New Arrival: Nike Oregon Series Alti-Compass Lance 4

I think that's what this watch is called. I got this for $67 on eBay. I don't like this watch. This is a rare negative review for a big Nike watch, but this one just doesn't work for me. I got it used, and there are a few dings on the one I got. It's nice and big, and the display is fine aesthetically and practically. But I hate the cramped sensor (I think that's what it's for) on the bottom left of the face. It feels awkward on my wrist. It feels like the smaller Nike Oregon Super (reviewed in March 2011), which I'm not crazy about either. I may sell both of these Nike watches. I'm not souring on Nike watches, which I like a lot. But this one gets a 5 out of 10.
Nike Oregon Alti-Compass below:

I made $22 by accident

I'm not going to go retire, but I just made $22 by buying an all black Vestal Crusader, receiving it and realizing it wasn't the one with the silver strips on top and bottom, deciding to sell it on eBay, and doing so. I bought it for $28 on eBay and just sold it for $50 (plus shipping). I can't explain this. Oh, well. I'll buy another watch, I guess.

New Arrival: Converse Scoreboard

I just got this watch for $25 plus shipping on eBay without competing bidders. I've seen this watch a lot on eBay for near or at $75 sticker price.
This is a bit unusual watch. I think Converse makes only a few watches. I hadn't seen this watch in person before buying it. It came in a weird cardboard box that left lots of dust on the watch. A wash in the sink took care of that. It only has three buttons and is awkward to set and the stopwatch is awkward to operate. The time is displayed in a stack on hours, minutes, seconds. You have to scroll to get the date. The display is somewhat dark, and it doesn't have any of my silver on it. The band is unusual as well: thick and pliable, and with an unusual, rubber clasp. I don't think I own or have seen a clasp that isn't metal, although the prongs are. It's very wide and sticks up in the drawer. I took a couple pictures. An okay watch, a 7.5 our of 10.
Converse Scoreboard below:

Method to My Madness

I should have explained my method for reviewing watches earlier, but better late than never. It's not too complicated. I get a watch and I wear it for a day, including a timed run. I try to run every weekday. I wear it to work, to exercise, and rinse it off in the sink to get the sweat off. Then I think about what I like and don't like. That's it.
More watch reviews to come....

New Arrival: Nixon Lodown

I got this in the mail yesterday and like this watch a lot. Another eBay purchase. I suppose I should just say when I don't buy a watch on eBay, and you can otherwise assume I got it on eBay. I had this watch in my possession before when I mistakenly thought that it was a silver one based on a photo on eBay. It's much better in silver. Also, I had been mistakenly looking for this watch on eBay before as the "Lowdown" and was getting about 1/3 of the search results as I should have been getting.
Good watch, nice design. A little bit small though. I will defeintely wear it. Pretty rugged look and feel, in large part because of its good depth. I noticed it has the exact same face/design/layout as the Nixon Primer, which I also like. At least this one doesn't have the confusing "NOXIN" on it when you look at it upside down. Overall, a good watch, but not yet a favorite. A 7.5 out of 10.
Nixon Lodown below:

New Arrival: Nixon Delta II SS/PU

I got this watch for a song on eBay, $56 plus shipping. Another one sold for about $90 on eBay a few hours later. Not sure why this one was so much cheaper, but I'll take it.
This is a nice big, thick watch. So heavy, in fact, that when I took it for its initial run, it was a little awkward as I noticed it on my wrist. I got used to it in a few minutes though. The band is good and wide, very solid. The font is great. It has a thing that spins around on the front allegedly for snowboarding, which can track the speed, direction, etc. you're going. I will not use it. The stopwatch had a cartoon rectangle thing with falling snow when the stopwatch is going. A little gimmicky, but a little cool. I like the watches that have a spinning wheel or a running man going when the stopwatch is going. By the way, I don't know what the heck the name of this watch is with the letters, etc. I think SS means stainless steel.
This is a very good watch, a 9 out of 10.
Nixon Delta II SS/PU below:

Vestal Crusader: I'll wait for silver and black one

I listed the all black watch on eBay. I'll get what I really want: the silver and black on.

New Arrival: Vestal Crusader

I bought this one on eBay for $28 plus shipping. It looked like it was the one I wanted with silver strips on top and bottom, but it's really the all black one. I am going to sleep on whether I keep this or resell it on eBay. I'll probably resell it since I find that if I don't get what I'm really looking for, I don't wear the watch. I have very rarely seen the one with the silver strips coming up on eBay, so it may be a long wait.
In general, it's a nice, fairly big watch with decent styling. Nice, flush buttons on the sides. Decent weight, nice strap. It even comes with a guitar pick as the tag, which would not come in handy at all since I'm not musical.
I'll update with my decision.
Vestal Crusaders in all black and black and silver below:

And yet another on the way

And today, for mother's day, I got myself another watch. For $50 including shipping, I picked up a Nixon Lodown. I know, I'm a dad, but whatever. Three watches on the way.... I can't wait.

Exciting four hours for me today

I bought two watches today on eBay, both from my old school iPhone. That's two words with lower case first letter, upper case second letter. Anyway, I picked up the Vestal Crusader (for $32 including shipping) and the Nixon Delta Pu (for $65 including shipping) in the afternoon while at my kid's little league game and later shopping for more baby clothes. A little scary as I'm never sure the app will work on my iPhone. Reviews to come.

Mea Culpa: Nike GPS watch not too small

I was in the San Francisco Niketown store in part to see if they had the GPS watch. They did have one, in the box, in a lucite display box. I asked to check it out, which I did. It was a return, and it was the only one they had, as they were apparently in great demand. This watch was much bigger than the 25mm described by an eBay seller. It's maybe around 40mm across the front and very thick, I assume to tuck away the GPS stuff. I could have bought it for the $200, and maybe even sold it on eBay for a few extra bucks as I noticed it's been selling for higher. But I decided to do nothing. I guess I'll have to put it back on my list.

New Arrival: Freestyle Navigator 2.0

I got this in the mail last week and just got back from a run with it. I got it for $35 on eBay including shipping. I was the only bidder on the watch. A few weeks ago, I bought this watch in all black, but shortly after got a message that the watch was stolen from the seller before it was shipped. I think it's ultimately a good thing.
This is a nice, solid watch. A little bigger than I expected. The band has a gimmicky strip on it, instead of holes, so the teeth on the strap can go in anywhere, allegedly giving a more precise fit. I haven't been having a lot of problems with inaccurate sizing with the regular hole every few milimeters structure of most watches, so I don't think this is exactly necessary, but it's fine so far. I'm a little worried it may wear out, but I'll only be wearing it once a month at most, so no big deal for now. The buttons are nicely recessed, to give it a cleaner look. The silver round bezel on the face spins around, with NSEW directions on it, but that doesn't really help me. This is a nice big watch, looks great, feels good. Overall, an 8.5 out of 10. Good watch.
Freestyle Navigator 2.0 below: