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- Quality Japanese-automatic movement; functions without a battery; powers automatically with the movement of your arm
- Antireflective-sapphire crystal
- Case diameter: 47 mm
- Two-tone-stainless-steel case; blue-mother-of-pearl dial; date function
- Water-resistant to 984 feet (300 M)
Amazon.com Product Description
Get ready for undersea discovery with this classically styled, two-tone Invicta Grand Diver GT stainless steel men’s automatic watch, which features a confidence-boosting water resistance to 300 meters (1000 feet). The large silver watch case is made from surgical grade stainless steel, and it’s topped by a blue-plated unidirectional bezel with gold elapsed time markings and gold-tone scalloped detailing. The blue dial offers Tritnite luminous dotted markers and dagger hands (with seconds hand) as well as a magnified date window at 3 o’clock. The handsome stainless steel bracelet band features a center link in gold tone, Invicta’s diver helmet logo molded onto the solid end pieces, and a diver’s buck… More >>
Invicta Men’s 3049 Pro Diver Collection Grand Diver GT Automatic Watch
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Purchased the GD two tone blue bezel 5 weeks ago and have mixed feelings about the watch. My school colors (WVU) are blue and gold – and a watch this size was just what (I thought) the doctor ordered.
Case
The 47mm case is big and bold ss – well crafted with Invicta inscribed on the left side of the case and “Grand Diver” on the right with the crown separating the words. There is no decoration (cabochon?) on the gold plated crown as there is on the OGII chrono. The Invicta Blue watch dial covers a large swatch of real estate and looks real snazzy. Trinite lume is better than some – but still modest for a “diver”. Indices and hands are readable and in good proportion for such a large watch. Helmet Head on the dial and two helmets on the end links carry the Grand Diver Theme. The blue enamel bezel on a background of “copper gold” is scalloped – as is it’s little 8928a brother and moves (unidirectionally and) freely at 120 clicks around. Exhibition back of mineral glass shows an undecorated Miyota 8215 rotor – again very much as does the 8928a. The case lugs have modest curvature for such a large watch – and does not sit comfortably as it could on my wrist. Constant mini-adjustments have helped – but there is a too large a gap at the top of the case near the end links around the wrist bone. Others may not have this problem.
Crystal
Mineral Glass crystal is large and seems to have some anti-reflective material somewhere in the mix. Sapphire would have been nice for the asking price… oh well… Cyclops is small and has almost no useful magnification. On a watch face this large – the miniscule cyclops with at best a 1.5x magnification looks tiny and the date is hard to read unless you are dead on to the watchface. Without a doubt- my biggest disappointment. This was an easy one and with all that watchface area to play with – the Invicta designers blew it (IMHO).
Movement
The Citizen/Miyota workhorse has found yet another home with the Grand Diver. It is a good automatic timekeeper – some of mine running as little 4 to 5 seconds fast daily (unadjusted)… My only grumble is a huge markup for such a movement. $239 for this watch is a little steep if one is logical about this purchase.
Bracelet
Lovely and heavy pinned stainless steel link – with solid end links sporting the “Helmet Head” trademark. The gold plated center links looks real uptown when new – but as in almost every Invicta ss bracelet the center polished links are prone to scratching. My 15 month old 8928a has scratched on these gold links. The plating has held – but the scratches are visable. The heavyweight bracelet has a double foldover safety clasp, and again as in most Invicta’s – no wet suit deployment clasp – as is found on the Seiko MONSTERS in a similar (lesser) price range. All pinned bracelets should be throughly rinsed with gentle soapy water and dried after any use in salt water to prevent spring pin “rot”.
Overall
I’d like to give this monster 4 stars of 5 but it falls short because of price, no sapphire crystal and the use of a Miyota 8215 at this pricepoint. It’s lugs need more curve for my wrist (which comfortably sits the BIG Invicta SAII 3 hand I’m wearing) to smooth out too much spacing at the wristbone. I enjoy the watch – like the looks – love the bracelet but wish it were a more comfortable fit. I like the 8928a just a hair more for a substantially smaller price. This GD is an indicator of style – as the 8928 is now only a MEDIUM size diver – where about two years ago – it was considered a BIG watch.
