Invis Watch

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The Spy

The Invisibility Watch, also known as the Invis Watch, is the default PDA2 weapon for the Spy. It is a piece of advanced technology embodied in a digital watch.

Using the alternate fire button with any other weapon equipped will allow the player to Cloak, blending in perfectly with his surroundings and effectively becoming invisible, allowing them to infiltrate enemy territory and stalk targets without being seen. The Spy cannot attack whilst cloaked, but will still be able to use his Disguise Kit. Decloaking requires the Spy to wait approximately 2 seconds for the process to be complete.

The Cloak generated by the Watch has a limited duration, indicated by a bar on the HUD as well as a glowing bar meter on the watch face itself. The Cloak meter will automatically recharge when not in use. Resupply areas, Dispensers, and ammo can also replenish the Cloak meter, even when cloaked. A large ammo box will fully recharge the Cloak, medium boxes will restore 50% and small boxes will restore 25%. Additionally, scoring a hit with the L'Etranger will replenish 15% Cloak.

Function times

Function times (in seconds)
Cloak maximum duration 9.0 s
Cloak fade time
Player:
1.0 s
World:
1.2 s
Decloak fade time
Player:
2.2 s
World:
1.8 s
Recharge time 30.0 s
Recharge to duration ratio 3.33
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class pyro.png Pyro

Spontaneous Combustion
Spontaneous Combustion
Ignite 10 cloaked Spies.

Leaderboard class demoman.png Demoman

Shorn Connery
Shorn Connery
Decapitate a cloaked Spy.

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Spyalectical Materialism
Spyalectical Materialism
Kill or assist in killing 10 cloaked Spies.

Leaderboard class engineer.png Engineer

Search Engine
Search Engine
Kill 3 cloaked Spies with a sentry gun under control of your Wrangler.

Leaderboard class sniper.png Sniper

Jarring Transition
Jarring Transition
Use Jarate to reveal a cloaked Spy.
Shoot the Breeze
Shoot the Breeze
Kill a fully invisible Spy in a single hit.

Leaderboard class spy.png Spy

Burn Notice
Burn Notice
Survive 30 seconds after being ignited while cloaked.
Spies Like Us
Spies Like Us
While cloaked, bump into an enemy cloaked Spy.

Update history

December 20, 2007 Patch

  • Fixed first person spectator view of the Spy watch not showing the correct Cloak value.

August 19, 2008 Patch

  • Fixed Spy watch arm not using team skins.

June 23, 2009 Patch

  • Fixed a bug where the Spy's watch would randomly change models during play.

Bugs

Trivia

  • The watch is a "tip of the hat" to the many contraptions used in Spy movies, where the main characters use the most sophisticated means of espionage usually disguised into commonly used items.

Gallery

See also