I think that alot of people own an invicta or two but they don't have the balls to admit just how much they really like it Bravo my friend Bravo Be the and Thanks for sharing as always

@Mekaleeto_Worldwide

3 ай бұрын

Hey you mind your own business!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂❤

I have 3 of the 40mm Pro Divers in my collection, I love them all.

I have a blue dial/Bezel,, yellow rotor, stainless and gold, 40mm pro diver. The indices and hands are gold with white filling that matches. I replaced the bracelet with a gold two tone oyster style bracelet with a glide lock clasp. This watch looks and wears great. I bought this color combination because my school colors are blue and gold. Invicta makes some great watches.but quality and parts used can vary over time. Shop carefully.

I like the invicta 1953 diver, for a cool vintage vibe! Great vid!

Great review I had no idea the pro diver came in a 42, I have had an eye on a grand diver I do like the Invicta girth!!! Not ashamed to say it either I own an Invicta bolt chronograph and absolutely love it. Will add a 42mm to my Amazon wish list. Thanks for another great video!

My introductory watch is the Pro Diver 9337 with the SW200 and it gets the majority of wrist time. my Rolex spends most of the time in my bank safe along with other high-end watches. I can't find any flaws and it works perfectly. I've had it for 5 years roughly and again it is flawless.

When a noob asks me what watch to get that’s affordable, I always recommend an automatic 40mm Invicta sub homage. From my perspective, it’s still the king of watches for under a $100 despite its flaws (there’s several). Edit: I guess the Steeldive SD1953 is the better watch.

@FelipeSouza-js4fd

5 ай бұрын

Seiko its better than Invicta 4ever

@RabbitWatchShop

5 ай бұрын

@@FelipeSouza-js4fd that goes without saying mate

@davidmccall4776

5 ай бұрын

The 9937OB 40mm Pro Diver with the Swiss Sellita-200 movement is a great watch for a great price. It's also every bit as good as my several Seikos, including a gold 7A28 chronometer.

@MrDanijelho

4 ай бұрын

I have Invicta with blue dial 40mm and I like it

@orangeyellow-me1pz

2 ай бұрын

​@@RabbitWatchShopfor the same price? Seiko doesn't even exist here. What are you all talking about?

Wearing my 40mm black I’ve had for years and I still love it. I have a 1953 version and a “gold” one too. I love these for how affordable and accurate they are! I wasn’t a fan until til I owned one. I hardly wear my other watches anymore. I got my 16 year old a “pepsi” quartz and he wears it 24 ours a day!

@dire67

6 ай бұрын

I have a 1953 but it's a bit small for my 8" wrist

42 is the MUCH better size and it looks MUCH better!

I love the jubilee bracelet, I’ve never experienced the hair pull with it

@pnwrider8346

10 күн бұрын

neither did I, but I feel Jubilee is too old man for me, so I put on a striped NATO

I’m rooting for Invicta. Originally Swiss, now American, changed the convo with the Pro Diver, owns Glycine…..it’s interesting.

I like your site. I have 2 Invicta 1 gold colored battery one and the color started to wear off on the bracelet. So I bought 1 Stainless 89260b Automatic. I really like the Automatic Pro Diver and the price would let me go back for more in different colors. Keep up the good work Thanks

I've had 3 automatic Invicta Divers. The first one I gave away to a friend who promptly lost it, the second one kept on stopping at random moments (not good), the third one is the best as it is super accurate and will lose/gain a few seconds a week. I also own a Seiko diver which loses/gains a minute a day.

I've had mine for a couple of years now, and still running. People sleep on this watches, they are really good !

The best Invicta Pro Diver for me is the #3049 Grand Diver that I've owned for the last twelve years. Invicta's a funny company because I find that most of their stuff is oversized and ugly garbage but, damn, their dive watches are just fantastic (especially the 300m Grand Divers). I have flat, broad, slab-shaped wrists (basically rectangular) and so I need a watch that is 45-47mm in diameter. My Bulova Lunar Pilot is 45mm, my Tissot Seastar 2000 Professional is 46mm and my Invicta Grand Diver is 47mm. They only look obnoxiously big if the person wearing them doesn't have the wrists for them. My friends all tease me by saying that I perform a magic trick every time I put one of my watches on because they go from looking huge to looking normal in seconds. Now, the Sea Hunter.... I don't know who could wear that properly.... Hulk Hogan maybe?

