I recently got a $400 mens Invicta diving watch as a gift about five months ago.
First time I went diving with it I went down to ~75 feet. But, the bezel got chipped in two (2) places somehow. Watch was still functional, though. So I sent it in for repairs under warranty. A month later, I got it back.
Two weeks ago, the clasp broke. This caused the watch to come loose, fall to the floor. The bezel, ratcheted dial below the bezel, and part of the crown immediately snapped off. I have not yet got around to sending it back in for its second warranty repair.
WTF? Invicta can make an automatic watch that can survive pressure to 660ft and lower (humans tend to die horrible deaths below ~400ft without special training, I am told, so I won't be testing out their 660ft guarantee) but it can't survive the rigors of every day use? WTF?
With some help from me, my girlfriend got me a solar atomic watch for my birthday, the best watch in the world. Never needs its battery replaced, never needs to be set (as long as I'm in the US every few months or so to be within range of Fort Collins). I originally wanted to get something from Casio's more ritzy Oceanus line, but decided that ultimately a watch that was based off of microprocessors shouldn't fancy itself around with analog motors. Your tastes may differ.
Also, that Romain Jerome is totally inaccurate. There's no way to set your latitude or day of the year, so the transition will almost always be at the wrong time. You'll be totally lost if you tried to rely on that watch to tell you if it was daytime or not.
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I like that both watches come pre-rusted. No need for that stainless steel crap.
- derumi (del-me)
"Bobby Fischer? Man, that guy is crazy!" - Mike Tyson
Why don't you check out a pawn shop. Looks like you could get some real deals.
It is easy to buy small plaster models of what you think life is like.
