8930OB

WOW! This is an amazing watch for an amazing price. I didn't think I would think this highly of it, but it looks professional and didn't cost nearly as much as my other watches. I really wanted a gold watch to mix in with my wardrobe and this is perfect. The movement is beautiful. I hope it holds up over time.

I purchased this watch after seeing it online on Amazon and thought it looked very similar to the Rolex Submariner. For less that $100, I thought "Why not? If it's junk I can return it or keep it as a thrasher watch." Well, I was very surprised. The 8926 is a sharp looking watch! It's heavy, solidly built with thick solid bracelet and clean very Rolex-like dial. This version has the Japanese automatic movement from Seiko, movement NH25A (my watch is engraved 8926A on the back case). The auto-wind rotor is etched with SII and Seiko "dot" logo on the right side and NH25A on the left side along with "twenty one jewels" on the center. There are other miscellaneous engravings on the rotor. I own several automatic watches that I can wind manually by turning the crown. When I tried to wind this watch manually, it didn't do anything. I didn't feel it engage the mainspring... the crown just spun freely. A look through the manual didn't mention anything about the Seiko NH25A movement so I thought perhaps the watch was defective because the crown wouldn't engage the mainspring for manual winding. I decided to check the SII website, specifically the NH25A specification and discovered that this movement doesn't have manual winding capability. It's 100% automatic and must be wound by movement of the rotor. I wonder how many people returned this watch thinking it was defective! Anyway, I put the watch in a watch winder and let it go for 24 hours (timed auto rotation mode)and it's been running flawlessly since. I read how some owners were disappointed that their 8926 reserve time is less than 8 hours. I let mine wind down to see how long the reserve time is and it went a full 36 hours before it stopped. I put it back in the watch winder and let it fully wind up and it's been running non-stop for over a month as a daily wearer. I take the watch off at night and let it sit for 8 to 10 hours per day and it hasn't stopped once. I've pretty much stopped wearing my other watches (I have 45 of them). My 8926A has been running very accurately. In little over month and half, I've only reset the time twice my moving the minute hand back 2 minutes each time. Either I got very lucky with this movement's regulation or Seiko NH25A is an excellent movement! I like my Invicta 8926A so much and have been so impressed with Invicta quality, I went and bought more. I now have the following... 8926 Japan Automatic S/S (stainless steel) scalloped edge bezel 9307 Swiss Quarts S/S scalloped edge bezel 9310 Swiss Quartz S/S Gold scalloped edge bezel 9937 Swiss Automatic S/S coin-edge bezel (aka Rolex style) 9938 Swiss Automatic S/S Gold coin-edge bezel (aka Rolex style) All of them are running flawlessly. UPDATE: 9/23/13 My Invicta 8926 has been running non-stop and flawlessly since I bought it over a year ago. During that time, I let it wind down only three times just to see what the reserve time is and it's right around 30 - 35 hours. When I'm not wearing the watch, it's in an auto-winder. I don't like getting my watches wet because I hate the wet clammy feeling under the watch on my wrist and I have to take the watch off anyway to dry it, so I generally won't soak the watch to begin with, especially if it has leather band. Having read the customers review that complained about the water resistance of their Invicta watches, I decided to soak mine... in the shower and in a cup of water overnight. No damage visible and watch keeps perfect time. Maybe I'm lucky? Now, that was before I opened the case back to regulate the watch. The gasket still looked good when I put the case back back on but as for its water tightness now, I don't know and I don't care because I'm not going to soak it diving down to 660 feet. The watch crystal, bezel, case and most of the links still look very shiny and in excellent condition except for the clasp which is completely scratched up from being dragged across desks. It's taken few very hard hits and hasn't suffered any shock damage. Overall, I was so pleased with my Invicta, I bought many more instead of dropping a lot of money on one Swiss-Made brand name watch... I researched a lot about the Swiss watch industry and now I refuse to fall for the marketing scam. I work with several people who are watch snobs and they pretty much laugh at the Invicta brand or any thing else that doesn't cost upwards of $5000 and up. Can someone tell me why Breitling, Tag Heuer, Tissot and Rolex cost so much, especially if its just stainless steel and not precious metal case?? Just a bit of rambling now. Over the past year, I've sort of lost my mind and became a watch fanatic... I now own about 300 watches and the last tally on purchases surpassed $10,000. I became fascinated with the whole watch industry and watchmaking/repairs and decided to study Horology as a hobby. For one, the whole Swiss Made quality thing is a marketing scam. I delved into the whole manufacturing/marketing thing and learned that really there is only a handful of movement manufacturers in Switzerland (Swatch Group being one of the largest {ETA movements}) that supply most of the movements to other manufacturers. Some of the EXPENSIVE name brand watches use "upgraded" movement parts that you'd find in lower priced watches. I can understand the "upgrading" of the parts but how do they justify the incredible cost? It's all in the name. I bet you'll be surprised to learn that a lot of Swiss watches are made with parts supplied by companies outside of Switzerland and "finished" in Switzerland. As long as it's 50% cost of assembly of the movement in Switzerland, it's considered Swiss Movement. It doesn't matter where the parts came from (China). Now, of course there are some Swiss watch manufacturers that make everything in-house and don't share anything, but it's only a handful. So, with this dose of skepticism, I bought many watches to test and evaluate, priced from about $15.00 to over $1000.00. I also bought a timing machine and various watchmaker tools and gained enough knowledge to be able to take apart and repair mechanical watches (as well as quartz watches.) Sapphire crystal is the rage on watches... so I decided to replace quite a few of them on my personally owned watches... and discovered that they aren't that expensive at all. In Los Angeles Jewelry District, I bought many genuine sapphire crystals from dealers that supply watch parts to repair shops for about $10.00 to $35.00 per piece depending on size and thickness, most of them being in the $10 - $15 mark. It takes me less than 5 minutes to swap out the mineral glass with the sapphire glass. I also buy watch batteries for about 50 cents per piece instead of $4.00 to $5.00 per piece you'd find at repair shops. Shows you what kind of profit they are making... Using my timing machine, I have regulated my mechanical watches to accuracy within +/-5 seconds or better per day. My Invicta 8926 with the NH25A Seiko movement has been regulated to within +/-2 seconds per day. It took me about 30 minutes of measuring and adjusting the balance to get this accurate and it was done measuring the timing with dial up, dial down, 12H up, 12H down, 3H up (crown up), 3H down, averaging positional error. The watch also has 0.1 mSec beat timing error or better depending on positioning, which is good. It means the tick and the tock of the watch is timed almost perfectly. I could have paid thousands of dollars for ONE watch bearing famous Swiss name to get this type of accuracy, but then, I would have learned that I was ripped off just for the bragging rights to say "I own a (insert expensive name watch here)." I even bought a tourbillon watch to test it for timing accuracy and... surprise... it's no more accurate than my other $100 - $500 watches. Now, I will admit that some of my mechanical watches were very very difficult to regulate because they just wouldn't hold adjustment. But it was more of an exception than the rule. Those watches I use to practice taking apart and reassembly... and I have broken a few of them. Quartz watches, in general, are very accurate. I've been timing them using timing signal from Fort Collins, Colorado for accuracy and from my no-name $15 quartz watch to my Philips Watch (Swiss Made)and my Movados (and all in-between from Chinese, Japanese and Swiss)have all been within 5 seconds per month or better with an exception of a few that have been off my almost 8 to 10 seconds per month. In other words, in a year, the worse timed quartz watch will be off by 2 minutes. I can live with that. Oh, and I'm still adding to my watch collection. Yes, I have lost my mind... :)

