[MacinTek]

I have fou Invicta watches... I originally bought two, a model 9423 and a 4619. Within the first 18 months, the bracelets on both of them failed.. or, rather, the pins securing the links failed due to corrosion. Now, my understanding is that, when you buy a watch with "stainless steel" bracelet, the structural components should be stainless steel as well. Apparently, this wasn't a rare occurrence... after the two failures, I bought another 9423... that one failed the same way... so, I bought another one... same thing. I know, it kinda sounds like the pig farmer in Monty Python and the Holy Grail building castles in a swamp... but the fact remains, I now have four Invicta Pro Diver watches, none of which have ever been exposed to oceanic environs, and each of their bracelet links' pins have failed due to corrosion.

Anyone else since this issue with an Invicta Pro Diver Automatic?

 

[Magnetchief]

Your not alone.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Invicta-Watch-Complaints/203281473016223

 

[CometHunter]

My 2 Pro Divers (one's a Reserve) are almost 3 years old. Not one problem with either one....yet.

It definitely sucks when the quality of spring bars varies so much. You can buy a pair for $7 or turn around and get a box of almost three hundred of 'em for $10.

With ANY watch that sells in the neighborhood of a c-note, you have to think "OK, where did they cut corners on materials?"

 

[vaderdaman]

You wanna sell them?
Just kidding. A lot has to do with the environment that they are worn in and stored in. High humidity and salt will corrode anything. The salt from sweat or the ocean will speed this process along. How did you store them? How often did they get cleaned? And running them under the tap doesn't count.
Take the bands off the watch case and run them in a sonic cleaner. Then let them air dry. This should help prolong the pins.
Invicta would probably send you some pins or you can just get some off ebay faster. No sense leaving them in a drawer when you could easily get them up and wearable again.

 

[motionman50]

The rubber strap on my SAN III 5510 failed. I rotated wrist time with dozens of other watches so it was not really a wear issue. Stored in dark jewelry stand here in Louisiana and one day noticed it just tore away from the lugs, possibly after closing the lid. Here is a good tip: I replaced it with a Subaqua III black leather band I found on Ebay for $40. Replaced the silver tang and buckle with the one from the torn strap to match the rose gold case. Problem solved. I am thinking about brown and black leather replacements on several other current SAN IIIs. Note the tiny screws on the lugs holding the metal piece at the caseback is a screw/tube design and may be tough to push out at first. Leather replacement worked very well once I tapped the tube through the lugs and strap.

 

[vaderdaman]

The SAN III bands are a known problem that's why there are so many for sale with broken bands. And so many extra bands available as well. The embossed dragon replacement bands are great. Used a SAN III for my work watch wearing it for 40+hours every week and you couldn't tell from looking at it.