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| Invicta repair success story (not!) | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 6th, 2006 09:40 am |
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sleddog218 3T WIS
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As some of you might remember, my Black S-1 Diver LE ( ) went kerplunk a while ago. It would be fine, and all of a sudden I would jar my hand slightly, and it would start vibrating madly and stop.Well, I sent it in, received my confirmation postcard, and waited. Couldn't track it's progress, as the lovely link on the Instickya site didn't work. I got it back about a week early, despite their 2 week "scheduled vacation", and all seemed to be fine. Now, the damn thing is running about 20 minutes fast per day. They claimed on the repair slip that it just needed a cleaning. Apparently they were wrong. I'm so shocked!  So now, I have to figure out a way to get a hold of them, and send the thing in AGAIN! I refuse to pay for shipping either way, as they should've gotten it right the first time. Hell, by this point I'm tempted to just make my first attempt at swapping out a movement, and use the movement from my other broken OGII (stripped out crown) rather than take a risk w/ Infecta's "repair center". Maybe if I wrote my explanation in chinese it would get repaired properly!  I'm so sick of this company. I'd already decided that I was done with them, but every once and awhile I see one I like, and is reasonably priced, and think I might pick up another cheap one, but I already have enough paper weights! David
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| Posted: Thu Jul 6th, 2006 09:53 am |
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Gregger 3T WIS 
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I would take it to a good local watch repair center and have them do the ajustment....but that stinks...fix one problem and create another....I think thats called job security!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 6th, 2006 10:33 am |
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e.avery 3T WIS 
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Join the club. If you make it down to KY I will show you what a 50 Cal. will do to an Infecta. Does not fix it but you will feel better. I think your watch has the Miyota movement so learn about adjusting the regulator. Do it in small increments and use trial and error and worse case you may learn some thing about it. I normally start everyone on a Unitas hand wind because the parts are large, but there is a lot of info out there on the Miyota and if you need help just ask.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 6th, 2006 01:16 pm |
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sleddog218 3T WIS
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I'm seriously considering it. My concern is that it was running ok for a few weeks, so this might just be a symptom of a larger problem. If I open it up to regulate it (which I'm actually pretty comfortable with) I'm afraid that if I have to send it back again, they'll tell me the warranty is voided. On the other hand, they probably won't be able to tell, as they've had it opened theirselves once already. Do you think that it might just need to be regulated again? After running fine for a few weeks? TIA! David
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| Posted: Thu Jul 6th, 2006 04:11 pm |
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KenC Admin 
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Invicta.......................I swore a year ago and have kept to it (and with the exception of the purchase of an Executive and a 2014 from trusted freinds)....NEVER AGAIN WILL I BECOME AN INVICTIM of Eyal, his company and/or his carnival buddies! If you buy a new Invicta, especially from SNBC, don't shoot the watch.......have somebody shoot you!!!  At this point, I am seriously considering getting rid of my 8926ob, black dial Military Automatic #2276 and my black dial S1 ProDiver LE #2310!Last edited on Thu Jul 6th, 2006 04:47 pm by KenC |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 6th, 2006 05:14 pm |
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sleddog218 3T WIS
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KenC wrote: Invicta.......................I swore a year ago and have kept to it (and with the exception of the purchase of an Executive and a 2014 from trusted freinds)....NEVER AGAIN WILL I BECOME AN INVICTIM of Eyal, his company and/or his carnival buddies! I've got my green dial military, which I still really like, a coin-edge 8928, which is a little beat up, not worth much, this POS S-1 (remember how excited we were to be getting an LE for $50), my OGII Silver face which sees alot of wrist time, an OGII black face which I'll probably just hold to for parts, as it's got the stripped out crown, and my 1948 champagne dial I bought from Tony. It's my favorite watch, although the winding thing is very difficult, and I'm afraid there's something wrong w/ it too. My watch buying days are on hold for a while, but I'll certainly never buy another Invicta. Too many interesting, comparitively prices alternatives out there.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 6th, 2006 05:31 pm |
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KenC Admin
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sleddog218 wrote: KenC wrote:Invicta.......................I swore a year ago and have kept to it (and with the exception of the purchase of an Executive and a 2014 from trusted freinds)....NEVER AGAIN WILL I BECOME AN INVICTIM of Eyal, his company and/or his carnival buddies! I have my 2014, my 2015, silver dialed Executive #2104 and my Lume (green) dial Military #2275....the others I mentioned.... can go, except for my Classic Lupah which I wouldn't wish on anybody. The Black Dial Military #2276 is a great watch, but my TRIAS Backgammon w/ Unitas 6497 has a very similar case in a much finer piece. The never worn 8926ob is nice (as is my very seldom worn S1 ProDiver), but I have no use for either................my Seikos take so much more precedence for wrist time. I do have a Date Master GMT Quartz beater wich is excellent for cleaning the pool............'cause, who cares what happens to it! :D:D:D
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