4/25/23: Update 3 Even though I said I was done updating this review, I felt I needed to do just one more… I’ve had this watch for around 2.5 years and it still runs like a champ. I don’t wear it that much anymore, so I give it a wind here and there to keep things moving; having zero problems starting back up. The watch has a decent amount of scratches in the case and the bezel insert lume has slightly deteriorated over time. In late 2021, I wanted to do something special. I swapped the dial, handset, crystal, and strap out for some high quality aftermarket ones. And sheesh, it looks and feels a thousand times better!! Only grievance I had was with trying to install the seconds hand which I accidentally broke… it’s kind of difficult to do Anyway this watch looks so much better than it had before and still functions like new. The automatic pro diver’s are an incredible platform to work on, especially if you wanted to get into watch modding. Very, very easy to work on. 10/4/20: (Main Review) Recently purchased this watch and had been anticipating its arrival. It is absolutely gorgeous and is everything I had been wanting in a watch. The two-tone bezel, exhibition case back, screw-down crown, 200 meters of WR, and low price; what’s not to love? Well with the first one that I ordered, the crown was quite difficult to pull in and out and to screw back in. I was not pleased with this and was very disappointed with it. Thankfully, Amazon took my request for a replacement and I have to say that it is a much better improvement. In general, the threading in these watches aren’t the smoothest to begin with, but it shouldn’t feel like metal on metal (I’m pretty sure my first one was refurbished). I’ve heard somewhere that a quick fix regarding this issue would be to apply silicone grease to the threads. Another con about this watch was the lume. It’s not great since it doesn’t last long and isn’t even bright enough when fully charged for any real usage while submerged under water. Delivery was rather quick (early in fact), as it had been shipped and sold via Amazon. I definitely recommend this watch as a solid first automatic timepiece and/or diver. Before I finish, I want to discuss this watch’s movement: each new Pro Diver has Seiko’s NH35 automatic movement which is said to be highly accurate. Some people complain about its accuracy but I don’t know what to expect and will find out for myself. Thank you for reading and I hope you find this review helpful! UPDATE #1: 11/19/20: Having owned this watch for a little over a month now, I have to say I am EXTREMELY pleased with it. I have received quite a few compliments while wearing this watch and it just feels awesome to wear. Some people give the Pro Diver lineup a bad wrap for being a Submariner homage and for its supposed lack of water resistance. Well hear this: most people won’t even care if you’re wearing a Submariner homage or the real thing. Yeah the Rolex is obviously impressive and better; but this is a way to have a Submariner without buying one for thousands of dollars. This watch just happens to be the best of the homages (in my opinion). Anyway, the water resistance is no worry for me. As long as you remember to screw the crown back in after setting the time/date, it’ll be fine. Mine has survived numerous times after being submerged in hot water. To conclude this update, I want to say to you that this watch is a must-have. Yeah it might not be the best watch out there but know that it has most of the same specs and similar build quality as dive watches worth $100 more than it. I love mine and so will you — if make the right decision and buy one! UPDATE #2: 2/16/21 Still a daily wearer! I have so many other watches in my collection but I need to say that this one gets most time on the wrist. I’ve acquired noticeable scratches on the polished parts of the case from normal wear and tear, but that’s to be expected. I’ve held off on talking about the movement’s accuracy so it could pass the break-in period. It keeps really good time. Mine’s running an average of between +/- 5 to 10 seconds a day. It varies for me regarding how much I wear it. I’m raising the stars up to 5/5 from 4/5 because I love the watch so so much. But wow do I really hate scalloped bezels! (Not the watch’s fault per se). Looks like this will be my last update for this watch. Cannot recommend it enough. Thanks for reading!

