Best first Automatic watch or a Beater watch? - Invicta Pro Diver  

I am an Invicta Pro Diver fanboy. I have found them as low as $40 recently on Amazon. I counted up and over the last few years I have purchased over a dozen (counting a few Invicta Pro Diver 1953’s). I give them away as presents to friends. One caution is make sure It’s assembled in MALAYSIA and not China. You can’t really tell where it’s going to come from when you order, but I have sent a couple back. Chinese versions seem to have a lot of little problems. My daily is four years old and going strong.

For the price they offer great value. It is great that they offer them and allow people to buy on a budget.

It makes every sense to get a Pro Diver. It has the calibre to be worn 24/7 as a 1-watch collection. Reliable brand, affordable price, tough movement and good built quality. What more one ask?

Hey, if the only cons are the bracelet, which I can change and that it's an homage of a Rolex, which I'll never own, then the watch sounds petty perfect to me.

I have 3 pro divers, 2 quartz and a mechanical, mine are smaller(38 mm) I like them a lot, great beater, lots of colours(I have a silver face, a black face and a blingy two toned) they are fun and robust and at the price...hard to beat. I have one for 4 years.

I really like the Invictas watches from the ProDiver automatic line. I have one that I bought in Miami with a Myota machine and it is twenty years old. It never stopped working. I like this channel. Success!

Great watches I have several automatic Pro Divers, I find for the price to quality ratio there is nothing to complain about with these watches. I like the INVICTA logo etched into the side of the case it's all part of the allure to the brand for me.

If you don't own an automatic watch and you want to buy one, this is where you start. After I bought my first Invicta Pro Diver I was hooked on automatic watches. This watch proves that you don't need to spend money to get an automatic watch. I literally threw out all of my quartz watches after I got this.

Not a huge fan of Invicta overall for their monstrosities, but the Pro Diver collection specifically, I love it. You can't beat the price/quality ratio. And it's so cheap that I bought four in different colors. Very happy with them.

I wish they kept that gold piece on the movement, but I don't really look at the back side very often. I got the 42mm pro diver a couple weeks ago, been wearing it every day and really like it, and it keeps great time. Not the jubilee bracelet that came with it, but ordered a nice leather strap at the same time (the thickness doesn't bother me, it is a little more obvious with a leather strap though). Regarding the engraved Invicta on the side, I forget it's even there -- I really never see it. (It got mine on Amazon and it came in a crappy cardboard box, not the nice Invicta case, but oh well.) One bonus of the 42mm over the 38mm is the white lumen, which is yellow/green on the 38mm (blah). Another edit - my fingers hurt for a full day after trying to remove a couple links to make the metal bracelet fit (and broke one of my watch tools), those links were super super hard to get out (tried to give the metal bracelet a chance, but leather looks nicer than the jubilee ... probably would have kept an oyster bracelet on it if it came with that).

Love my Invicta 8926ob. I like all the branding, it's not trying to pretend to be a submariner. Great watch, looks good. What's the problem? NH34a is used in watches up to $500. Mine gains 10 sec/day, not too bad.

Great video. "It depends on what you personally are looking for in a watch" you said. For me, I had no idea it was a Submariner homage at the time. I just loved the luxurious, yet masculine look of it. I was on a cruise at the time, and it jumped out at me amid the many other watches on sale that day. Yes, I overpaid and yet I care not. It was fun shopping and I seem to be less careful with my spending when cruising. I still have it, a model 30094 two tone, and it keeps perfect time and I have a cool story to tell when someone compliments me on it. Cheers!

This is a Great Watch. Would love a 40mm of the 29er Series. Love the Angel Wings!

Mine is +17s a day. I turn it back 1 minute every 3 or 4 days. I'm good with that.

I had a 40mm 8926ob a few years back although it took about 3 attempts to get a good one . I sold it on and forgot about them until a few weeks back when I took a chance on another. This time I went for a full gold plate version with the Omega style bezel. It's not something I wear often but as you said I ended up liking it more than I thought I would. The quality is actually pretty good and they've been making these for so long now it kind of has its own history. I'd take one of these over a pagani anyday.

Thanks for another excellent review! I do like this green and black bezel . And I could see this watch on my wrist after substituting the bracelet. All in all I prefer the other Invicta submariner homage that you reviewed a few videos ago. Fun fact, every time I see an Invicta watch I think about the most popular Italian Manufacturer of backpacks and school bags, which have been an ever present item from the 80s onwards on the backs of lots of Italian students. It is called exactly “Invicta”. Thanks for the video!

Nice video Eric and it’s nice to see a lot of love here for the Invicta watches as they do make good watches despite people’s criticism for them

Not a big fan of invicta but this is a great watch, good size 42mm, amazing value for an automatic. Only a few invicta watches i would wear but their quality is going up. Props to them

I like your “Johnny cash” shirt. Watch is good

Great watch. Joma has the best prices.

Everything is ok except for the second hand, and the name on the case.

After 5 years of hard abuse, my bezel stopped turning so I took it off to clean it and now I can't get it back on. So I left it off. Kinda like how it looks. Resembles the look of the Rolex, Marlon Brando wore in Apocalypse Now.

Great watches , but some of invictas watches are weird now . But the divers are cool , especially the Grand Diver .Autos for under 100 , you cant go wrong , good watches .

invicta has a great history....not my favorite but they are nice looking and they just work...

I really love the Pro Diver, but the recent one I purchased seems to have a lower power reserve. If I put it down for more than 8 or 10 hours, it slows down a lot.

I love atomic watches but like you I can’t make my mind up about the invicta I love divers so I may get one eventually Costco in the U.K. get them in just before Christmas maybe I will get one then I have plenty of watches to tide me over till then thanks for your Honest review

I rock my invicta, dont care about others.

I own two 8926OB.....The lume is crap....if they had better,it would be almost perfect

They are well made watches with a Bullet Proof Seiko movement But THEY HAVE NO RESALE VALUE unless You want to lose money! Believe me,I know very well!

I had one for years , the wife called it my Redneck Rolex 😊

dude gives water to dead grass

When you receive one with the logo and the Invicta lettering in the wrong position on face, you will realise its complete crap and i couldn't bare to look at mine. A few more dollars gets you a basic Seiko, ten times better watch than the Invicta