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I didn't choose the quality I've just out of the 25 renato's I own four have crashed out completely, I also have plating issues on a rose tone model, a goldtone model, and a gun metal model, plus the numerous stripped screws on many of the others. So although I think they are great looking watches and still have them all, I'm not going to say for me me their quality is the worlds greatest. Same deal with my brother and he only owns ten and three of his crapped out. Don't get me wrong I've had as many failures with Invicta's but I have many more of those so the rate of failure isn't as great. I was a big renato booster back in their heyday then came the tourby fiasco which I was among a number who had ordered one. Mink was a scumbag and a grifter . His partner was worse. I heard many stories from someone who knew them both and they weren't pretty. I still like all the ones I have that are still functioning but I don't ever want to deal with anything Mink is part of ever again.That sucks. You're the first person I can remember choosing Invicta "quality" over Renato. I agree w Mike on Daniel's rep and burned bridges, among "borrowing" many style. But I've found them to appear to be more well made, overall. I would like to strangle to guy responsible for making proprietary caseback screws with soft phillips heads, then adding in loctite for that ticking timebomb.
But I have a few left in my collection I can't imagine ever wanting to part with, and I have kicked about 80% of my quartz to the curb.
If I was flexible enough, I'd kick my own ass for not grabbing an auto Stallion years back when many were circulating on ebay, some as cheap as $500, but I had 3 quartz at that time, and was even cheaper than I am now