Ótima construção e acabamento, além de possuir uma ótima máquina automática.

Puedo recomendar ampliamente este reloj invicta, es un diver profesional, automático con maquinaría Seiko y con una excelente acabado. A continuación describiré los pros y contras que pude identificar después de unas semanas de uso: Pros: Tiene unos acabados excelentes, y hablo en general. Es más bonito en físico, ya que solo de esta manera puedes apreciar bien los colores. Tiene una excelente máquina Seiko que cuenta con parada de segundero y cuerda manual. Cuenta con ventana de exhibición para poder ver el corazón del reloj. El extensible es excelente. Tiene corona y tapa trasera roscables. Tiene ajuste rápido de fecha. Contras: Si no lo usas al menos cada dos días tendrás que acomodar la hora y fecha. El bisel es un poco duro, se puede utilizar sin problemas pero no se compara al de un Casio Marlin. El broche es un poco difícil de abrir ya que es de presión. En conclusión recomiendo totalmente este reloj, por el precio no encontrarás algo que se le compare, recomiendo comprarlo cuando el precio ronde los 2,300 pero creo que incluso por 2,800 vale la pena. Nota: si lo que buscas es solo un diver aunque no tenga bisel Pepsi, hay opciones de invicta más económicas con la misma calidad.

Over the years, Invicta has gained notoriety for its endless homages of classic timepieces by other watchmakers. The brand is viewed by some watch enthusiasts as unoriginal, tacky, and deceiving. However, still, Invicta is a good starting point for those looking into getting a genuine automatic watch. The Invicta Pro Diver (8926ob) is an excellent homage of the Rolex Submariner in my opinion, and here’s why: First, the quality of the timepiece. The stainless steel casing and bracelet are of outstanding quality. The bracelet feels solid, and the housing has some weight to it. At this price, you’d expect a kiosk-tier Rolex knockoff; This watch doesn’t feel like the manufacturers cut corners on its materials. The glass used is a proprietary mineral material, and so far, it has been great with zero scratches. The crown is great, despite what other reviewers have said. I haven’t had any issues with turning the crown and enjoy the satisfying feel of winding it. The watch uses a Seiko-calibre NH35A movement, which is insanely durable. The movement on its own sells for about half of this watch’s retail price and is widely available on secondary markets. This means that if you ever have an issue with the watch, you can source its movement online with no trouble. The hacking and hand-winding features are exceptional, and I found that it keeps time very well. After a day of wear, the watch fell behind only by 1 second. Wow. As for its design, of course, many love it, and others hate it. It looks much like a Rolex Submariner. I don’t care if it looks very much like a Rolex, nor do I care to listen to watch snobs when they stare at it with disgust. Rolex or Invicta, this style is beautiful. I love the Mercedes hand and find the bezel to be decent. There are no complaints in terms of design. Now, let’s talk about the lume on the dials and bezel. It’s almost non-existent. At night, it’s virtually impossible to see the lume even if you had the watch under the sun all day. It was very disappointing, but for this price, it is expected. Overall, it’s a beautiful watch comprised of well-sourced materials and the Seiko-calibre movement. The movement is the star of the show for this watch, giving it excellent value and functionality. The stainless steel and mineral glass are durable, but lume, non-existent. The bracelet is perfect and feels solid and feels comfortable for all-day use. For its price, it’s a no-brainer, a great deal. I strongly recommend this watch.

I purchased this watch about three weeks ago and absolutely love it. There is nothing not to like about this watch. The packaging is nice and acceptable and doesn't look bad or cheap. The watch itself is beautiful. I was really taken by its solid look and feel. This watch is hand wound which is a big plus compared to most other automatic watches out there double or sometimes triple the price. The watch measures 40 mm across the dial( without the crown) The crown is a push-down which ensure its water resistance. The bezel on this watch is unidirectional and a little hard to turn and needs some getting used to. So far the time loss on this watch has been 4 - 5 seconds per day which is phenomenal. This is what one would expect from Rolex Submariner. I highly recommend this watch.

I like the way it feels and it's beautiful in your wrist..just like my Rolex watches.