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Sad memories for me. I was too poor back then to get one.....

Steinhart ?????????????? never herda about that wrong spelling of the name? Sorry! I found em Have we finaly found the elusive source of SWISS REPLICAs?

Congratulations Pugwash your efforts are very impressive and what is more important is that you love watches and thats important in my book. JF also posted a lot but I am not sure if he truly loves watches and how they tick at all

I like it and what is better than a watch that is special

I am wearing my Limited Edition Granmaster

Reading this thread I feel that I need to get my post count up too BTW congratulations on your 2021 posts so far V

be patient wait and do not panic

I agree i would not buy an Invita myself.....but lets face it this is a replica forum who are we to tell Invicta what they should and should not do

or beleives (is under the impression) it has an ETA movement in it

Someone wants to make money some will use the word SWISS to get the price up unfortunately sometimes a seller does not know much about movements and how to tell one movement from the other...

It is perfectly OK and the Miyota 8215 movement in this invicta is a fine Japanese movement The Miyota 8215 and ETA 2824-2 are two Automatic Date movements that have been around for years. Both are fine watch movements that are dependable and accurate. Both are used by several watch makers world wide. The Miyota 8215 is used in such brands as Camel, Citizen, Dugena, Festina and Invicta. Miyota is owned by Citizen in Japan. The two movements, while similar, have differences that set them apart, both in functionality and application. Cost - The 21 Jewel Miyota 8215 costs about $37 and is used in watches priced from $100 and up. BPH - Beats per hour. 21,600 or 6 beats per second (3 Hz) for the Miyota 8215. Accuracy is generally better on movements with higher BPH. The TimeZone has an excellent article on the subject. Jewels – the Miyota has 21 Jewels. Jewels, typically synthetic rubis are used in watch movements, not to add to their value, but to reduce friction and wear on moving parts. Lower end watches may have only 7 to 15 jewels. The standard for quality watches is 17 jewels or more. There is an upper end to the number of jewels necessary, typically, anything over 25 jewels for these types of automatic movements are just for decoration. Power Reserve - Power reserve is the number of hours a movement will run when fully wound. Most mainsprings will power a watch for 30 hours or more. The Miyota has a 45 hour reserve. Winding Mechanism – winding rotor that winds the mainspring with the movement of the wrist. The Miyota employs a ball bearing unidirectional winding rotor. Second Hand Drive – The Miyota employs an indirect second hand drive . The second hand on the Miyota may appear to stop for a moment with various wrist movements, but this does not affect accuracy. Shock Resistance – The Miyota uses its own proprietary shock resistance on the balance (Parashock). Hacking – Not there. The second hand does not stop on the Miyota 8215 when setting the time. Date set – the Miyota have the quick set date function. Based on price, the Miyota 8215 by Citizen is a great value and would be a good choice in an everyday watch or weekend beater.

Spots should not be normal pictures please

Flott Da er vi alt fire (4) som kan komme nå på fredag den 3. november

Selling reps on ebay is not a good thing

This brings back memories of a long forgotten land so often mentioned by Neil

Because there is no silly smiling sun on the dial!

There is some truth in that regarding new ETA 2836 and 2824 movements but look at this chinese movement its not golden It is in some respects similar to a ETA 2892 in others not

I am pleased to see that another nordic god is joining to this forum we already have Thor here and a few others Best hilsninger fra Gunnar med Øksa

That california dial is so sweet Congratulations Happy Timekeeping From Gunnar and Grethe

I will ask Dani if he can arrange the GTG at the Chinese place on Friday November the 3rd That is this week Jeg har akkurat snakket med Daniel på telefonen og hvis 5 eller flere kan komme på en gitt dato blir det denne vi velger..vi sees

The seller just sold this one on EBAY could it be Neo? and and but its not Neo....Judging from his previous sales he is no horologist thats for sure

Keeping a watch running is the best if nothing else it will tell you what time it is. Seriously! Seeing these things in motion is what attracted some of us to watches in the first place. Watches that are not allowed or can not run are sad things indeed

The 903 is an exellent watch