Invicta INVICTA-9937 Men's Pro Diver Collection Coin-Edge Swiss Automatic Watch

My first dive watch was Seiko's first dive watch, the 62 MAS introduced in 1965. I've collected watches ever since.The watch pictured next to my Ball Skindiver is the Seiko Prospex Reinterpretation of that original watch, their newer 1965 Automatic Diver's Watch SPB051J1. I wore that original Seiko dive watch for more than 20 years without service of any kind, through thousands of dives. Their new "reinterpretation" is much improved.I bought my first Invicta 9937 to replace that original Seiko many years ago, mostly because I liked the Submariner look, and it served me wonderfully well until a close friend talked me out of it. I bought a new one to replace it ... the 9937 is my favorite Invicta dive watch hands down.So much for the history, but I thought it might be relevant to those considering a purchase. This review will cover and compare the currently available Invicta 9937, and its less expensive cousin, the Invicta 8926. Both are pictured above side-by-side ... you will note that they are virtually identical. in appearance, but significantly different in cost. In my view, the 9937 is the better watch, worth the difference in cost, but "your mileage may vary." This review is posted under both watches.There are MANY good reviews of both watches on Amazon, but if you look at the dates, many are old, and address QC issues that have long been resolved.If you look closely at the picture of both watches side by side, you'll note that they are running within seconds of each other, which is remarkable since they were set several days ago according to the NIST time clock ... the 9937 is about 2 seconds fast, and the 8926 is about 2 seconds slow. That sort of accuracy is NOT to be expected of ANY mechanical watch. My most expensive, COSC Certified, mechanical watches gain, on average, about 3 seconds a day. I found this to be quite surprising.The luminescence on both watches is identically pitiful. They glow, sort of, but compared to my other (NON-Tritium) watches sitting in the exact same conditions (watch boxes), they might as well not have bothered ... removed to a totally dark room, my SEIKO (my best non-tritium) lume) watch is very clear to read, whereas these are invisible. If you need to tell time in the dark, these are a total bust, and one is no better than the other. I am a great fan of Tritium tubes that do NOT fade overnight ... they can be expected to glow exactly the same for 25 years. The watch manufacturers like Ball, Nite, Luminox, etc., that use Tritium tubes are the way to go if it is important to you to be able to read your watch in the dark.The bracelets on dive watches are very important. Lose a single pin, screw, ... whatever, to corrosion, or have the clasp fail, and your watch falls to the bottom of the sea. These bracelets are almost identical, except the clasp, I never had an issue with my 9937's, and I would not expect an issue with either of these. Both bracelets appear to be finished identically, and they feel exactly the same on the wrist, which is to say quite comfortable and, although the clasps are the same general design (with a security fold over) they are made differently, with the 9937 (top in pic) being the better design. NEITHER watch bracelet has a diver's extension to accommodate a wet suit which surprised me.The dials may look identical in the picture, but they are not. The 8926 is a gloss black, but the 9937 seems to have a SLIGHTLY more gray look. The markers and indices are identical.The 9937 has a Sellita Swiss movement. The 8926 has a Japanese movement which I believe to be made by Seiko. The difference is, you can manually wind the Sellita, but both are incredibly accurate and I have found both Seiko, and Sellita movements to be very reliable. The main difference is the crown assembly ... the 9937 is smooth and precise feeling but the 8926 lacks that precision feel.The 9937 no longer has a sapphire crystal (I think my others did). Instead, it is some sort of hardened mineral crystal they call "flame fusion." The 8926 has the basic mineral crystal, which should scratch more easily ... but I have never scratched one.The bezel assemblies are both tight and precise feeling with the same micro click system on both. The engineering is MUCH better than on some of my more expensive watches. The insert fits flush with the bezel, and mates to the crystal perfectly. They are not quite identical, in that the markings on the 8926 seem a bit more "crisp" to me.They claim that both watches are depth rated to 200M and both are listed as suitable for diving. Both have screw in case backs, and both have screw down crowns. The reality is, divers these days almost universally use dive computers, so it isn't like the old days when your dive watch was critical. For diving, I wear my Seiko ... but that may be just an old man's preference based on nostalgia.The bottom line, I think the 9937 is the better watch, and probably worth the price difference, but I found none of the issues with the 8926 that were reported in old reviews. The construction, fit and finish is excellent on both watches, they feel and look exactly the same on my wrist, and I simply cannot account for the accuracy, which is phenomenal.If you are not sure what you will need, or like, I'd suggest the 8926 ... wear it a while and decide if the design and function suits you. For less than $80, you cannot go far wrong and, if it turns out that you like the design of a divers sport watch, you can always upgrade to a better watch of similar design later.I hope this is helpful to someone.