Great review. I have the 42 mm same as yours. I also ditched the bracelet for a vintage looking black leather strap. Love the watch only issue apart from the strap stretching is the bezel pip fell off never to be seen again. Just bought a pagani air king homage as they had good reviews and for £42 /$50 a stunning watch IMO. Only gripe so far is strap was bit sharp but couple of mins with some wet and dry soften the back edges up. If you get a chance I have both watches on my channel.

I have these two invictas, but I prefer the puke green lol that one feels more vintage and wears pretty small which I like. The 42 mm is cool but the white is too flashy for me and too big haha

I’ve had a 40mm for a little over a year, and I like it a lot, but damn it, now I have to have the 42! (7.5in wrist, it’ll fit perfectly)

I love my invicta watches. Haven’t got the green one yet but it’s going to happen before long

I am more of a fan of the 40mm size in general though I do like the details of the 42mm. In general though I personally think the Pro Diver is the best watch you can get for the price hands down. I think the movement is good (often the movement alone cost $35). I think all the details of the watch are at least equal to a $150 watch. In addition the bracelet is not bad for the price and comparing it to say vintage style bracelets. The links are solid (not solid endlinks), the clasp is stamped but has a shine to it that I think it looks very nice when compared to vintage watches or vs that dull gray, no shape type clasp arm (if you know the ones I am talking about on much cheaper watches). So I think this watch is the best starting point for anybody.

Many years ago I had the Invicta 8926, with Miyota movement. It was a fairly good watch but there were a few styling bits that got on my nerves so I eventually sold it. I was in a "white dial diver" stage for awhile so I bought a version of the 8926 with white dial and coke bezel. It was a nice watch but again I got tired of the white dial and sold it. I thought about buying another one but I wouldn't buy one unless I could get a color that the general public wouldn't associate with Rolex. I didn't know they made a 42mm model, that would be better for me.

I don't know about Steeldive specifically, but most NH35 dials are 28.5mm. I like Invicta, and have a couple of their quartz divers. I would take them over a Casio Duro - that 'watch people' love.

@dougs3909

3 ай бұрын

Ive got a duro and a grand diver, and honestly the invicta is better in every way. Bit the invicta was 120 vs the duros 40 bucks

@CyberSammael

3 ай бұрын

@@dougs3909 I just did a quick eBay search and the quartz Pro Divers start at around $30 and the automatics start at around $55. I agree that the general retail price is better for the Duro and I am comparing the discounted Invicta with the full price Duro, but the gap isnt that big.

@orangeyellow-me1pz

2 ай бұрын

​@@dougs3909you over paid

9937ob...Pro-Diver with Sellita SW200-1.. Thinner depth case.. Upgraded Crystal.. upgraded bracelet with milled clasp and solid links better lume (I think)... around $200..By far the "Best".

I've had a Pro Diver for years when i first got it the bezel was super hard to turn i soaked it in warm soapy water & turned it quite a few times it works much better.

I suggest a fair number of those "collecting" primarily in this price range are NOT possessed of a "must be an automatic" mindset. My admittedly wonderful NH36a (has a DOTW in addition to date) is soon to be supplanted for wear by a quartz for the convenience and accuracy. For others leaning quartz for this watch their 43mm "product family" 6828 (Seiko PC32a movement) is the way to go over their others of this general type IMHO. 6 model offerings, screw down crown & back, and ever so slightly less horrific bracelet still inevitably headed to the dump. The finish is also a real step above relative their similar product families.

@orangeyellow-me1pz

2 ай бұрын

Lol, my phone is more accurate than any watch. If I truly cared for accuracy I wouldn't own a watch.

