9094

I couldn't be more pleased with the Invicta Pro Diver model 9094. Mine shipped with no blemishes or imperfections. The watch came in the official yellow Invicta box with the yellow plastic Invicta name tag wrapped around the bracelet. The watch face, back, and band were covered in protective film. For the last 10 years I have been wearing an Invicta Pro Diver model 9937. I loved the 9937 but moisture got inside and fogged the crystal about a month ago. I tried a couple things like drying it with a hair dryer and even removing the back and reapplying silicone grease to the gasket, but no luck. I planned to buy another 9937. I wanted to stick with a stainless band automatic dive watch with a see-through back case. The 9937 is the same price it was 10 years ago and is a great value at less than $250 for a Swiss SW200-1 movement. The current 9937 is essentially the same as the one I bought in 2013, but with one change: The "SWISS MVMT" marking at the bottom of the face is no longer there. :( The 9937 still has the "SWISS MOVEMENT" marking engraved on the case back, but the marking removed from the face is a disappointment to me. It's a minor detail, but I know it would bug me every time I looked at the watch. While I was deciding whether to buy a new 9937 anyway, my daughter got a Tissot Seastar 1000 36mm. The Tissot is a Swiss made dive watch with a similar style to the Invicta Pro Diver. It's hundreds of dollars more than the Invicta Pro Diver watches and is very high quality, though it has a quartz movement. Her Tissot has a blue face and bezel and is very attractive and I liked the look. I wasn't sure if I would tire of the blue face and bezel over time but decided to give the Invicta 9094 a try since it was only $72. Wow, I am impressed! In direct sunlight, the face has an iridescent deep blue shimmer that changes depending on the viewing angle. The bezel is a slightly lighter shade of blue in the sunlight. Out of direct sunlight, the color difference between the face and bezel is more noticeable, with the face being a dark blue and the bezel a light blue. Looks great either way, but if you want to show it off, it's amazing in direct sunlight. The blue is a bit "blingy" compared to the black watch I replaced but I love it so far. Appearance-wise, the 9094 is almost identical to my 9937. Same size, face, hands, and markings. The bracelets are both solid-link oyster-style with brushed outer finish and shiny center finish, but the 9937 has thicker links - 4mm vs. 3.5mm. I weighed both watches and the 9937 is 145 grams compared to 139 for the 9094. I assume most of that is due to the heftier band on the 9937. The 9094 feels just as substantial as the 9937 on my wrist. I was skeptical going from the Swiss SW200-1 movement to the Japanese Seiko NH35A movement. Out of the box, my 9937 was slow by about 12 sec/day. It stayed like that for a few months. I unscrewed the back and adjusted it and got it to about 6 sec/day slow. In comparison, the 9094 has been running about 3.5 sec/day fast out of the box. I'm shocked it's that good. It took 17 days before it was 1 minute fast. At $72, this was more a temporary experiment (to see if I liked the blue face/bezel as opposed to black) than a permanent replacement for the 9937, but for now I'm in no rush to get anything else. The 9937 did have that "Flame Fusion" crystal which remained scratch-free for 10 years despite being somewhat of a beater watch. Time will tell if the mineral crystal on the 9094 will remain scratch-free as well. Bottom line, I don't know how Invicta can make such a quality automatic watch at this price.

I only just received my watch so this is a first impressions review. I'll update in intervals to give a better idea of performance, wearability, etc. The watch itself is built sturdy, and comes in a very nice yellow suede lined box. Very nice looking. I have shied away from Invictas in the past because they seem so large on the wrist. I'm ok with large watches, I own 26 watches now, but don't like oversized ones. The band is solid stainless and was easy to remove links to adjust. I only mention that because I have run across newer bands that use a different system of pins holding the links together. Did I mention how nice the watch looks? A lot of watch collectors have apparently had issues with Invicta's customer service. I can't speak to that as I said I received it only today and it appefars to be in good working order and I am so far very satisfied. I'll give it a month or so of wearing before I can comment on performance. I set it to the second by the NIST official time sire so it will be interesting to see any time variances in the coming months. So far I will say that I highly recommend it and look forward to adding it to my collection. Maybe this will open up the Invictas for me. I have my eye on the 8928OB Pro Diver. Update: A previous reviewer gave this watch two stars because of a perceived defect. The crown was 'Frozen' and he could not turn it to set the watch. As a result he sent it back. When I got my watch the crown was frozen too. I too was at first dismayed but as it turns out that's how it comes. The crown in a stowed position and just needs to be carefully popped out. I've only had my watch for a few days but I think I can now speak to its accuracy. It has an automatic movement so relies on a system of wound springs and gears to provide power to drive the movement. When I first got it I pretty much left it up to the natural motion of my hand to wind it. Result, after the first night's sleep it had lost nearly a full minute. Just on a whim I tried deliberately winding or shaking my wrist for a few seconds thruout the day. The next morning when I checked the NIST site the watch was now a whole minute ahead. So how much you move or wind your watch has a definite effect on its accuracy. An automatic like this one will never compare to a Quartz movement for accuracy, but if you want a timepiece that with a bit of care and maintenance every couple of years will be passed on to the next generation and possibly beyond, this is the watch for you. For a watch that's like a piece of art with its hundreds of tiny mechanical pieces moving together you can either see a little inaccuracy as a flaw or a mark of its charm. Buy the way, it was pretty much an obvious thing but I only saw it after reading about the movement types. On a wind up or automatic watch the second hand moves in a sweeping or smooth motion ticking multiple times a second around the dial. A Quartz watch's second hand only ticks once a second hence the pronounced 'stuttering' movement.

