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Help To Identify Dad's Watch!
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ulackfocus
·Well look at that.... a pre-ShopNBC Invicta! There's nothing really to identify except that the company that made that watch went out of business and the name is now owned by some infomercial hucksters.
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··Ash @ ΩFMmm they looked ok in those days
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·Well look at that.... a pre-ShopNBC Invicta! There's nothing really to identify except that the company that made that watch went out of business and the name is now owned by some infomercial hucksters.
I've seen you mention this NBC malarky before. Not aware of this in the UK what's it all about?
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·I've seen you mention this NBC malarky before. Not aware of this in the UK what's it all about?
NBC is the National Broadcasting Corporation - a major TV power. They have their own shopping channel, lke QVC (Quality, Value, Convenience) or HSN (Home Shopping Network) where they sell products with has-been actors on hour and half hour long informercials. They use schlocky tactics like "an original list price of $1000, but for a limited time only $79.95!!!". Invicta is now a brand that a self respecting & knowledgable collector wouldn't be caught dead wearing because of the sleazy air about them.
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·NBC is the National Broadcasting Corporation - a major TV power. They have their own shopping channel, lke QVC (Quality, Value, Convenience) or HSN (Home Shopping Network) where they sell products with has-been actors on hour and half hour long informercials. They use schlocky tactics like "an original list price of $1000, but for a limited time only $79.95!!!". Invicta is now a brand that a self respecting & knowledgable collector wouldn't be caught dead wearing because of the sleazy air about them.
We have Quite Vehemently Crap over here, Nightly Bog Chain hasn't reached us yet.😁
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··ΩF InvestiGatorWe have Quite Vehemently Crap over here, Nightly Bog Chain hasn't reached us yet.😁
But they do have ShopNBC.com all over the world. At least you can have a look and judge for yourself. The only thing about the company that bothers me is that they try to entice people to buy multiple units of watches that they neither want nor can afford by falsely implying rarity on some items. But Invicta certainly isn't alone in that type of marketing.
Then again, no one has ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of the Amercan public. Just ask...well, NBC.
Sad but true,
gatorcpa