The watch seems to be working fine. The only problem is the watch didn't come with instructions or warranty information. I was able to set the watch as I also own an automatic Grand Diver. I hope the watch has a warranty though just in case. Swiss movement automatic watch under $300 is outstanding. The watch looks like a Rolex Submariner. I can't see myself paying for a $10k Rolex. This watch is bargan for the quality.Update I did find the instructions on the Invicta website and put in the watch information. According to the website it should have a 3 year warranty.

Everything about this watch for the price especially is amazing. Let me first say I got this model to replace one of my first ever Invicta watches which is actually the exact same in appearance to this Pro Diver but this is an upgraded version with better movement, crystal, and possibly finishes and even some materials (bezel insert is ceramic, I don't think my old Pro Diver in all black is). My old Pro Diver is also all black, the same size/dimensions, except has Mineral crystal, and a Japanese Automatic movement, the Miyota 8215 (in my Invicta 8926A) which was later replaced in the same exact model with the NH35A movement. I don't think this model is technically the same model number (haven't checked but assumed) because of the completely different movement and crystal, especially because they still produce the one I have but with the NH35A movement instead of the 8215 (in my Invicta 8926A).This model though, has the Invicta Flame-fusion crystal which is their version of Sapphire crystal, which I honestly just ever so slightly prefer over actual Sapphire. I do own one other Pro Diver model with the same size/dimensions, except it's all gold (with a couple small rose gold accents) and also has the same movement and crystal that this does, being the Sellita SW-200 Swiss Auto, and Flame-Fusion crystal, as well as 200M Water Resistance.So far this watch has been running just about as accurately as this movement should, with mine averaging +15 seconds/day (online info claims +/- 14s/day average). This is the SW-200 base model movement, not the elaboré or Premium version, which are even better and more accurate. I did just recently get a Steinhart Ocean One Titanium 500 Premium, which runs either ETA 2892 or SW-300 elaboré models, which are a slight upgrade over the normal SW-300 base model movement, and goes up in accuracy to about +/-7 seconds per day average, mine being the ETA 2892 I believe, which is impressively running +2.1 seconds/day on average so far (3 days in) with readings at least every 24 hours, some after 12 hours from the previous. That is well beyond the acceptable range of accuracy, which is quite impressive.The only thing is I've yet to get a fully good amount of data to read for both but especially this Invicta Pro Diver with the SW-200, which hasn't even had 24 hours of accuracy readings yet. I made an initial plot point, then my first reading was ~13 hours in, with +7.8 seconds, which is averaged to about +15s / day, putting it just slightly over the average accuracy range, but well within acceptable levels.But at the time of purchase I got this Invicta for under $200, (about $188), which is truly unbeatable. Even my gold Pro Diver with SW-200 movement was around $400 or so, and that was years ago with inflation being slightly lower. I don't think you could get any better an automatic watch for this price, or any better Swiss Auto in the affordable range that will come close to this price and quality.Overall very impressed and happy, and this watch is a great size for anyone I'd say, I like most of my watches at about 42-44mm case diameter. This seems to me to be almost an homage to the classic Rolex Submariner models, just a great Diver design, very classic and well executed. I would say buy buy buy, you won't see this type of quality for this price for long I would think, they can't be making much money off this model right now. In fact, buy two or three, and give one away, and keep one (or better yet two!) for yourself! Don't hesitate. I know a lot of people will bash Invicta but they've always done me right, my old black Pro Diver with the Miyota 8215 (Invicta 8926A) is SO SO thrashed and still functions great. Plus I also own a Grand Diver (I believe it's called) which is just an offshoot of the Pro Diver with 300M Water Res and a bigger case, with an NH35A movement, and mine has a black MOP dial, and that is another fantastic watch. All my Invicta (minus one other Pro Diver with a silver dial, which started to malfunction in movement after my brother damaged it) are still functioning great, and have been that way since I got them out of box. You won't regret this one, promise!