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... :)

This review is for the Invicta Men's 8926 Pro Diver Automatic watch I recently purchased. The first watch I received had a defect and Amazon customer service was great, they replaced the watch immediately. The replacement was just as beautiful as the first one was that was defective. This watch appears to be of very high quality, not only does it look great, it feels great while wearing it. The adjustment to the watch band was very easy and now the watch fits perfectly and is comfortable to wear all day long. The watch gains about 6-8 minutes a day, which is not too bad, better than losing time each day, although I expected it to be more accurate than that. I have read many reviews from others who bought this same watch and some reported issues with accuracy, some even worse than my watch but those who had them adjusted all reported that the watch could be adjusted to keep better time, about +/- 3-4 seconds each day, which is very good for an inexpensive automatic watch. The only real complaint I have is that the stored energy from just the movement of my arm all day at my office job is insufficient to keep the watch running for more that about 12 hours after I take it off. I read some reviews where others reported the stored energy for their Invicta automatic watches was also inadequate. However, if I had a more active job, I think the energy in the watch would keep it running for longer, maybe 16-18 hours or so, and that is based on some experimenting I performed by moving the watch around for 2-3 minutes after I take the watch off at the end of the day. The only other automatic watch I have owned would store energy better as it would stay running for more than 40 hours, about double the energy this watch stores, without having to do anything other than wear the watch all day. Altogether, I am very happy with my Invicta watch and if it would just store a bit more energy, I would rate it outstanding. For the price you will pay for this watch, I don't think you could find one that looks as nice or works any better. Below are my further comments about 2 weeks after my first comments were provided: This is just an update about the accuracy of this watch. I mistakenly stated that this watch gains about 6-8 minutes a day. I meant to say that it gains about 6-8 seconds a day. I apologize for the mistake. I have done some reading since my first post and learned that these mechanical watches have a break-in period and after that, they usually will keep better time, although I have no idea how long the break-in period is. I also want to state that if I take the time to move the watch around and around for about a minute each day after I take it off, it will still be running the next day, at least to noon time. So, I guess my desk job does not provide enough movement to keep it fully wound up, so that explains why it will stop running in the early morning if I just take it off and put it on my nightstand each afternoon. I would definitely buy this same watch again based on the performance and looks and for the very reasonable price. I have raised my rating from three stars to four stars.

I bought this watch to be my work watch. My beater watch. Able to take the beating and scratches of everyday use. I baby my expensive watches so this one is my daily. To be honest, im impressed. It looks nice. Better than i expected for the money. I got it for less than $100 so the price was perfect. Being self wind is just a bonus. No battery to replace every 2 years. I took out one link and its still slightly loose for my wrist. Perfect. I hate leather bands that are constricting. I like a watch to move a bit. Looks great. Not too heavy. Self winding. Great watch. If you didnt know, you would think this is a watch 3-4 times the price.

