I waited almost a year before reviewing this watch. My rationale was, if you review it straight out of the box, or shortly thereafter, you'll be missing out on a lot of interesting things. So, ten months after receiving the watch in the mail from Amazon, my thoughts....?

 Well, first of all, I'm not wearing the watch anymore. Back in my bachelor days, I collected high-end watches. I bought a lot of very expensive, collectible watches, and found out the hard way that A)- Hardly anyone will touch them if they need repairs....even a battery change can cost almost as much as the watch itself, and B)- Special watches have special straps, and if you break the strap, it can cost a lot of money to get a new one, and it can be a stone cold pain to find one that will FIT your watch. Knowing that I have enough Fossil watches with dead batteries sitting around already, my Wife bought me a Stuhrling watch that doesn't have a battery a few years ago, and it's been a Godsend, but.....it cost a ton of money, and came with a RUBBER STRAP, much like this one did. Rubber straps, on me, at least, crack and break apart within a year. Getting a new strap for the Stuhrling was not easy, and it was not cheap. I don't even want to know how difficult it would be to get a replacement strap for THIS watch, let alone how difficult and expensive it would be to replace the battery. (Which IS still working, ten months later.) The rubber strap started to crack and deteriorate after five months, and finally fell apart a few weeks ago. And it bummed me out, because I really do love this watch!

 First off, the watch is HUGE. I thought my Stuhrling was big, but the Invicta dwarfs it. I love the bright color scheme, and the hands and face glow in the dark, which I love. Hold the watch under a bright light for 10-20 seconds, and it'll glow brightly enough to read the time in pitch blackness all night long. The watch arrived in a big, luxurious box that needs to be seen to be believed. The instructions left a lot to be desired, and I found myself reading a lot of reviews here on Amazon in order to learn about all of the watch's special features. This is a Diver's Watch, and is water-resistant to an insane degree, so all of the buttons need to be unscrewed and then popped out in order to be manipulated, to maintain the case's integrity. I'm not a Diver, but the watch held up well underwater during the occasional trip the the local water park. As I said, the watch is big, and as such, it's very heavy. My three-year-old Son can attest to that, as he's bonked his head against my wrist quite a few times since I started wearing this watch. It's heavy, but not at all uncomfortable to wear. As for the battery, because of the pressurized case, it seems that the watch must be sent back to Invicta to have the battery changed, which just seems like a massive pain. I have the same issue with my Fossil watches....no one will touch them, and I honestly can't be bothered, time-wise AND money-wise, to mail out watches with dead batteries for what should be routine repairs. The watch itself, aside from the strap, is fairly durable. I did manage to get a small crack in the face after my Son bonked my wrist into our entertainment center, striking the watch face against a corner. It wasn't that hard of an impact, but it did manage to crack the face.

 All in all, it was a great watch, and I'm going to miss wearing it.......