The Old Switcheroo---shame on Amazon!
The item that was pictured and described is not what I received from Amazon and I purchased this watch from Amazon LLC not someone else selling their wares through Amazon. I expect better. Apparently Invicta changed their standards at some point during production of this model because what is pictured and described is a Model #5058 with a sapphire crystal (which one can see printed clearly on the back of the case when you zoom in on the picture) and it shows that the face reads "water resistant 50 meters." The watch I received besides being in an inexplicably worn box with a torn watch cushion has "flame fusion crystal" printed on the back of the watch and in another mystifying change instead of saying "water resistant 50 meters" on the face it has bright blue letters that say "Angel."
These might not seem like a big deal to some people but if you know watches or even if you just read Amazon's own watch education you know that sapphire crystals are the hardest and most desireable. The sapphire crystal was a key factor in my decision to buy this watch. No one even knows what "flame fusion" means because Invicta won't tell and the very fact of their secrecy about it makes one deeply suspicious. As for "Angel" being printed on the face someone else might find this charming but I find it somehow very cheesy particularly since "Angel" is not even part of the model name or any other such thing. Invicta has other watches called Angels but since when is the 5058 an Angel? Where does it say that anywhere? And what was the point of this production change? It makes me wonder what else is different inside the watch. And why would I care? Because I want to receive what I was offered and paid for and I expect Amazon to be meticulous about that particularly when this was something sent out under their name. And what's the deal with the beat-up box? This was supposed to be a new watch not a refurbished or used model. Why is the watch cushion torn and the interior of the box dingy as though it had been handled by dirty fingers? I'm very disappointed.More detail ...
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