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Ocean Speedway - Chrono hand??
Just received my new Ocean Speedway.
Love it's looks and weight!
After having to return (2) DD's both the "newer" one and the original I was a little worried about
purchasing another "high end" Invicta.
I own over 20 Invicta's all under $400 and never had any problems with those.
After reading some of the posts about the Speedway and looking at the presentation I DVR'd it appears
that the movement of the chrono hand is indeed "rough" and not as smooth as I would have thought
from this movement. Mine is the same way but seems to run smoother after the 30sec mark. (maybe it's
just my imagination)
I really want to keep this watch but don't want to own something that isn't running the way it's suppose
too, regardless whether I use the chrono or not.
Just knowing something isn't right will certainly affect my feelings about the watch and the $$$ I spent
on it!
It would be nice if we could get some "official" clarification on this matter to put our minds at ease and
to avoid unnecessary returns!
**UPDATE 3/2 **
The watch has stopped running completely!
Was wearing it, checked the time and it had stopped ... winding it manually, still doesn't work
Sending it back .. I'm done with Invicta's so called "high ebd" watches!
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Speedway DD just
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WTF!
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03-01-2011, 05:44 PM
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+1........is this normal or not? All my Valjoux 7750 & 7751's run much smoother?
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
Just received my new Ocean Speedway.
Love it's looks and weight!
After having to return (2) DD's both the "newer" one and the original I was a little worried about
purchasing another "high end" Invicta.
I own over 20 Invicta's all under $400 and never had any problems with those.
After reading some of the posts about the Speedway and looking at the presentation I DVR'd it appears
that the movement of the chrono hand is indeed "rough" and not as smooth as I would have thought
from this movement. Mine is the same way but seems to run smoother after the 30sec mark. (maybe
it's just my imagination)
I really want to keep this watch but don't want to own something that isn't running the way it's suppose
too, regardless whether I use the chrono or not.
Just knowing something isn't right will certainly affect my feelings about the watch and the $$$ I spent
on it!
It would be nice if we could get some "official" clarification on this matter to put our minds at ease and
to avoid unnecessary returns!
Good luck at that.
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Many Times Pioneers get arrows in their backs. Good Luck.
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Many Times Pioneers get arrows in their backs. Good Luck.
LOL!
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+1........is this normal or not? All my Valjoux 7750 & 7751's run much smoother?
I owned a Seiko auto direct drive and the hand sweep is like a quartz not sure if this movement is like
that or not.It shouldnt be if it was BPH of 36k.
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I owned a Seiko auto direct drive and the hand sweep is like a quartz not sure if this movement is like
that or not.It shouldnt be if it was BPH of 36k.
Maybe we could get Mike or Tim to confirm the BPH of this watch. I know they said either 34k or 36k but
maybe they were miss informed? Let me be perfectly clear, I'm not accusing them of anything.
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I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as a 34k bph watch, if Mike or Tim really said that, they really do
not know what they are talking about and might have make a mistake about the actual bph of this
movement.
So far the only confirmation that the watch runs at 36K bph is from a representative of Invicta and not
from spec sheets.
So it's really still up in the air.
Quote:
Originally Posted by karns944
Maybe we could get Mike or Tim to confirm the BPH of this watch. I know they said either 34k or 36k
but maybe they were miss informed? Let me be perfectly clear, I'm not accusing them of anything.
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there no mistake the mvnt are so new there no infomation on site yet I been looking for few days .on this
mvnt NE78A .give it couple days maybe there will more to come later.
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Major bummer
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I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as a 34k bph watch, if Mike or Tim really said that, they really do
not know what they are talking about and might have make a mistake about the actual bph of this
movement.
So far the only confirmation that the watch runs at 36K bph is from a representative of Invicta and not
from spec sheets.
So it's really still up in the air.
Actually, I believe Girard-Perregaux started the "High-Beat' craZe back in 1996 with the introduction of
their 36,000A/h Masterpiece. At the time, this was the world's FIRST 1/10-sec mechanical chronograph!
However, in the interim, many (MANY!) other 'haute horologerie manufactures' have released their own
'High-Beat' versions, which, to my knowledge are ALL 'in-house' movements not available to the general
public 'en masse!'
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetfreak
I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as a 34k bph watch, if Mike or Tim really said that, they really do
not know what they are talking about and might have make a mistake about the actual bph of this
movement.
So far the only confirmation that the watch runs at 36K bph is from a representative of Invicta and not
from spec sheets.
So it's really still up in the air.
Not arguing here, but Michael Davis said on his Facebook page that has 34 jewels, and that it's 34,000
beats per hour.
That could have actually been a typo of 34,000 (instead of 36,000) because he said it has 34 jewels.
Notice both 34's? An easy thing (typo) to do.
QUOTE from FB: the SII NE78A automatic chronograph movement that is 34 total jewels and operates
at 34,000 bph!
QUOTE from Sneek Peeks: the SII NE78A automatic chronograph movement. This is a very new and
VERY expensive (more than a Valjoux 7750) 36,000 vph high-beat automatic chronograph movement.
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Regardless of what was said about the VPH of the movement, the chrono hand should not "move
roughly" or with any stutter, and then start to "smooth out". If it does this, the movement is screwed
and I'd send it back.