I have a blue 42 and 40, the blue dial sunburst blue shows much better on the 40, (blue and purple) most other things he says about the 42 are correct, but I have matching lume on the 40, I put a NATO on the 42, as I didn't like the jubilee bracelet. I have a 7.5 wrist, so prefer the bigger one, and it gets more wrist time. (both my blue ones have yellow rotors, maybe I lucked out) so only real driver for me to wear the 40 would be the better colour hues' on the 40, if I wanted to flash more purple, so I'm thinking it's going to be a gift to get the box out of the drawer.

Even though my no-date 14060m is 100 times the price of my Invicta 8926ob, it is certainly 100x the watch. It's not even 10x the watch. This watch introduced me watch collecting 15 years ago. I still wear it proudly, alternating it with my Submariner. I highly recommend this watch.

Bought the 40mm watch, and im totally pissed that it hasnt got the yellow fly wheel. Outside of that i think it is a real value for money watch.

Hi, What about the invicta model 9937. What do you think about that model compared to the other invicta diver models.

Man, I have an orient Mako II and I hate it. I listened to the reviews here on KZread and bought one and it has been the single worst watch that I've ever owned. I brought my hand down on top of my car one night with a little too much force while wearing the thing and the hollow end link gave way and it fell onto the ground and the cheap mineral crystal cracked. It was embarrassing because family members were standing around and we all watched it be cheap. Then I tried getting a Vortex rubber strap and low and behold, the Orient Mako II has PROPRIETARY spring bars that are slightly concave so the straps don't really fit that confidently because the case demands these spring bars that got jettisoned into the stratosphere in the night. Had I known all this I would've never bought it. My Invicta, for like $10 more, came with a sapphire crystal that has ar coating, solid end links, milled clasp, a swiss automatic ronda r150 high beat rate movement and is SWISS MADE. All that for $150. Even the crown's logo is perfectly aligned and I love wearing a big watch at 46mm. I can see it easily at night. The lume on this Invicta is also better than the Orient could hope to be. I also like the look of the Seiko Tuna but I don't want a quartz watch, especially not for the insane asking price of about $1000. I went on AliExpress and bought an Addiesdive for $62. I also bought a stainless stell milled clasp for $5. I got the look of the Tuna, an NH35, Sapphire Crystal, ar coating, SOLID end links a MUCH better bracelet for $67 🤦🏿‍♂️. Now I have this idiot Mako watch sitting there for over a year in its box while all my other watches enjoy wrist time. Seiko did get me again with that Chun Li 5 Sports though because I apparently am some sort of glutton for punishment. However, that thing is worn rarely because I think it just looks excellent and Chun Li.

I bought an Invicta a few years back as an experiment after years of Timex and Casio quartz watches (23 years in military and trashed watches in the field often), and it was my intro into automatic watches. I also, with the help of KZread learned basic maintenance and things like sizing the bracelet, so the Invicta was my test bed for learning about watches. Today I have about 30 watches of various styles and categories, some with straps that cost more than that Invicta, but that initial test watch still ticks along without a single flaw and comes out in my rotation often. FWIW, on the last prime day, they went for $49, I absolutely didn't need another watch, but c'mon $49! I bought two.

Go grab a ceramic insert for your 40mm case invictas and it will look like a million bucks 🔥🔥

@philstv5591

4 ай бұрын

Where can you find one ?

@coop8267

3 ай бұрын

​@@philstv5591eBay

The yellow flywheel depends on stock availability, I have a 8926OB and a 1953 40mm, both came with yellow flywheel, ordered the 0420 titanium 45mm and it came without, checked Invicta's online store and it has a clause about flywheel colour availability! 😕

I just bought a 44m automatic pro diver for 59 bucks. Do you think it might be even better than the 42mm? Also, I just bought a cadisen and carnival that are amazing from the temu site.

C'mon! I like the Mr. Yuk green lume.

What movement is the 26970 model? Just curious.

would love to see a comparison of the pro diver 47mm and the grand diver 47mm.

