Join Date: Oct 2009 mosc Location: Allentown, PA Senior Member Posts: 350 Senior Geek Real Name: Howard Sending Reserve Scuba back :-(
I know other people disagree and I'm not looking to start a flame war. I just want to share my opinion. Your comments are welcome, of course. I got my silvertone/black reserver Scuba today, but she doesn't sing to me. The fit and finish are excellent, not jaw dropping, but not quite up to what this watch attempts to imitate, IMHO. To me, there is no question that this is an Oris knock off, or look alike. It's not a replica or a clone. There is certainly some Invicta styling added, but that unfortunately is my main objection. Particularly, the dial work just isn't up to snuff for a watch that costs this much. Specifically, I'm put off by the plastic chapter ring which holds the hour markers and the minute/second index marks. The chapter ring also holds the figure 8 bridge work that frames two of the subdials. I think the black plastic figure 8 detracts from the look of this piece. (If it isn't plastic, I apologize, but it looks plastic to me). I would have taken the silver tone dial all the way to the out side, printed the indexes directly on it and use individually applied markers. and I would have not used the black figure 8. In this particular version, there isn't enough contrast between the hands and the dial. It's hard to read the time. JMHO As for the SW500 movement, it is very beautiful. However, the mechanical auto movement doesn't do split times. I still don't get why one want a mechanical chrono, they don't work as good as a quartz movement. Still, some day I'll have a nice auto chrono watch. I acknowledge the attraction. Nevertheless, quartz or mechanical, it is not possible to get accurate timings when the hands are near the hour markers because the indexing is completely gone, and it's even worse at the Swiss Made placard at the 6 O'clock position - no indexes for ten seconds! Me no impressed. So, I beg your forgiveness, but this has the look and feel of an Invicta, not an Oris, or other first drawer Swiss brand, and $800 is too much for a look-alike for me at this point in my life, unless it was really