Invicta Men’s 1906 Specialty Collection Swiss Quartz Watch

Okay, something is terribly wrong. I read the other review about a “lemon pledge” smell. My package contents, watch box, and watch all have a terrible smell. Think “bubble gum”, then turn up the volume to eleven.

This is not normal. Clearly something has happened to this stock (mold, maybe?), and someone has tried to fix it by bathing it in some industrial cleaner or AirWick or something like that. I have bought Invicta watches in the past — in fact I have two others of this exact same watch box. They did not smell at all. It’s not the plastic strap — can’t be unless it’s made of Febreze!

I guess that’s the reason for the sale price!

We typically get unscented dryer sheets, cat litter, etc, and this is exactly the kind of smell we are trying to avoid when we do, but much, much worse.

I am taking this out to the garage while I try to decide what to do with it.

The watch looks good (on a big wrist), is very readable and has no date (a plus for me). Unfortunately, the lemon pledge smell is there and in a really strong way. Think of very bad cologne. It is due to the rubber — a cheap type? The watch may be hot in the summer given its size and the thick rubber.

The price is very good for what you get and it does not look cheap — so two stars (down form three) — the smell seems permanent. Really quite strange.

I’ve worn a lot of watches and never experienced this strange phenomenon. Indeed, my significant other got a headache form the smell! I guess one just has to laugh!

P.S. The 24mm strap, probably only available from Invicta due to its size and shape, costs AS MUCH as this watch to replace (It will break sooner or later). And will smell of lemon pledge (I called — it’s “normal” for this watch; they said wash with soap — it did not help). So, if you buy and the smell becomes less with time, don’t wear it too tightly to get more use out of the strap before needing a new one.

Invicta Men’s 1906 Specialty Collection Swiss Quartz Watch

• Swiss Quartz Movement
• Flame-Fusion Crystal; Brushed and Polished 18k Rose Gold Ion-Plated Stainless Steel Case; Brown Polyurethane Strap
• Rose Gold Tone Second Hand
• Brown Dial with Rose Gold Tone Hands, White Hour Markers and Arabic Numerals; Luminous; Unidirectional Bezel; Crown Positioned at 4:00
• Water-resistant to 100 M (330 feet)

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