Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5556 in Watches
• Brand: Invicta
• Model: INVICTA-3049
• Band material: two-tone-stainless-steel
• Bezel material: two-tone-stainless-steel
• Case material: two-tone-stainless-steel
• Clasp type: fold-over-clasp-with-safety
• Dial color: mother-of-pearl
• Dial window material: anti-reflective-scratch-resistant-sapphire
• Movement type: japanese-automatic
• Water-resistant to 1000 feet

Features

• Quality Japanese Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Antireflective-sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 47 mm
• Two-tone-stainless-steel case; Blue-mother-of-pearl dial; Date function
• Water-resistant to 300 M (1000 feet)

Amazon.com Product Description
Get ready for undersea discovery with this classically styled, two-tone Invicta Grand Diver GT stainless steel men's automatic watch, which features a confidence-boosting water resistance to 300 meters (1000 feet). The large silver watch case is made from surgical grade stainless steel, and it's topped by a blue-plated unidirectional bezel with gold elapsed time markings and gold-tone scalloped detailing. The blue dial offers Tritnite luminous dotted markers and dagger hands (with seconds hand) as well as a magnified date window at 3 o'clock. The handsome stainless steel bracelet band features a center link in gold tone, Invicta's diver helmet logo molded onto the solid end pieces, and a diver's buckle with safety clasp. Other features include an anti-reflective mineral crystal, 21-jewel automatic movement, and see-through case back.

Pro Diver Collection

Plunge into any horizon using the steadfast guidance of the Invicta Pro Diver. Stylishly classic, internal workings are forged with variations of either Swiss chronograph or 21-jewel automatic movements and willingly navigate in depths up to 300 meters. Built with confident prowess, the fortitude with which these timepieces function makes the Pro Diver the quintessential in performance.

Invicta Brand

With its most inspired creations yet, Invicta demonstrates its technical and design prowess, offering timepieces of style for extreme value. "We have long held firm to the belief that supremely crafted timepieces can be offered for extremely modest sums. It is the founding principle of our flagship and the radical notion that still drives us today. By being true to our convictions, we will continue to turn the balance of power, and deliver true Swiss luxury to anyone who desires it. Let all those who possess our timepieces and pass through our doors witness the quality, value and care in every piece we create, and the spirit of neverending possibilities in everything we do." These are the words that greet visitors and motivate team members inside the Invicta Watch Group's new worldwide headquarters. Emblazoned in stainless steel, it has been the Invicta message since Day One.

With each new timepiece, the company sends up a flare for those looking to be defined not by how much they spend, but how wisely they spend. With its strong collections, the gutsy Swiss brand is guaranteed to keep attracting followers. The art of the craft. Inside an Invicta Workshop It takes years of training and a great deal of pride to achieve glorius Swiss timepieces by hand. But it takes guts and the courage of your convictions to make those timepieces affordable for everyone who appreciates them. At our Swiss workshops, we mix time-honored traditions with a little bit of horse sense every single day to produce the greatest values in the watch-making world.

Customer Reviews

Large Scale 8928a
Purchased the GD two tone blue bezel 5 weeks ago and have mixed feelings about the watch. My school colors (WVU) are blue and gold - and a watch this size was just what (I thought) the doctor ordered.

Case

The 47mm case is big and bold ss - well crafted with Invicta inscribed on the left side of the case and "Grand Diver" on the right with the crown separating the words. There is no decoration (cabochon?) on the gold plated crown as there is on the OGII chrono. The Invicta Blue watch dial covers a large swatch of real estate and looks real snazzy. Trinite lume is better than some - but still modest for a "diver". Indices and hands are readable and in good proportion for such a large watch. Helmet Head on the dial and two helmets on the end links carry the Grand Diver Theme. The blue enamel bezel on a background of "copper gold" is scalloped - as is it's little 8928a brother and moves (unidirectionally and) freely at 120 clicks around. Exhibition back of mineral glass shows an undecorated Miyota 8215 rotor - again very much as does the 8928a. The case lugs have modest curvature for such a large watch - and does not sit comfortably as it could on my wrist. Constant mini-adjustments have helped - but there is a too large a gap at the top of the case near the end links around the wrist bone. Others may not have this problem.

