4k watch falls apart

Today, 04:19 PM

Eric5964 Senior Member Veteran Geek

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4k JT....ouch.

As you all know, I am one the biggest fans, supporters, and collectors of the Jason Taylor

series...and have posted many pics of some great looking models.

However, very disappointing today pulling out my $4,000 JT Black Diamond SAS...and it falls

apart. Another case of the cheap and fragile SAS pin that holds this heavy watch head onto

the band, falling apart. The diameter of the screw head is probably .5 of a mm if that. How

can we trust our beloved SAS's to a pin like this, especially a $4,000 one! Invicta must

redesign this critical weak link ASAP.

These are not the type of pictures that I like to or usually post, but it is what it is. Just happy

that it fell apart in my hand and not to the floor. I took a pin out of another SAS to rebuild it

and emailed Millie to get a few black ones. Make sure that yours are tight! FYI, I could not

locate the head to the screw. Here you go!

EricE

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#2 Today, 04:31 PM

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wow,sad to hear that,hopefully you won't have any other problems with that beautiful watch.

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#3 Today, 04:39 PM

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What a shame!! Such a beautiful watch..

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#4 Today, 04:45 PM

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Luckily the watch didn't fall off your wrist while wearing it that could have caused substantial

damage or lost.

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#5 Today, 04:52 PM

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Very upsetting at the least. Hopefully, word gets back to the Invicta Team to fix future

production.

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#6 Today, 04:55 PM

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Sorry, that happened. Luckily for me I never had any issues with mine. Hope you get it taken

care of.

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#7 Today, 05:00 PM

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Wow. Thank god you didnt lose your watch. No excuse. Invicta needs to do better.

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#8 Today, 05:03 PM

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That should not happen to any watch, especially one that's north of four grand, I feel for you

man.

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#9 Today, 05:07 PM

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Stuff like that should not happen on a timepiece worth that much money.

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#10 Today, 05:10 PM

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Wow....that sucks.....

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#11 Today, 05:13 PM

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#12 Today, 05:20 PM

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Wow. Lucky it didn't fall off the wrist while you were outside.

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#13 Today, 05:24 PM

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What a shame!! sorry to hear about that... Hope things works out ok..

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#14 Today, 05:32 PM

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Ditto

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#15 Today, 05:36 PM

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Wow, man that's just wrong especially on the JT series good luck. __________________

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#16 Today, 05:43 PM

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I hope you're able to wear the watch again, I'd be too paraniod! Something similar happened

to me on a sub-$200 Grand Diver & I sent it back out of fear. Good luck!

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#17 Today, 05:46 PM

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I had that happen on another brand but it wasnt that expensive of a watch

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#18 Today, 05:48 PM

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Wow. Glad it fell apart in your hand. This happened to one of my SAS. Invicta sent me a

replacement within a week.

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#19 Today, 05:50 PM

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good thing you have your own spare parts collection...

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#20 Today, 05:52 PM

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Huge Bummer! Maybe Invicta needs to use some semi permanent

Loc-Tite on those screws. __________________

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#21 Today, 05:56 PM

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That's a shame. Happened to me with my San3, but I caught it before it fell. Put loc-tite on

the replacement and it's been fine ever since.

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#22 Today, 05:59 PM

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Oops. Look at it this way. At least you weren't on a cruise, leaning over the deck when it fell

off your wrist!

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#23 Today, 06:00 PM

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What a beautiful watch. That should never have happened. I hope gets fixed right.

Good Day

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#24 Today, 06:07 PM

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Same thing happened to my SAS quartz, had Invicta send me new pins and used Loctite.

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#25 Today, 06:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RunninOnEmpty

I hope you're able to wear the watch again, I'd be too paraniod! Something similar

happened to me on a sub-$200 Grand Diver & I sent it back out of fear. Good luck!

he fixed it himself already taking the part from another watch in his collection Today, 06:36 PM

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Hate to see that Eric! Did the screw break? I have 4 SAS's and they are oneof my favorite

designs. I hope to oneday add the JT version to my collection. Thankfully I have never had

this issue...

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Glad nothing serious happened when it came apart. Hope you resolve this permanently soon.

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Bummer.

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Disgraceful

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DPM

Hate to see that Eric! Did the screw break? I have 4 SAS's and they are oneof my favorite

designs. I hope to oneday add the JT version to my collection. Thankfully I have never had

this issue...

Don't really know if it broke, I think it just unscrewed. Couldn't find the head, but the stem

of the screw was not still stuck in the long part. Guess I should loctite them and will.

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What a shame. Sounds like a design issue to begin with (too fragile of a screw pin design for

such a heavy watch), but also sounds like another classic QC issue in that the screws aren't

tight coming out of the factory.

I know I'll get nailed on here for saying this, but once an Invicta always an Invicta (no

matter what the price point is). I find their sweet spot is the sub-$200 range. I've had luck

with most watches in this range and find myself not getting too bent out of shape if

something isn't perfect (since I didn't spend a ton).

No offense at all, but in the 4k range (not sure what the actual price of these are?), you've

got quite a selection of watches coming out of fine Swiss brands. Will you get a bezel draped

in black diamonds in combination with that movement and such a detailed case design? No.

Will you most likely get a reliable piece from one of the big houses with a "real" warranty to

back it up? Yes.

Just my 2 cents,

Rich

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Quote:

Originally Posted by midnite1111

What a shame. Sounds like a design issue to begin with (too fragile of a screw pin design

for such a heavy watch), but also sounds like another classic QC issue in that the screws

aren't tight coming out of the factory.

I know I'll get nailed on here for saying this, but once an Invicta always an Invicta (no

matter what the price point is). I find their sweet spot is the sub-$200 range. I've had luck

with most watches in this range and find myself not getting too bent out of shape if

something isn't perfect (since I didn't spend a ton).

No offense at all, but in the 4k range (not sure what the actual price of these are?), you've

got quite a selection of watches coming out of fine Swiss brands. Will you get a bezel

draped in black diamonds in combination with that movement and such a detailed case

design? No. Will you most likely get a reliable piece from one of the big houses with a

"real" warranty to back it up? Yes.

Just my 2 cents,

Rich

If u read this forum often, I'm sure u have seen the number of watches the OP purchases. If

he wants a different brand, my guess is he will buy it. Buy what u want, not what others tell

u to buy.