Invicta Men's 1429 II Collection Chronograph Black Dial Leather Watch

 (14 customer reviews)

Invicta model 1429

I've been curious about Invicta watches for several years, and have purchased Fossil and Casio G-Shock in the past without any problems. I decided to give this Invicta a try, just to get an idea of the quality and workmanship. To make a long story short, the actual street price of the Invicta is too high for the actual quality and workmanship. You're better off buying Fossil or Seiko for the price because they have much better quality.

Let's start from the beginning. The Invicta 1429 is an analog Chronograph watch, where you can set the date and time. There is a smaller gauge that tells the 24-hour time (to distinguish PM from AM). The remaining 2 gauges are used to indicate Chronograph seconds (0-60) and minutes (0-60). The main watch is your standard 3-hand setup for second, minute, and hour. While the watch itself looks good from afar, up close the back of the watch and the face look/feel cheap. The chronograph hands don't line up with the...Read more

It is not necessarily good to talk about price in a review unless spending an amount that overlaps the quality is present. As of right now this Invicta watch is under 100$ and 'says' it retails for 575$. Any company can represent their product with any number, though; if you are not careful that 575$ MSRP will make you think you are getting a 575$ watch. The Invicta comes close, I will say. At the present price of sub-100$, and if you like the look, this is a must buy. Not only does this watch feel that it was crafted with quality--which is rare I find now-a-days--it manages to strut its way into the fashion category while also being able to run into sports functionality.

Starting with the craftmanship--though I cannot tell you how well the inside is made because frankly, my hands are too big to be prying under the carriage here--the watch is on the heavy side with a very solid Stainless Steel plate (in my case, Gold Plated)***Stainless Steel is prone to turn darker if not...Read more

This is the Hummer of watches - a massive timepiece that dwarfs many (perhaps most) men's watches. It is outsize and overweight and realistically should only be worn by someone with an Arnold Schwarzenegger forearm.

I'll come back to the size issues in a minute, but want to first comment on the watch's functionality. Size aside, it is a reasonably attractive watch with an easy-to-read face. It only carries the numbers 3, 6, 9 and 12, with markers for the other hours, but the numbers and markers are well defined and attractively modern - white against a black background, with gold lettering for the brand. The watch seems to keep excellent time, but that is standard today with even the cheapest of battery-powered watches.

Within the face are 3 smaller dials. One shows 24-hour time, the other two serve as minute and second stopwatches. I can only infer how to work them because the manual that came with the watch shows many Invicta watch models but not the exact...Read more