I was looking for a new watch for awhile now, and centered in on this Invicta Pro Diver mostly because of its looks. In looking for watches I came across the Rolex Submariner, and fell in love with it, yet did not have 4 to 5 thousand dollars to spend. Yet, looking around I came across this watch and it looks almost identical. The major difference is the bezel which looks more like an Omega Seamaster(another great watch). I immediatly loved the price of this watch, which by my calculations is about 50 times less than the Rolex Submariner, yes 50 times less! That fact alone makes this watch a steal, although probably the Rolex is tremendously overpriced. You of course are sacrificing quality at this price, but in no way whatsoever would I say the Rolex has 50 times more quality than this watch.

So I bought the Invicta for $86(although its $80 now, so I guess the price goes up and down on occasion), and it came about a week later. It comes in a beautiful yellow box, and looks like your getting a $1000 watch by the packaging. Taking it out the band was way too big for my wrist, but I managed to remove the links without too much trouble. Once I got it on my wrist it looked very nice. I was worried it might be too big, since I have a smaller wrist, but it was not too big. Its a tad on the heavy side, if you are used to standard quartz watches, but I became used to it quickly. I like the weight and feel of it, it truly is a 'mans' watch. It also is quite shiny, and but I don't think its too showy to be offputting. I think it goes nice with casual as well as dressy clothes, its an all-purpose watch.

I wanted to address some complaints I've read about the watch in various reviews:

Invicta Engraving: the biggest problem with its looks is the 'invicta' engraved on the left side of the case. Its definitely not needed and makes it look a little cheap. I wish Invicta would get rid of that styling if it ever updates this watch.

Date Magnifier: while not Rolex magnification, its fine and I think it looks nice and respectable, I have no problem with it

Shiny Middle Links: the band has the middle part of it shiny and the rest of it brushed metal. Its hard to tell it in the pictures, and I've found hard to tell in real life as well. Its not overbearing, and I don't mind it. It makes it look nicer if anything, the shiny middle making it look more expensive.

Bezel: It is very hard to move, at least at first. I've not tried to move it much so maybe it breaks in more. I think its a none issue though, since how many times does one actually move the bezel? I guess if you really were using it for diving it might give you a problem, but I guess most guys buying this watch have never and will never go actual diving in their life.

Movement: this is probably what the most complaints about the watch come from. It is an automatic movement, thus you don't need a battery and it is powered by your arm movement. Inherient in that is that it won't be the most accurate watch in the world, not even close to what your $8 wal-mart quartz watch will be. It also needs to be worn probably once a day(maybe you could get away with two days) or it will stop and you will have to manually wind it and reset the time. This could be a problem if you don't wear the watch much, and don't want to invest in an expensive watch winder. Yet, to me the automatic movement is not about accuracy, but its a throwback to another time. I like its eccentricities and how its more like a living thing then the quartz watch. It has a fairly smooth second hand which I love watching as opposed to the quartz slow tick. It also has a nice consistent sound that you can hear if you hold it up to your ear. I've not found it to be loud at all either, which I've read some people complain about. Overall I love the automatic movement, and can live with the slight innaccuracy in time. I've had it a week and its been about 3 minutes fast so far, but I've heard watches tend to break in once you wear them awhile and get more accurate. If it gets down to 1 minute fast a week, thats nothing. It takes 10 seconds to move it back a minute a week, and having the lovely automatic movement more than makes up for that ever so slight inconvenience.

Overall I love this watch and recommend it, although its not perfect, its the cheapest higher quality watch you can get that gives you that Rolex Submariner look, which is what I wanted. It also has the nice automatic movement which I love. Hey, for around $80, how can you go wrong.