For the price, this is amazing! To get it out of the way, there is ONE niggle: I woud rather have a bright white coat on the pointers, than the neon-green "lume" paint. "lume" in modern watches is nothing but a gimmick, as the original lume coats in the first half of the 20th century were radio-active! We don't have those anymore, so modern lume only glows, when a watch is "charged" in bright light, and it only lasts a minute or two, so is totally useless and dark at night. Otherwise, this Invicta is a lovely watch, both tough and dressy (which is almost impossible) and maybe my favourite ever, after I wore many designer watches, like Skagen, and many tough daily beaters, with so far nothing more accurate and reliable and tough than a Casio, believe it or not. Growing up with the first quartz watches, I never even looked at mechanical watches until now. The Seiko movement in these Invictas is within 15 seconds or so in a day, so it is easy to live with, as far as accuracy is concerned, so it is good enough not just for a retired guy, like myself! The dial is very easy and a joy to read with this black dial and white(ish) hand hand theme. The picture of the Pro Diver on my wrist was made in a dimly lit room and it only gets better in better light. This stainless steel and black bezel model is a beautiful watch, with the heft of about 150 grams or 5 ounces for both watch and the very solid and smooth steel band, but surprisingly comfortable to wear all day! Is it a Rolex? No. Is it as good? Yes, not just for the money, and I find it in far better taste than wasting big money on a Rolex, even if I had that much :) In trade for not ever needing a new battery again, I was expecting a so-so accurate watch, within maybe -20 to +40 seconds per day as specified for the NH35A movement by Seiko, that is inside. Depending on how it is worn and stored at night (mine needs to go face down to slow down a bit, after running ahead a wee bit all day), it actually stays well within 15 seconds/day, and I only adjust it twice a week now. This is totally remarkable for such a seriously affordable mechanical watch (paid WAY under 80 bucks for this one). Only my lesser quartz watches are this good (it only gets better with a real Casio!), so for a purely mechanical watch, it is simply outstanding! I checked this one with a timegrapher (free app for phone is available, or you can buy a physical one), and in the different positions (face up/down, 12 up, 6 up, 3 up, 9 up), it is either a few seconds per day fast or slow, always within 12 seconds per day, so with daily wear, where your hand changes position all the time, it averages out to just about perfect. Fit and finish are very good, and I would have no complaints if this were a 500 dollar watch, but for way under 100 bucks, this is a beautiful gift from the makers! The design is of course nothing new, and even the 1953 Rolex Submariner this is paying homage to, was a design evolution rather than a completely a new design, if you pay attention to really old movies. So those who hate this Invicta as a Submariner copy, can get lost :) All I know is, that to buy a new Rolex, I would have to order one on a waiting list and spend at bare minimum what 200 or more of these little Invicta marvels would cost, and even more with extras, like the date wheel that is included here! This one looks simply great and fits into any environment, whether you actually use it as a dive watch (many people do, just read reviews all over the web), or with a suit at a posh dinner party! A word about being waterproof: You HAVE to screw down the crown! If you see a gap between the crown and the case, the crown is open, and if the watch fills with water, it is YOUR fault! This will happen on any dive watch with a screw-down crown, if you do not pay attention, so those who wrote bad reviews somewhere about these watches leaking, did not pay attention. There is a whole video about that subject on Youtube as well. I am a retired and stroke disabled guy with heart problems, so I'd be nuts to dive in anything deeper than a bathtub, but I am confident this is every-day water-proof after taking a few showers with it :) OH yes, the bezel - it rotates anti-clockwise only. It is very stiff and hard to rotate, tough to use for old and partially paralyzed hands like mine, but it clicks nicely into place at 2 clicks per minute marker. The fact it is so hard to rotate also means it is good for the job at hand, because it stays where you set it! When you set it with "0" to where the minute hand is at this time, it is an optical aid to start counting minutes, which is important for divers with air tanks! This is from the days before calculators and digital watches, just like slide rules. You could try to remember when you started, but in physical stress situations and going through temperature and pressure extremes, which I have been in as a veteran, the mind can get very foggy, so a simple display of simple and important information is crucial for survival. Once set, push the bezel clockwise to seat it with at most a tiny slip into the last click-stop, and it lines up perfectly, being a real precision piece! Altogether, LOVE it!

