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- Quality Japanese Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
- Mineral crystal
- Case diameter: 42 mm
- Stainless-steel case; Yellow dial; Day-and-date functions
- Water-resistant to 660 feet (200 M)
Amazon.com Product Description
The Automatic Diver Watch from Invicta’s Pro Diver Collection features a distinctive yellow dial for a bold look and easy daytime reading, plus luminous hands (including the seconds hand) and luminous hour markers for convenient nighttime use. The unidirectional black bezel is made of stainless steel and offers dashes, Arabic numerals, and a luminous dot for easy, versatile timing. The day and the date display at three o’clock and are smoothly integrated into the watch’s design. The circular stainless steel case measures 42 millimeters across with a see-through skeleton case back for viewing the internal mechanisms. The stylish stainless steel band has a secure fold-over clasp, and the dial window is… More >>
Invicta Men’s 3035 Pro Diver Collection Automatic Diver’s Watch
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I purchased this watch recently, under Amazon’s “Gold Box” Deals. The watch had been reduced from $475 to $79.99, an excellent deal. This grabbed my attention. I own several Invicta’s, all of which are of very high quality. I got a steal on this…the watch could easily sell for it MSRP, $475. I would have paid a lot more for this.
As I said, I own several Invicta’s. All of them are Quartz, and this was my first venture into an Automatic. I felt most comfortable knowing that the watch used a Citizen Miyota 21 Jewel Movement. This is Japanese Movement, but it closely rivals it’s affordable Swiss counterparts, such as the Valjoux 7750 (Albeit a chronograph movement). The movement has proven itself to be fairly accurate. It is important to remember that there are hundreds of factors that affect the accuracy of mechanical movements. The way you wear it, how much it is wound, all of those factors affect this grade of a movement. So for this particular movement, I am very pleased. It runs well. The power reserve on the watch is about 25 hours by my knowledge, but this could very well be inaccurate. I have not had the watch long enough to tell. The watch can be hand wound by unscrewing the crown and turning it clockwise.
This watch incorporates a clear case back (looks like two half circles with their flat sides pressed together, leaving a little metal in between. You can clearly see the engravings on the spinner/weight. Invicta, and some other information, is engraved on the case back. It is a screw-down case back.
The crystal on the watch is flat. It is a mineral crystal (not to b confused with sapphire). This makes it relatively scratch resistant. It’s not nearly as good as Sapphire, but it does it job. It tends to break less than sapphire though. A plus to many.
The face of the watch was the selling point of mine. It is very bright, visible, and clear. And, with my VERY limited style sense, I must say that it looks good! I may be speaking for myself, but the yellow face ‘pops’, per say. It just looks sorta neat. The number bars glow, as well as the hands. They are very visible in the dark, after being exposed to light, of course.
The face has a day-date window. This was perhaps the most interesting part of the watch for me. The day display can be configured to either display the English or French abbreviation of the day. For instance, MON could also be displayed as LUN (Lundi is French for Monday) When the date changes, you see the French abbreviation briefly before is changes to the next English day (when the watch is set to display English days). This was cool for me. Some may not like this though. I thought it was cool! The date is a 1-31 display, and it is not perpetual, meaning that you will have to set it forward on months with only 28 or 30 days.
The bezel is a unidirectional rotating type. Compared to other rotating bezels, this one sticks a little. This may be confined to my watch only. It is still easy, but my other Pro Diver spins like a dream. This is not a problem for me though.
This would be a very good functional dive watch. The mineral crystal would be good, as bumping it up against coral or something might scratch the watch, but it would not break underwater (letting water in…not good!) The screw down crown also helps keep water out. The face is very visible, underwater as well I would imagine.
I am very pleased with this purchase. Amazon held up their end of the deal, and got it to me quickly. I love everything about it.! This is being added to a collection of about 20 watches. Certainly the boldest of them all! Next for me? A Seiko range Monster. You might want to take a look at that as well. A dive watch like this one, but a step up in price. I own a few Seiko’s, and can say nothing bad about them.
I must say- regular maintenance, namely changing gaskets that keep water out of the watch, is VERY important. It is too often overlooked. Every 5 years (3 if you wear it in water a lot, especially salt water) bring it in to an Invicta retailer and get it checked out. Its fast and cheap. It’s not worth it to lose a watch to a $.25 gasket…
Overall? A great watch. Snatch them up at this price while you can. Anyone would like this. A real Man-watch. Good gift. I’d take one!
Rating: 5 / 5
I was looking for a sports watch that was waterproof for an upcoming family trip. We will be at the beach and pool a lot and I didn’t have any watches that could hold up to such conditions.