Crystal

Mineral Glass crystal is large and seems to have some anti-reflective material somewhere in the mix. Sapphire would have been nice for the asking price... oh well... Cyclops is small and has almost no useful magnification. On a watch face this large - the miniscule cyclops with at best a 1.5x magnification looks tiny and the date is hard to read unless you are dead on to the watchface. Without a doubt- my biggest disappointment. This was an easy one and with all that watchface area to play with - the Invicta designers blew it (IMHO).

Movement

The Citizen/Miyota workhorse has found yet another home with the Grand Diver. It is a good automatic timekeeper - some of mine running as little 4 to 5 seconds fast daily (unadjusted)... My only grumble is a huge markup for such a movement. $239 for this watch is a little steep if one is logical about this purchase.

Bracelet

Lovely and heavy pinned stainless steel link - with solid end links sporting the "Helmet Head" trademark. The gold plated center links looks real uptown when new - but as in almost every Invicta ss bracelet the center polished links are prone to scratching. My 15 month old 8928a has scratched on these gold links. The plating has held - but the scratches are visable. The heavyweight bracelet has a double foldover safety clasp, and again as in most Invicta's - no wet suit deployment clasp - as is found on the Seiko MONSTERS in a similar (lesser) price range. All pinned bracelets should be throughly rinsed with gentle soapy water and dried after any use in salt water to prevent spring pin "rot".

Overall

I'd like to give this monster 4 stars of 5 but it falls short because of price, no sapphire crystal and the use of a Miyota 8215 at this pricepoint. It's lugs need more curve for my wrist (which comfortably sits the BIG Invicta SAII 3 hand I'm wearing) to smooth out too much spacing at the wristbone. I enjoy the watch - like the looks - love the bracelet but wish it were a more comfortable fit. I like the 8928a just a hair more for a substantially smaller price. This GD is an indicator of style - as the 8928 is now only a MEDIUM size diver - where about two years ago - it was considered a BIG watch.

The impression of the two tone is Blue and Gold - and BIG. It looks like someone did an enlargement to scale from the 42mm 8928a to the 3049 47mm case - but hurried the details. Fit and finish on my GD are excellent - Invicta Blue and Gold are colors hard to turn down.

Should you buy the watch?

Yes - if you like the two tone blue/gold and like to have it served to you 47mm large. The heavyweight bracelet looks great- but history says it will show wear early and often on those center links. The blue watch face - is... BLUE - and you can't have enough Invicta blue (for my tastes)... At a $199 or less pricepoint it starts to become a much more attractive dive watch. Find out more about affordable watches sold on Amazon at WISTalk.com or InvictaTalk.com ...

Big Bold and Beautiful!
I received this as my second Invicta and I really like it. The workmanship is stellar - much better than expected. I had concerns about buying another Invicta because of the negative reviews regarding workmanship issues that I read in various watch forums. No worries here. It's is picture perfect!

It's big! But if you have a large wrist it will look just right. My wrist is somewhere between 8.5 and 8.75 inches and it looks perfect. The band is very long. Even with my 8.5" + wrist I will likely need to remove a link. I have taken it up using the micro adjustments in the clasp and it fits well but removing a like might be the best way to do it.

The blue is as rich and bright as the Arizona sky. It is incredible but the gold tone could be a bit darker or richer looking for my liking. It's not bad and there is nothing wrong with it but I wish there was more to it. I've heard it scratches easily. :-(

It's new and still too early for me to be 100% certain that I have escaped the Invicta problems others have experienced. The movement feels responsive while setting the date and time. Nothing odd about it so far and I hope it stays that way. Regarding accuracy, I am not expecting a variance greater than +/- 15 seconds per day. I have a similar movement in another Invicta automatic so I have an idea of what to expect. A few seconds per day is not a major issue for me and I can only hope it doesn't go beyond that.

It has heft. There is no mistaking the fact that you've just planted a large watch on your wrist the first time you put it on but it only takes a short while to get used to it. I went from a 40mm to this and the difference is huge.

One last note: The magnifier bubble that Invicta uses gets a lot of knocks. This one is actually better than my other one and I have no issues with it at all.

Grand Diver
It is grand indeed. The quality of work put on this watch is very impressive and looks much more expensive than the actual price I paid for. It is so elegant-looking and comparable to Swiss-made watches that cost almost 50 times more.