I gave away my 40mm Invicta Pro Diver (with yellow rotor!) to my little brother as his very first automatic watch, and he loves it! Now you got me looking at the 42mm with the better colored lume and better proportioned words and logo......uh oh

i love diving watches, and have been obsessed with Rolex ... but it's basically the look I like, not just the brand. I'm definitely buying one (at least) Invicta. I'm going to start with that 42mm, but that is the worst bracelet ... I want the oyster style bracelet. It's weird the put the better bracelet on the worse watch

Like pro diver and grand diver.

Think I'm going to get a 42 in pepsi! if it works it works! Just got the Citizen promaster eco dive watch.

The 42mm is nicely refined. I understand why they're so popular. Great video Randy!!! 👍👍👍

17044 are any of these that one???? Whats the take on the 17044?

Your link in your profile to your other channels does not work - heads up

спасибо за обзор!

I've had the smaller Pro Diver and the 1953. I prefer the look of the '53

I wear my invicta watches a lot. Can take a daily abuse. Keep the higher value ones locked up.

The best is the invicta pro diver 9337 with Swiss movement and better quality bracelet- Go Army - Beat Navy, again

@mrmagoo.3678

Ай бұрын

Wearing mine now... fantastic watch!.

@pnwrider8346

10 күн бұрын

oddly, of all my Invicta's, the SW200 9337 runs the slowest of the lot.

@jeffemblen2620

4 күн бұрын

@@pnwrider8346 I had mine regulated. Any watchmaker can do it for little to nothing $.

I love my Invicta Pro Diver 8926C and I have had several of them since originally purchasing it over a fifteen years ago. Still running strong though it really deserves a service at this point. And I really like the look of them. Never had an issue.

It's a nice looking watch . Since it has seiko movements , why not buy seiko? What is the resell value on the Invicta versus a sieko? Just trying to understand the mindset.

@coop8267

3 ай бұрын

The NH movements are made in Malaysia for selling to other companies or straight to the customer. The equivalent movements in Seiko watches are the 4R movements made in Japan. A Seiko dive watch would be $250 for the lower priced version. Even the ones with old 7S36 movement still sell for over $200 used. They are good watches though, I love my old SNZF17.

@pnwrider8346

Ай бұрын

also to pile on coop's comments, most aren't buying sub $100 watches as investments or keepsakes, they're mostly disposable, but if cared for will last a decent time. I'm a newb to horology, and I'm ok to dr. Frankenstein my Invicta watches, I wouldn't do the same with one of my more expensive watches.

I have a Bronze Pro-Diver with the Seiko movement, fortunately it doesn't have the " Mercedes" hands, I hate those, its 6 years old and runs great and keeps good time, II did a forced patina job on it, it's one of my favorite watches! Good video, thanks for sharing! It also doesn't have the "Invicta" branding on the case side!

My watch collection has averaged 30+ for a number of years. I've owned many watch types and brands, but at any given time, a good third of them have been some form of Invicta Pro Diver, or its larger sibling, the Grand Diver. A few were quartz, but most have been NH35 powered, and ranged in size from 38mm to 47mm. They've run the style gamut from a straightforward goldtone bezel with blue sunray dial, to pepsi bezel with meteorite dial, fancifully-colored IP cases and bezels, major league sports team logos, movie and comic book characters/themes, as well as Rolex, Seiko, and Citizen homages. None have given me any major issues, some for 12+ years. Most of them cost less than $100 (many as little as $60), and the most I've ever spent was $150 for the meteorite dial version. I've sold a number after I was done with them, some at a substantial premium over what I paid; therefore, while I've almost broken even monetarily, I've also come out way ahead in terms of the satisfaction these watches have given me.

Invicta need to do a 38mm ProDiver,and 45 lug to lug max

Luv my Invicta’s!!! 👍😊💥

42 is a silly size. No connection with history (looks like an artifact of the early 2000s)--a tryhard 'fashion' watch styled like a sub. But the 38 & 40 are bargains. Run forever, look and work great even in water. But that 42 looks as timeless as Flashdance leggings.

Does anyone actually use the bezel? 😊

Svelte! Now that's a "word of the day calendar" drop if I ever heard one! Let me send you one of my mod watches man, you will be surprised! 28.5 mm dial by the way.

