This Invicta rectangular dress watch shares nothing with the modern watches at all. Model reference 2308.
HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?
It would be nice if the watch had the sales paperwork completed, but it didn’t so we need to look for clues elsewhere. The paperwork does have two useful bits of information – the return postage cost is in pence, so this has to be after Britain went decimal in February 1971. The other clue is the telephone number prefix, which happens to be our home city, changed in the early seventies and this paper shows the older, shorter number. That, combined with the movement production dates, lead us to believe the watch was made circa 1972.
CONDITION
The Invicta watches that made this watch went bankrupt in the 1980’s and only share the name with the current company, known for oversized watches. This vintage Invicta is far more elegant, and we doubt the collector who buys this will have a modern version – they are very different watches. The gold plated case is in good order, and houses an FHF 96-4 calibre seventeen jewel manual wind movement. This is all working well, including the semi quick set date set at 4-30 – this design layout seems to be the norm on this size and shape of case. The leather strap is the original, retained as it adds character and this could be swapped for a new one if preferred.
This watch will be supplied with the original presentation box, blank papers and our Certificate of Authenticity.
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SIZE
Width with crown 30.6 mm
Width without crown 28.5 mm
Between lugs 19 mm
Lug to lug length 36.2 mm
Case Thickness 9.7 mm
All sizes are approximate.
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