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 Posted: Fri Oct 16th, 2009 12:23 pm
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oagaspar



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 a little update on the Invicta "Master of the Oceans" Prodiver....the SII NH25a movement is running fine at about +- 25 sec per day which would be considered pretty good for a inexpensive watch using one of these new japanese movements which apparently are a sister company of Seiko.

   The second hand has the ability to be backed up or moved forward when the crown is out which to me enables the user to set the time to within seconds but those of us who have been around know this was also able to be done with our Seikos...at least being able to back the second hand up but with these new SII movements it is much easier and a welcomed operation imho.

The SII movement is actually nicely finished and has a cutaway rotor which can be seen through the exhibition caseback...now if only Invicta could get the lume right this watch may have been a best buy at $68. ...the lack of a screw down crown is also a drawback as I would be leary wearing it in the water even though it is rated at 100m...but you never know and it can not be wound although it winds in both directions on a winder....all in all a pretty good watch at a very inviting price....btw here is a link to the SII/Time Module movement guide which Invicta is now using in several designs...

http://www.timemodule.com/sii/eng/download.php#nh