Invicta Watches?
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ApexJimi said:
Anyone?!
A forum full of watch-geeks and no response?!
Well a brief search on the history of the company brings up this little bit of info....A forum full of watch-geeks and no response?!
the interweb said:
Invicta Watch Group is a Swiss watch making company founded in 1837 by Raphael Picard in La Chaux-de-fonds, Switzerland. The Picard family owned and operated the company until 1991, when the company was purchased by a United States-based investment company. The corporate headquarters were relocated to Hollywood, Florida, where the company also operates it's service call center and repair facilities. Eyal Lalo, a third-generation watchmaker from a Swiss family, is the CEO of the company and frequently appears on televised ShopNBC programs.
The new management took over manufacturing and continued to market watches under the Invicta banner. Apart from the Invicta brand, the Invicta Watch Group is also responsible for the S. Coifman, Potger-Pietri, Activa, Brizo, Cacciato & Joss, Pastorelli and Technica lines.
Upon moving primary operations from Switzerland, Invicta has continued to design watches, but have outsourced manufacturing to third parties in Switzerland and the Far East. Recently the company also began assembling from facilities at the company's Florida headquarters. Any timepieces manufactured in the United States are part of the "Made in the USA" collection. Swiss-made watches are labeled as such, while the Far East watches are labeled with the country of origin of their movement, as Invicta utilizes ETA (Swiss), Sellita (Swiss) and Citizen/Miyota (Japanese) movements in their product lines. Invicta is developing it's own proprietary movements upon the purchase of Technica Swiss Ebauche Microtenique.
Arguably, Invicta's most lauded releases were the Pro Diver and Lupah product lines. The watches in the Invicta Pro Diver series, modeled after the Rolex Submariner and Omega Seamaster, have become widely considered as some of the finest automatic divers for its price point. The Invicta Lupah is available in 196,560 variations and is one of the company's most unique designs
So whilst the name is a long standing swiss company, the watches themselves appear to be largly outsourced. Looking around the web I've seen thier range for (on average) around $200 to $300 so they are not to highly priced. They also make some quite nice looking "Leftie" watches.The new management took over manufacturing and continued to market watches under the Invicta banner. Apart from the Invicta brand, the Invicta Watch Group is also responsible for the S. Coifman, Potger-Pietri, Activa, Brizo, Cacciato & Joss, Pastorelli and Technica lines.
Upon moving primary operations from Switzerland, Invicta has continued to design watches, but have outsourced manufacturing to third parties in Switzerland and the Far East. Recently the company also began assembling from facilities at the company's Florida headquarters. Any timepieces manufactured in the United States are part of the "Made in the USA" collection. Swiss-made watches are labeled as such, while the Far East watches are labeled with the country of origin of their movement, as Invicta utilizes ETA (Swiss), Sellita (Swiss) and Citizen/Miyota (Japanese) movements in their product lines. Invicta is developing it's own proprietary movements upon the purchase of Technica Swiss Ebauche Microtenique.
Arguably, Invicta's most lauded releases were the Pro Diver and Lupah product lines. The watches in the Invicta Pro Diver series, modeled after the Rolex Submariner and Omega Seamaster, have become widely considered as some of the finest automatic divers for its price point. The Invicta Lupah is available in 196,560 variations and is one of the company's most unique designs
As for their quality... not sure, but if the one your after is around the prices above it might be worth a punt?
ps. The price exception seems to be the "Sapphire Ghost" limited edition at around $1300ish. but it really is quite nice looking.....
http://www.invictawatch.com/reviews/review5.html
Edited by Civpilot on Thursday 23 August 06:42
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