Invicta Men's 7235 Signature Collection Ocean Ghost Racing Sport Automatic Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)This watch ran so slowly (2 minutes in 1 week) that I had to return it for a replacement. The second one was just as bad as the first, but this one ran 2 minutes FAST in 1 week! Both times, I set and checked the watch against a reliable, online atomic clock. To get 2 bad watches in succession says a lot about the quality assurance at Invicta: it's nonexistent! One might expect some inaccuracy from a cheap watch, but not 2 minutes in one week! And this is not a cheap watch. It's lists for $500.

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Product Description:
A stylish, modern timepiece from Invicta, the Ocean Ghost Racing Sport Automatic Watch is distinctly accented with black ion plating. A unidirectional bezel with large Arabic-numeral minute markers frames the dial, which has silver indexes and a magnified date display at the three o'clock position. The two-tone bracelet features a secure fold-over clasp with safety, and it is strikingly offset by the blue of the dial. This classic timepiece offers Japanese automatic movement, which is powered by the motion of your wrist. Complete with a tachymeter and water resistant to 656 feet (200 meters), this two-tone beauty is very practical.
Automatic Watches

Automatic watches do not operate on batteries. Automatic watches are made up of about 130 or more parts that work together to tell time. Automatic movements mark the passage of time by a series of gear mechanisms, and are wound by the movement of your wrist as you wear it. The gear train then transmits the power to the escapement, which distributes the impulses, turning the balance wheel. The balance wheel is the time regulating organ of a mechanical watch, which vibrates on a spiral hairspring. Lengthening or shortening the balance spring makes the balance wheel go faster or slower to advance or retard the watch. The travel of the balance wheel from one extreme to the other and back again is called oscillation. Lastly, automatic movements come in different types, including movements that are Swiss-made, Japanese-made, and more.

Also referred to as self-winding, watches with automatic movements utilize kinetic energy, the swinging of your arm, to provide energy to an oscillating rotor to keep the watch ticking. They're considered more satisfying to watch collectors (horologists) because of the engineering artistry that goes into the hundreds of parts that make up the movement. If you do not wear an automatic watch consistently (for about 8 to 12 hours a day), you can keep the watch powered with a watch winder (a great gift for collectors).