Ya gotta get the Invicta 9937OB with the SW200. Goes for about $200ish

@davidmccall4776

4 ай бұрын

I have 9937OB Invicta Pro Diver, and love it. It certainly doesn't deserve all the negative press generally associated with Invicta watches, that's for sure! Great watch!

can you show us your watches before you pad them

Also, how often have you gotten the older one serviced in 20 years?

@cheapwatchman_official

6 ай бұрын

I haven’t. That’s probably why it’s trashed out

I like my Pro Diver, but I don't love it because it says "Invicta" on the side of the case. Wish they would quit doing that.

Get the 1953.

I find most Invicta to be gaudy hockey pucks with the exception of the Pro Diver which is just a Rolex rip off

Steinhart and the Squale 1545 if you want a Swiss made submariner homage. The Tisell marine diver is probably the best bang for buck sub homage. If you don't mind Chinese made watches then go with the San Martin or the Chronos. They are the best Chinese versions of the sub that I've had my hand on. All of those watches I mentioned have 4hz movements or the option. The Invicta uses a good movement but their proprietary lume (Tritnite) is trash and their bracelets are even worse.

@BigBoaby-sg1yo

5 ай бұрын

My genuine Rolex sub mariner is not my best watch - loses 7-9 mins a month . My best dive watches are my Luminox or my Cassio , the Luminox has done well over 600 dives and looking well worn with the luminescent markers fading , but a great watch.

Im not INTO invictas but That old invicta has só caracter. Love The scratches. Do a vídeo of sending and cost of maintenance off a local watchmaker maybe

Can we see your mod video? I love the idea of making a steel dive my own.

@cheapwatchman_official

6 ай бұрын

There was entirely too much profanity during the mod to be appropriate for a video…

The black bezel 1953 a Rolex 6204 homage is in my opinion the only Invicta worth buying. It's actually a really nice watch.

@RabbitWatchShop

6 ай бұрын

It’s the best Invicta. But the other 40mm automatic sub homages are good too.

The 42mm in your video is not the same one referenced by your Amazon link. I have the 30092 (blue version) and the size, indices, and movement (Miyota) are all different from the 42mm you are reviewing.

@cheapwatchman_official

6 ай бұрын

Yeah. Someone else said the same thing. Trying to find a link to the one I have but I can’t seem to find it in stock

@oldmanwood5011

6 ай бұрын

@@cheapwatchman_official After some digging, I think the reference number is 29178. Amazon has that one listed as "currently unavailable". However, the blue version, 29179, is currently available for about $93. So tempted....

I think if you try the 1953 Pro Diver, you will like it much better. Unless you need a date window.

Which one is the right one? They're less than $100. I have several. 😅😅

Would you please show us how you un-polish your watches? I don't dare try it until I see how it's done.

@cheapwatchman_official

6 ай бұрын

I actually made a video about it. Think it was called make a 100 watch look like a 1000 watch. Something similar. Look back in my old videos and you should find it

I'm going to say this every video. Who needs to an homage, just get an Aragon DiveMaster. Original design, great specs and awesome price. Prove me wrong.

Nice video but you made a big mistake. The 42mm model that you put on the cover page and also during the video on 2:00 minutes is a different model than the 42mm you have on your video. You put the pictures of the model 30091 and you have the model 29178. They are similar but the 30091 has different indices on the dial. Unfortunately your cover picture just made your video become a click bait cause it’s showing a different model than the one you show on your video.

@cheapwatchman_official

6 ай бұрын

lol. Yeah. That was my intention the whole time was to click bait people into watching my video. I made a mistake. Thanks for the view and the comment though.

I think you just picked a bad pagani model. I have a speedmaster and a Daytona and both are excellent for the money, but no dive bezel.

Why compare cheap junk to cheap junk?

Not considering price how does a quartz battery watch that gains 5.5 seconds a month year after year stack up to other watches, again not considering price?

It’s a $2 watch, utter garbage

@cheapwatchman_official thanks for another fun review. I like the idea of mods .... may have to take a look at that! 🙃