Sunday, December 18, 2011

New Arrival: Freestyle Tide 4.0

Another eBay watch without much interest. Good news for me. I like this watch. Not the perfect color combo, with a little too much lime green. Not sure how they came up with that color. The face of this watch is a little wider than taller and the proportion seems a little off, maybe because I'm used to square and round ones. But this has a good, large stance, and a band with a good rubbery grip. The tide stuff I won't use, but otherwise is easy to use. Overall, a good watch, a 8 out of 10.
Freestyle Tide 4.0 below:

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

New Arrival: Nike Zero Drift ACG WA0007

Not sure what this one is called, obviously. I have seen this a fair amount on eBay, and usually not much interest. Same with this auction. This is a so-so watch. A little too small, not quite enough design interest, a little bit soft. It has compass nonsense that I'll never use. It's a little dinged up, which doesn't bother me that much. Too much gray on the band. I have a suspicion I'll end up selling this one again on eBay. But for now, I'll put it in the rotation. A 6 out of 10.
Nike ACG below:

Saturday, December 10, 2011

New Arrival: Nike Mettle Anvil Super

Sorry it's been a while. I haven't stopped buying watches. In fact, I checked eBay for 2011 purchases and I think it was about 30 watches. Ouch. I have sold a bunch, so maybe it's not that bad. But pretty bad. But on to the news....
I got this Nike watch on eBay for $115. It's more than I wanted to spend. These watches have been coming onto eBay on a regular basis from a foreign website, but I got this from a US seller, slightly used. No big deal; I don't mind a used watch, or without books/boxes/manuals/etc. if it will save me a few bucks. I was worried this would be a slim watch, but it's not. It's nice and sizeable, and similar to many of the other Nike watches in this style. The rounded part at the top and bottom have been a little scuffed, as they stick out and pick up shocks. It's a little too much black for my taste as I like a bit more silver. But I like the sides and the silver there. The black rubber is nice and supple. The mechanism has the same layout as others, which I like. This is a very nice watch, a 9 out of 10.
Nike Mettle Anvil Silver below: