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:

Cool new watch: Nike+ SportWatch GPS: Too Small?!

I saw this some time ago before it went on sale. My wife (who generally opposes my watch interest/obsessions) ran across this watch in one of those crappy airline magazines. She actually suggested that I could get the watch.... A $200 watch, mind you. In any event, I like the watch, and was doing my due dilligence. I discovered through an eBay question, that the watch is small, really small. Only 25 mm across the front according to an eBay seller. My cutoff is generally 40 mm for the front. So I guess I'm not going to buy this one. But it still looks cool.

Nike+ SportWatch GPS watch below:

What's the Deal with this A-Hole?

I've noticed a few prices on a few watches on eBay. A Columbia watch I have had my eye on. Until I see $50 shipping for no apparent reason. Is this some kind of scam on eBay? Is this a way to avoid paying eBay their commission? Is this a way of trying to dupe people into buying who don't check the shipping price? Anyway, I don't like it. Heads up.
eBay link

New Arrival: Body Glove Warpt

Got this one in at the end of last week and took it out for a spin. An okay watch. The best thing it has going for it is the surprisingly cool font. It has stacked vertically hours, minutes, and second. On the right side is date and day of week. It took a bit to get used to reading the time this way, but my small brain figured it out. The rest of the watch is a bit pedestian. Not quite big enough. Nothing really interesting about the shape. A lot of silver color, which is nice. The strap is not quite substantial enough. Nothing failing this watch, just not especially significant. This is a bubble watch, and I might resell it on eBay. I got it for $26 including shipping. I have kept my eyes on a couple other Body Glove watches, and this one may dissuade me from future purchases. I'll mull it over for a while. Overall, a 6.5 out of 10 for this watch.
Body Glove Warpt below:

New Arrival: Nixon Housing

I was a little disappointed with this watch. I've worn it for a couple days, on a couple runs, and it's not a bad watch. It's nively appointed and I like the buttons that are flush with the sides. But I had high hopes for this one. It's heavy, but a little smaller than I had hoped. It feels a little awkward on the wrist, like the connection between the watch and the band is imperfect. The red graph thing on the screen is a little strange, and the time is a little hard to read. The clear button for the stopwatch didn't work very well. Also, my first impression was that the big "NIXON" writing on the top and bottom are very obvious and the one above the top looks like "NOXIN," which is more than a little off-putting. Weird name in general, of course bringing to mind Tricky Dick. I have high hopes for the expensive but seemingly cool and edgy Nixon stuff. Cool box, though, with a weird Nerf feeling thing inside a cardboard cover.
On a slightly related note, I stumbled across a Nixon store in Berkeley on the 4th Street shopping strip. It had only a few digital watches, the Newton and the Outsider Tide. I liked the Outsider Tide as it's really big. Only a weird navy blue color, though. And retail price, which I'm not having. The rest of the stuff was mostly women-oriented, including scarves and gloves, which was weird for a warm summer day.
The Housing gets a 7.5 from me out of 10.
Nixon Housing below: