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TRU-LYE wrote:

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OK… so my day starts out with an alarming email being asked to log here and read this post. So I did…. And I have to admit that all the information made some sense. So I posted about an hour ago that I would look into this further. And I have…. I called our sourcing manager in Asia, and asked for a conference call with our raw material supplier immediately. Mind you, its 9pm there…. But we just finished the conference call. The material we use for our dials is SANDSTONE. Sandstone raw material is sourced FROM THE EARTH. The ONLY thing that is man-made is the process of bonding the sandstone grain to a brick like raw bar, which then gets sent to our dial factory and gets cut to dials and polished. Our raw material supplier confirmed that the sandstone used in dials by other watch manufacturers or the use of sandstone in jewelry are made the same way as the dials we make. Again, I cannot speak for what every company does – I can only tell you what we do. I hope this helps, but please understand that I am in no way trying to dispute a geologist’s knowledge, I can only speak to how our dials are made.

funny thing is that post reads like a response from Jim..

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BTW, just to clarify:

I wrote: "bonding the sandstone grain to a brick like raw bar"

The correct wording would be "bonding the sandstone grain INTO a brick like raw bar". The sandstone garins do NOT get bonded to something else, it just gets bonded ALL TOGETHER.

betterskills wrote: Today, 02:08 PM

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Well... I don't wish to add insult to anything. But when I had my Invicta deep blue sandstone dial watch SS bracelet sized by a licensed, certified gemologist, he happened to be wearing his magnifier around his neck. He said, "No this is not sandstone. But it is a nice watch." I still like the watch. Twinkles like the night sky. But I have to take my friend by his word and experience. The watch is a keeper, though.
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boscoe wrote:Remember, Lalo was also kicked in the nuts with those $3,000 meteorite dial, "ruby," "sapphire" etc. bezel pro divers - (which sold on SNBC for $2000!) when it was revealed the stones were not natural - just cheap lab creations.
Invicta is on the defensive here.
The actual geologist's name and finding - or another one - will be the dagger to the heart.

SloMo wrote:Just to update everyone. I was going to release the name of the geologist just to satisfy everyones curiosity but after speaking with him this morning he has asked me not to. He doesn't want a thousand emails and phone calls coming in and I can understand that he would not want the college disrupted. Sorry if this does not provide enough proof for you but that is the way it is. If you want more info you can always PM me and I will provide details of his findings.

TVDinner wrote:

SloMo wrote:Just to update everyone. I was going to release the name of the geologist just to satisfy everyones curiosity but after speaking with him this morning he has asked me not to. He doesn't want a thousand emails and phone calls coming in and I can understand that he would not want the college disrupted. Sorry if this does not provide enough proof for you but that is the way it is. If you want more info you can always PM me and I will provide details of his findings.

Can totally understand that, but this probably should have been anticipated. Any company is going to demand proof of a claim like this and proof ends all/most arguments.
Going to need someone else then who will go on record with scientifically proven findings/facts.

Ditchdoc wrote:If possible, let's see if we can send the watch to a certified Geologist for evaluation that is will to verify his evaluation. I will be glad to help pay for this verification.