Let me start by saying I really would like to know the price point for this item before offering my final thoughts in a review...  It may be a very reasonably priced product, in which case I'd have no problem at all giving this a solid 4 star rating, but not knowing the final price here I'm going with the more cautiously inspired 3 star rating.

Really, I don't think there's anything wrong with this Invicta watch, but at the same time I can't say it is really all that special and certainly it doesn't offer any advanced features that scream "must buy" at me, rather, instead, it seems to be a nice watch whose biggest claim to fame is that you can see through to the mechanism and watch time literally ticking away.

I should start here by noting that this particular watch is BIG.  Freakin' huge might be more appropriate.  NFL Lineman huge.  Compared to the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Timex-Men-s-T45181-Expedition-Analog-and-Digital-Combo-Watch/dp/B000FGDE70/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Timex Men's T45181 Expedition Analog and Digital Combo Watch</a>&nbsp;that I had asked my then fiance to buy me as a wedding gift, it eclipses my arm.  Heck, just the watch itself, never mind the watch band here, but just the watch, is huge.  I know I don't have big arms, or large wrists, but again this thing is just really, really big.  As a dive watch it could be placed over the wet suit for most average males, then again, since it has no numeral markings and no glow-in-the-dark features or other illumination to really speak of, unless you are diving in the tropics (where the water is much warmer and a wet suit isn't as necessary), you may decide you'd rather have another, more utilitarian watch instead.

Just for comparison sake, the other watches I have and use include this one:&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/MLB-Men-s-MLB-SW-WAS-Schedule-Series-Washington-Nationals-Watch/dp/B001B851NG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">MLB Men's MLB-SW-WAS Schedule Series Washington Nationals Watch</a>.  That watch was one that I used to consider somewhat large.  Again, it's nothing compared to this huge piece of timekeeping machinery.  Relatively speaking, that watch (the Gametime MLB Schedule watch) would probably be the medium sized watch in comparison to the aforementioned Timex Expedition Analog and Digital Combo watch mentioned above and this Invicta 1254 Sea Spider.  Throw into the mix a few heart rate monitoring watches that I also have, including this one:&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Omron-HR-210-Strap-Free-Heart-Rate-Monitor/dp/B005DKJIVE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Omron HR-210 Strap Free Heart Rate Monitor</a>&nbsp;which fall back towards the smaller range (about the size of the Timex).

There's nothing wrong with a big watch, but then again something just feels a little off to me to look down towards my wrist, where my watch should be, and see an object there that just so totally dominates the landscape that I can't help but notice it (and feel that others would too).

In terms of features, this Invicta Sea Spider is bare bones. It keeps time. Nothing more, nothing less. No day/date. No stop watch. No alarms. It just keeps time and it does that through old school wind-up machinery.  I suppose if the there were to be a big EMP (electro magnetic pulse) in the future I'll be well covered since I can pull this big beast out and use it to keep time with, but then again without a calendar function, I may completely lose track of the days and have to resort to using chalk marks on walls to count the days...

Not knowing the pricing information for this timepiece, I'm going with a middle of the road recommendation here.  If you are an NFL Lineman that likes to SCUBA dive a bit, most definitely buy it.  For most mere mortals, you might want to keep looking.  As evidenced by the very nice owners manual/user's guide that comes with this Sea Spider watch (which includes instructions for a wide variety of Invicta watches all in one manual that doesn't drill down to individual models as much as instead just covers all of the features that *might* be on an Invicta watch), Invicta offers a wide range of full featured timepieces, so you may find another of their offerings that really satisfies.