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#21 ·
Can't wait until the day I buy two Invicta watches and get a free Rolex.
 
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#22 ·
manser46 said:
Is this because there are no buyers for them, or do the rules discourage the sale of this brand, or is it just no one feels compelled to purchase them? ................................ I ask these questions, because as I am selling down my collection of watches to get to a tolerable quantity, there are several Invicta watches that I would like to offer up, but am
almost embarrassed to post them.
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There are definitely buyers out there if they are priced right. I'm pretty sure there are no rules or guidelines against selling them on the sales subforum here. I believe it may be verboten to mention other forums here, but if you search for other watch forums, you'll find at least one that has a lot of fans of Invicta and other similar brands. You could try listing them there as well.
 
#23 ·
To each their own, but I rather dislike simply 'bashing' brands from the viewpoint of snobbery. Invicta does have some original designs and even has some sort of heritage(!) I never actually owned one, but having said that, I do distaste the markting approaches from Invicta and their overreliance on oversized and homage designs. Also, the fact that (as mentioned before) a service for an Invicta is often more expensive than buying a new one, I also have a problem with their non-environmental policy in this. Summary: nothing wrong with owning the brand if that is what you like ;) You should be just fine posting them for sale on the forums here and I'm sure there will be some who would be interested.
 
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About 15 years or so ago, when I first became interested in collecting watches, I had several Invictas. I later sold them all on the bay and had no trouble at all selling them. In fact, I sold most of them for nearly what I paid and a few for more than what I paid, and they sold pretty fast. When I used to perform folk music on the guitar and banjo in clubs and coffee houses in the Tamp Bay area, I always wore a big 50 or 52mm bright colored Invicta just for the stage presence. When I could physically no longer stand the late night and long music sets, I sold the Invictas. I still have two; one a large Russian Diver quartz that was a gift from the GF and for that reason I will never sell, and the other I bought recently (within the last year) a Pro Diver quartz, 34mm because I wanted a small blue (and it is a beautiful blue) inexpensive dive style watch and the Invicta was all that was available. I wear it quite often.
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#26 ·
I would agree with the above. eBay is an easy way to get them sold. That's were I bought mine. You can try on the sale forums here, but unless you are selling a serious bargain price, it might be more effort than it's worth. The sales forums here change so rapidly, that your listing would drop to page 3 very quickly and not get much notice.

Also, Invicta is a popular watch brand, just not as much around here. I feel Invicta falls in between Fashion Brands and Watch enthusiast brands. It's a gateway watch in my opinion. Right now it is my diver of choice. But only because I haven't found anything better in my price range. I even tried the SKX007, and I didn't enjoy wearing that watch as much as I did the Invicta. There I said it, The Invicta ProDiver is better than the SKX.
 
#27 ·
I got my start in watches with an Invicta 8926ob. Harvested the NH35 and upgraded my SKX013. That's just about all an Invicta is good to me for anymore - finding cheap used models with the NH and saving the movement from it's misery.
 
#29 ·
I am not familiar with their lineup but some years ago I was one of the groomsmen at a wedding and the groom gifted us all the same Invicta. It was the only exposure I had to the brand. I later re-gifted that watch as I am just not into divers and it was much too big for my wrist. From what I remember it was well made and the yellow box it came in was quality and very nicely put together.

Every company has it's customer base and I think most of what Invicta does falls between being fashion and diver style. There are watch guys out there that really like them. I would place them in the same category as Stuhrling.
 
#31 ·
I got a bad taste in my mouth when I bought my first automatic diver back in 2008. I purchased new and had it approx 6 months when it stopped working. I contacted Invicta and told them it wasn't working and they told me to send it back, I pay shipping and enclose $35usd inorder for them to work on it. Forget it, I took it to my local watch repair person and was told that it would need approx $125.00 worth of work to get it running again. I only paid $85 for it so I decided to cut my losses and purchase a Wenger quartz watch.

I wore that Wenger until I decided to dip my toes back in the mechanical watch arena in 2015 when I purchased my Bernhardt. Wish I had joined WUS and done some research before the Invicta purchase. The Bernhardt has been a great watch. I had my Bernhardt approx 1-1/2 years when it stopped autowinding, I contacted Fred Amos and he responded quickly and told me to return it and within a week and a half I got my watch back working perfectly and didn't have to pay shipping or enclose any $$$ as they stood behind their warranty, unlike Invicta.
 
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#32 ·
Invicta watches are built to a very low price point for a mechanical watch. Thus, they are not very robust and have reputation for breaking. As a result, most people do not think they are worth purchasing second hand.
 
#33 ·
I say wear and collect the watches you like. Not everyone can afford a 15K Overseas. I can't. If you like them get what makes you happy, others can buy what they like! A good friend of mine who is a Disney Fine Artist (which in the art world means you're a rockstar) pretty much only wears Invicta. He can probably afford any watch he wants, but he has a drawer full of Invicta.

I know people that hate Rolex. I know people that love Rolex.

Post your watches up for sale and I think you'll probably sell them.
 
#34 ·
Solarisminor said:
I say wear and collect the watches you like. Not everyone can afford a 15K Overseas. I can't. If you like them get what makes you happy, others can buy what they like! A good friend of mine who is a Disney Fine Artist (which in the art world means you're a rockstar) pretty much only wears Invicta. He can probably afford any watch he wants, but he has a drawer full of Invicta.

I know people that hate Rolex. I know people that love Rolex.

Post your watches up for sale and I think you'll probably sell them.
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This.
 
#36 ·
I must admit that invicta was one of the companys that opened the door for me when i started collecting. Then once i got very deep into the WiS world I completely steer away from the brand in all & parted with every one i owned except for one. It doesn’t ever see the wrist & prob won’t, its still with me due to sentimental values. I feel the deeper you get into the WiS world the more technical & specific your taste gets, amongst your knowledge becoming alot more profound leading you into horological marvel’s.


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