture with a ETA 2894 – two for about 800 bucks, and it's a dead ringer right down to the movement of a MOMA which was going for 10 grand. Some of their watches are as good as I Rolex, IWC, Tissot, and other high-end watches, and lots are junk, but they do make some fun watches that look great and are cheap enough that you don't care if you wreck them. Just my humble opinion.

Hmmm, well, not sure I feel any more confident about the Invictas. Opinions here seem to mirror what I've read elsewhere that Invicta is a crap shoot. Dunno, the Subaqua that I like is going for $275 on Amazon, but for about $125 less I could get another G-Shock GW-7900B which I've had for almost two years and has performed flawlessly. Looks great too.

To date my favorite watch is my Citizen Eco-Drive Titanium Perpetual Calendar BL8080-55E.

Originally Posted by honedright

Hmmm, well, not sure I feel any more confident about the Invictas. Opinions here seem to mirror what I've read elsewhere that Invicta is a crap shoot. Dunno, the Subaqua that I like is going for $275 on Amazon, but for about $125 less I could get another G-Shock GW-7900B which I've had for almost two years and has performed flawlessly. Looks great too.

To date my favorite watch is my Citizen Eco-Drive Titanium Perpetual Calendar BL8080-55E.

For even less you could get yourself a swatch.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

For even less you could get yourself a swatch.

Or this:

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Any opinions on the Ronda 715 movement?

Originally Posted by 32t

Any opinions on the Ronda 715 movement?

it's a good solid basic quartz mvmt, jeweled and long battery life. Their better ones are their mastertech and startech lines. The 715 are in their normtech line.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

For even less you could get yourself a swatch.

If you want this the Sub Aqua, don't sweat them, between my sons and I we have about seven and haven't had any problems with those. As matter of fact I quite like them. I'm sorry to sound snotty but I would never wear a swatch. JMHO.

Vintage Self-winding watches.

All makes as long as they are in very good or better shape.

Originally Posted by KindestCutOfAll

Vintage Self-winding watches.

All makes as long as they are in very good or better shape.

That is a great link, some old names. My father was especially fond of Benrus as work watch, I remember him having a bunch of them because he knew someone that worked for them, and they must not have been expensive as when they broke, he would just pull out another. The only problem with some of these vintage watches as they are very small, and just don't look right and my eyes are a little older than they used to be. So I have no problem wearing 40 mm or up.

Benrus was started to compete with Bulova just their watches weren't quite as good or expensive.

Buying vintage watches is a leap of faith unless you know a thing or two about them. It's too easy to get something that stops on you or doesn't run well and then the repair cost exceeds the price you pay for it and that assumes the parts are still available.