Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Nike Watches: Owned

Here are the Nike watches I own, in descending order by size:

Hammer below


Chisel below


Press below


Triax Mobius below


Ratchett below



Drill below


Torque below

Monday, June 21, 2010

My Collection Storage


I showcase my watches on my wrist daily. I keep them in line in my kitchen drawer. Maybe I should get a fancier display mechanism. Until then, here they are.

Size Matters

I think that I've come to realize that I like bigger digital watches. Not sure why, maybe it's a testosterone thing. I hate my tiny Nixon Primer watch not because of its design but because of its small stature. I love my Freestyle Nomad and Lopex III and my Nike Hammer because of their girth. I have my eye on the Freestyle Killer Shark because it's a whopping 50mm across the face.


Some boring details. I want a watch across the face at least 38mm and up. 40mm and up is a safer larger size. I often look for information about size when shopping. The Nomad is 50mm, same size as the advertised Killer Shark. Other big ones are in the mid 40s in mm. You get the picture.


Freestyle Nomad below:




Nike Hammer below:


Buying: Google Shopping

I regularly check out new leads on watches I haven't seen with Google Shopping. Search the make and model of the watch, hit the shopping link, and you get a pretty good result with photos and prices. I have stumbled across some deals on new digital watches this way. Obvious, but helpful, and a good jumping off point.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Highgear Enduro v. New Balance Nduro

What's the deal here? I found the New Balance Nduro at Kohl's. I made a note then surfed the web for the watch and deals. Here's the New Balance watch.




Then I surfed around and found the Highgear Enduro. Here's what it looks like.


Same exact watch, different logo at top. I bought the Highgear for $14 with free shipping from Amazon. It's a little smaller than I wanted, and it has red in the strap and the face. I don't like red at all, and I generally don't like color on my digital watches. Still and all, a solid watch. I give it a 7. Not sure why it was so cheap when other Highgear watches are so expensive.

My current saved searches on eBay

I have a lot of saved searches on eBay. I love getting my daily updates of new stuff from my saved searches around noon daily, seven days a week.

Here's my current list of saved searches. Brace yourself.

adidas candy watch
adidas fitness control watch
asics watch
body glove rhyz
body glove toob
body glove warpt
carrera digital watch
columbia peak 15 watch
columbia tailwhip watch
freestyle durbo
freestyle killer shark
freestyle protege watch
freestyle speed dial
freestyle tide
halo kr3w
highgear altis
nike anvil
nike blade watch
nike cage watch
nike monsoon watch
nike oregon square digital
nike sledge
nike typhoon
nixon connect
nixon housing
nixon lowdown
nixon outsider tide
o.d.m. 3 touch digital
oakley d2 watch
oregon nike watch super
puma escalate watch
quiksilver accent watch
quiksilver adictiv watch
quiksilver code watch
quiksilver moondak watch
quiksilver mover watch
rip curl bells oceansearch
rip curl rincon
rip curl trestles
soleus watch
starck fossil watch
suunto m4
tech 4 acceleartor watch
timex e-instruments abt
timex t41501
timex ws4
tocs sports-digi
vestal crusader
vestal digichord

Whew. Got all that? Things will change as acquisitions occur and new discoveries found.

Freestyle Watches: Owned

These are my favorites. I own, in descending size




Nomad below





Lopex III below





Lopez World Class below





Funbox below





Convert Black below





Convert Frankenstein below





Gilgo Frankenstein below





Boiler below





Shark Buzz below





Shark Buzz 2 below





Shark Mako below





Rockaway below





My all time favorites are probably the Lopex III and the Nomad. I didn't think I would like the Nomad as much as I do. Probably because of its massive size and brute force. I check the temperature on the watch occassionally, but it's usually about 85, which I assume is corrupted by body temperature.