The impression of the two tone is Blue and Gold – and BIG. It looks like someone did an enlargement to scale from the 42mm 8928a to the 3049 47mm case – but hurried the details. Fit and finish on my GD are excellent – Invicta Blue and Gold are colors hard to turn down.
Should you buy the watch?
Yes – if you like the two tone blue/gold and like to have it served to you 47mm large. The heavyweight bracelet looks great- but history says it will show wear early and often on those center links. The blue watch face – is… BLUE – and you can’t have enough Invicta blue (for my tastes)… At a $199 or less pricepoint it starts to become a much more attractive dive watch. Find out more about affordable watches sold on Amazon at WISTalk.com or InvictaTalk.com …
Rating: 3 / 5
I received this as my second Invicta and I really like it. The workmanship is stellar – much better than expected. I had concerns about buying another Invicta because of the negative reviews regarding workmanship issues that I read in various watch forums. No worries here. It’s is picture perfect!
It’s big! But if you have a large wrist it will look just right. My wrist is somewhere between 8.5 and 8.75 inches and it looks perfect. The band is very long. Even with my 8.5″ + wrist I will likely need to remove a link. I have taken it up using the micro adjustments in the clasp and it fits well but removing a like might be the best way to do it.
The blue is as rich and bright as the Arizona sky. It is incredible but the gold tone could be a bit darker or richer looking for my liking. It’s not bad and there is nothing wrong with it but I wish there was more to it. I’ve heard it scratches easily.
It’s new and still too early for me to be 100% certain that I have escaped the Invicta problems others have experienced. The movement feels responsive while setting the date and time. Nothing odd about it so far and I hope it stays that way. Regarding accuracy, I am not expecting a variance greater than +/- 15 seconds per day. I have a similar movement in another Invicta automatic so I have an idea of what to expect. A few seconds per day is not a major issue for me and I can only hope it doesn’t go beyond that.
It has heft. There is no mistaking the fact that you’ve just planted a large watch on your wrist the first time you put it on but it only takes a short while to get used to it. I went from a 40mm to this and the difference is huge.
One last note: The magnifier bubble that Invicta uses gets a lot of knocks. This one is actually better than my other one and I have no issues with it at all.
Rating: 5 / 5
This will be short and sweet. This was my first Invicta watch, and will NOT be my last. This watch was really as test to see how the quality of the brand was. So far, I am impressed. I have read reviews where people complained about scratches and whatnot, well, I had a Rolex Submariner, and guess what – it got scratches on the band too. If you wear it, it will scratch. But, this watch looks good, and so far keeps good time. Just know – it is a very big watch. But, that is not all bad, gets attention! Buy one, you won’t be sorry you did.
Rating: 5 / 5
Invicta
Model number: INVICTA-3049
Part Number: 3049
Dial window material type: anti-reflective-scratch-resistant-sapphire ** NOT A SAPPHIRE BUT A MINERAL CRYSTAL **
Clasp: fold-over-clasp-with-safety
Case material: two-tone-stainless-steel
Case diameter: 47 millimeters
Case Thickness: 11 millimeters
Band material: two-tone-stainless-steel
Band length: mens
Band width: 22 millimeters
Band Color: silver
Dial color: mother-of-pearl
Bezel material: two-tone-stainless-steel
Bezel Function: unidirectional
Calendar: Date
Movement: japanese-automatic
Water resistant depth: 1000 Feet
Warranty Type: Manufacturer
Simply Put…… Amazon was advertising this watch was manufactured with a Sapphire Crystal, as you can read from their above product information. I learned an important significant lesson….ALWAYS READ THE CUSTOMER REVIEWS BEFORE PURCHASING ANY PRODUCT. This is where Truth/Reality vs. Fabrication/Deception come to life. This watch was manufactured with a mineral crystal not a sapphire crystal as advertised. This could have been a typographical error or someone misconstrued between Mineral vs. Sapphire; in any case READ THE REVIEWS before making any purchase. As of my review 1-10-2010 the product information for this watch has not been changed to reflect the correct information. Received a complete refund for this timepiece from Amazon is less than a week.
Rating: 2 / 5
It is grand indeed. The quality of work put on this watch is very impressive and looks much more expensive than the actual price I paid for. It is so elegant-looking and comparable to Swiss-made watches that cost almost 50 times more.
Rating: 5 / 5