October 2014, 19 month update. Quite honestly I haven’t a clue regarding the accuracy of this watch movement. The following paragraph are previous accuracy reports which consistently recorded negative losses in time. After several months off wrist in a drawer but with daily crown (stem) winding the accuracy continued to diminish up to a loss of 40 seconds a day which was unacceptable to my standards. After these several months off wrist I started wearing the watch again and much to my surprise the watch actually started gaining time for the first time. This was with winding the movement with gentle not vigorous side to side (off wrist) rocking movement about 5 to 10 minutes a day. With this style of winding, the accuracy has increased to within about 5 seconds a day, usually fast. Note when taken off wrist for sleep at night the watch typically loses about 5 seconds a night. But when wound as previously described it gains back that 5 seconds during the day and is closely dead accurate every 24 hours. Why and how this happened after a year and a half and after about 3 months off wrist with manual crown winding is quite the mystery to me. Right now it far exceeds the Seiko manufacturers specifications of accuracy for this NH35A movement. Currently I’m stunned that this watch is presently more accurate than my Seiko SKX007 and even my Rolex Submariner! It’s only a couple of seconds less accurate than my solar electronic watches which have quartz movements. July 2024 accuracy update. 16 months after purchase. Loses -27 to - 28 seconds per day. Seiko, the maker of the movement says its accuracy is +45 to -35 seconds per day. Other literature says this movement NH35A is accurate to -20 to +40 seconds a day. So mine is within factory specs. My personal preference is a watch that gains time rather than loses time. I think it is unrealistic to expect a more accurate automatic mechanical watch for the price of $80.00. As such I consider it to be an acceptable value. January 19, 2024 update: ten month progress report Originally purchased March 11, 2023, initial impressions: Great care was taken in packaging of the watch. There are extensive protective coatings and films to protect the new watch to insure its arrival in perfect condition. All moving parts of the watch appear to be tight as a drum with is no play, slack or slop in the adjustment stem (aka crown). The bezel and all moving parts including bracelet are tight and secure. There is a very specific heft to the watch indicating solid stainless steel as opposed to cheap pot metals. Every aspect indicates care given a quality product. Rather than other imitation Rolex Submariner knock offs, Invicta proudly inscribes their brand name on the side of the watch which is openly visible, indicating their pride of product. Note that despite the label “Professional Divers” the bracelet lacks a built in wetsuit extension adjustment. The overall quality is very impressive. (Note that despite the label “Professional Divers” the bracelet lacks a built in wetsuit extension adjustment.) The mechanical movement of this watch is the Seiko manufactured NH35A. Seiko states the accuracy of this movement is +45 to -35 seconds a day. 5 independent websites (Relojee, The Watch Blog, Lucius Alelier, Grayson, and Chronometer Check) report the accuracy of this movement to be +40 to -20 seconds per day. Trade literature indicates the industry standard is + or - 25 seconds a day as typical and acceptable for an automatic mechanical watch. The following is an accuracy report that I’ve actually experienced with this watch. I recommend supplemental winding if the wearer is either sedentary or spends a large portion of their time seated in front of a computer screen. I recommend winding by the physical movement of the watch rather than winding the crown (stem). After 10 months of experimentation, I have found the best way to supplementally wind the watch to attain the greatest accuracy, is the following method/technique: With your forearm resting on the arm of a chair and the watch in hand, gently roll the wrist/forearm in an arch slowly—at the rate of about a cycle a second for a few minutes. Using this method my watch had been accurate to between -3 and -6 seconds per day. Previously with vigorous agitation the accuracy was around -17 to -19 seconds a day. Really vigorous agitation slowed the movement to -30 to -40 seconds a day. Wind it slowly and gently to maintaining greatest accuracy. As a point of reference, an official Swiss COSC certification of chronometer is -4 to +6 seconds per day. Only 3% of watches made in Switzerland meet this standard. COSC only certifies Swiss watches. To put this in further perspective, look up the official Seiko website SEIKOWATCHES.COM and read the proud announcement of the new model PROSPEX SPB 297 the divers modern reinterpretation SAVE THE OCEAN SPECIAL EDITION, caliber (movement) 6R35 which has an accuracy of +25 to -15 seconds per day. This PROSPEX watch is priced at $1,250.00. THE BOTTOM LINE: all in all, given its overall quality and its acceptible accuracy, qualifies it as an exceptional value . (A possible comparison may be the Seiko 5 series which uses the same movement and are significantly more expensive-approximately twice the cost. Check the other evaluations for their accuracy reports. My watrch loses about one minute every 3 days, or about 2 minutes each week. You can decide if you can live with this accuracy. Note that solar watches do not require routine battery replacements and have the accuracy of typical quartz movements i.e. a couple of seconds per day. Citizen and Seiko solar dive watches typically cost in excess of $300.00.

The Invicta Men’s 5053 Pro Diver is a stylish automatic watch that feels more expensive than it is. The build quality is impressive for the price. solid stainless steel case and bracelet with a classic diver look. The automatic movement runs smoothly, and the exhibition case back lets you see the mechanics in action, which is a nice touch. It wears a bit large on the wrist, so if you prefer smaller, lighter watches it might feel bulky. Otherwise, it keeps good time and looks great with both casual and dressy outfits. Great value for an automatic dive‑style watch. stylish, reliable, and eye‑catching.