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On 07/10/2008 at 5:55 PM, cubancurl said:

I know this forum is about replicas but there are so many watch experts on this forum and right now I need one.

 

Just received my Invicta limited edition pro diver ladies watch. Sooooo beautiful, it's the closest I've found to the Rolex Submariner with the blue dial.

 

Anyway, on the watch is states 'water risistant 200m' so I know I can at least shower with it or swim on the beach shore. When I pulled out the crown, it easily pulled out, I didn't have to unscrew it like most dive watches. I thought this was a defect and I was so disappointed especially after reading that invicta watches do have issues sometime. I looked through it's paperwork and found a phone number to call if I had problems with the watch. I called and spoke with a gentleman who said that even though most of the dive watches do have screwdown crowns, this watch model 1513 does not have a screwdown. I asked him if it was necessary for a 'waterproof' watch to have a screwdown and he said this watch had a different mechanism/gasket inside and the water would not come in.

 

Well, are there any watch experts that could colaborate with that. I know this is not a real 'dive watch, ' but I want to know it won't leak if I use it swimming.

Well, although Invicta makes beautiful watches - and Im sorry to say that - the quality isnt there. cheap 100m water resistant Seiko watch will probably have a better water resitance than 200m water restiance Invicta. I have never seen a quality watch with 200m water resistance without a screw-down crown (and Invicta achieved it???). It is cheaper and much more better to make a screw-down crown to achieve water resistance than a 'strong' gasket. your Invicta will have a decent water resistance but I wouldnt trust the water resistance in water, even just swimming.

If a watch has 100m water resistance, it should withstand a pressure equivalent of 100m depth. if you swim - and therefore move around - the pressure on the water resistance increases massively. I wouldnt go to water with a watch without a screw-down crown.

Another important thing. the water resistance might not be a problem when the watch is new and the gasket is unworn, but the more often you pull the crown out to wind up the watch or set up the time/date, the more you wear out the gasket. the tightness of the gasket decreases with time as well, so with time the water resistance gets a bit worse.

and lastly, do you trust Invicta to test their watches so they can guarantee 200m water resistance without a screw-down crown? I wouldnt. 200m is a great depth / pressure. Rolex Submariner (with a screw-down crown) has rated 200m water resistance.