I must admit that this was not my first choice in a water resistant watch. I really was looking for something with a band as opposed to a bracelet; that is usually my overall preference. However, when I saw the special that Amazon was offering previously, I had to look into this further.
Of all the other watches that I looked at none were automatic. Certainly an $80 automatic watch is not something you come across every day so I really wondered about the quality. Still, at that price it had to be considered along with all the Casios and Nixons I was looking at. The clincher was when I showed my wife my choices that she loved this one while she thought the others looked “nice”. I was not very familiar with Invicta watches, but after doing some research it seems they are a reputable brand that produces some quality watches. For $80 I decided I would go for it.
When I received the watch I was very happy with the purchase. The watch is big, but not that big so as to be cumbersome. It’s solid, and after having my jeweler remove a couple of links it fits perfectly and is comfortable.
I was wondering if I would like the yellow face, but it is not too loud and I would say it is an attractive watch. So far I haven’t received any unsolicited comments on it, but that’s more my style – to be a bit low key. I wouldn’t want a watch that is too flashy.
I have always been fascinated by automatic watches. While I know that technologically battery operated quartz watches are going to be much more accurate, there is something about a mechanical watch that really draws me in. I’m not a watch aficionado and don’t own any fancy watches but I do have an 1888 Waltham gold pocket watch and a 60s era Tissot. The pocket watch works beautifully although it of course needs to be wound once per day. That’s not the kind of watch you own because of accuracy or convenience. It’s a real collector’s piece and has sentimental value as it was my father’s. It’s also not the kind of watch that you would take to the beach. The Tissot is a beautiful, simple watch that keeps excellent time – when it works. It keeps great time but is too delicate for everyday wear.
The Invicta fits the bill for me in every regard, except that it doesn’t seem to be all that accurate. In the first week I owned it it gained about 17 seconds per day, which is pretty significant. Still, for $80 you can’t expect an automatic watch to be all that accurate. It is certainly accurate enough to be worn on a daily basis. I could probably bring it to my jewelery and have the time adjusted but I really don’t see a reason to spend more money on this watch at this time. Perhaps in a couple of years when I get it serviced I’ll have the watch maker adjust the time.
The bottom line is that this is a great watch for the price. Even at the current price Amazon is offering it, I think it presents a tremendous value. I don’t think you can find a well made, water resistant, automatic watch of this quality for this price anywhere else.
Additional comments after about a year of use:
If I were to write the review of this watch today I would probably bring it down a half star, maybe a full star. The timekeeping on this watch has been erratic. After about a month of gaining 15 seconds per day, it settled down and became fairly accurate, losing about 5 seconds a day, which is acceptable but I thought it was a bit odd.
I took the watch on vacation, swam in the pool, in the ocean, showered, and basically lived with the thing constantly on my wrist. It seemed to work fine.
Then about 6 months ago, it started acting very erratic. From time to time the watch would just stop. At one point it seemed like the mainspring completely unwound in one shot making a funny noise and it felt like holding a gyroscope for a second. Since the watch would just stop running from time to time, it became impractical to wear so I put it away for about 4 months. Recently, I started wearing it again and so far, so good. It’s keeping fairly accurate time and it has not stopped on me in the past 2 weeks.
One other thing, the back of the watch is exposed so you can see the inner workings. When I got the watch it had a metal guard over the back, I assume to protect the back crystal, but after a couple of months, the screws holding in place came loose and I could not find the right size screws for it. So I took it off completely and actually the watch is more comfortable without it. Still, I wasn’t very happy that the screws would come loose so easily.
Bottom line is that I still like the watch but it does have some quality control issues. For the original price of $80 it was a good deal but certainly not worth the $400 MSP. I see Amazon no longer carries this watch, which is probably why it was so cheap to begin with. Kind of makes this whole post a bit irrelevant, now doen’t it?
Rating: 4 / 5
I love this watch.This watch not only looks great it will get looks.A wonderful automatic watch at an unbeatable price, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Rating: 5 / 5
A quick review is that this is a beautiful watch! I am not a diver, but love the style. I checked other sellers and Amazon beat all, as usual! Even though not at the sale price now, it is still a steal! David
Rating: 5 / 5
Looks good, reasonably sized and feels heavy (if you like heavy watches). You will need to update the time and date if kept idle for more than 24 hours. In fact there is nothing great about this watch. The yellow dial essentially looks silly once the wow factor is gone. It doesn’t keep accurate time as well. As another reviewer mentioned days are displayed in English and French, but then if you adjust correctly only English will be shown.
It certainly is cheap for $79 but probably only worth that much given the movement and materials used.
Rating: 3 / 5