I believe Invicta uses Miyota mechanical movements. Miyota is owned by Citizen, not Seiko. I'm not a watch snob and think that these watches give good value for money.

One of my Dad's friend has one and loves it.
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Trouble I have with these is their lack of any originality, when you can buy a Seiko Monster, or even better a vintage Seiko 150M or GMT for the same money that has some history style of its own.

 

At a major department store a while ago I saw a guy wearing a two-tone Rolex Submariner, I had my SS Sub on at the time and I said "Oh is that the new ceramic submariner?"

He goes ah no, it isn't, its an Invicta not a Rolex. He then went on to explain how its a homage rather than a fake and what the difference is.

Nobody wearing a Seiko Monster ever had to give the "Its not a Rolex, but its not a fake, its a homage" talk.

 

True that, but Seiko has had Rolex Oyster knock-offs in their line-up for a very long time. My mom has worn one for over 20 years. So does Citizen and Alpha. I simply choose not to own them and not criticize other non-WIS types who don't wish to pay Swiss prices for a simple mechanical watch (which frankly, are quite ridiculous at the bottom of the product lines).

There are plenty of old-line Swiss and German watch company who spout off about their European heritage, then stick cheap Chinese mechanicals inside and charge 5 times what Seagull or Alpha charge for essentially the same watch.

If you dislike the Invicta company simply because of the ShopNBC connections, then I suppose that is your right. However, Invicta makes plenty of their own designs, too.

It is the watch you hate, or just the marketing?
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