INVICTA SAS over 13 years old

roadwarrior

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One of around a dozen of the older original 52mm models I picked up well over a decade ago. Last night I was changing some batteries and I still enjoy these older SAS models. IMHO it is one of the best trinket designs Invicta has ever made that I own. One thing about the SAS. Not one has ever hazed up.

They slowly chipped away at these models though the years. Many I have including this one used the ERA 251.272 22 jewel movement. They made the next batch with the ETA G10 and as the years passed would replace parts of the complex build. No longer using the stacked bracelet and medallion style case back held on with six screws and ring. The last models using the original complex build I purchased used the RONDA 8040N and the ETA 5040F.

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I agree that the older SAS stuff was some of the most cutting edge and some of the best made watches at that level that was out there. That particular model is what got me into watches. My very first watch as a “collector“ ended up being a full-size venom on black poly with white mother of pearl but it was that SAS that First put the Hooks in me. I understand the ins and outs of Invicta as we all do. Sometimes I often wonder if in the back of somebody’s mind that is involved in the decision making of that company if they will ever decide to go back to “the old days.“ I understand all the pros and cons and cost of making things and everything that’s involved in that but I wonder if anyone’s ever thought about making some of the quality that they made at one point even at a premium price. At the end of the day as a business person I don’t think it would make them any extra money because the average person doesn’t know jack scrap about what they are buying. That’s watch guy I would love to see them go back to making legitimate high-quality pieces. having said that micro brands like Zelos have done it on a level and Victor could never dream of doing it for all the reasons that we already know. I guess at the end of the day the brand and the models that
got most of us into this have become the crazy ass ex-wife that bled more money out of us that we realized.
 
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