I need a new watch. I need many new things lately, few of which cost less than a thousand dollars, so a watch has a pretty low purchasing pole position. Still, I feel like I can handle this minute task of buying a new watch, especially compared to, say, the death-defying duty of buying a new (used) car. My digital running watch drowned in the Atlantic during the triathlon, my dress watch went the way of my bike and my computer, and I’ve been late for everything since.
I’ll probably buy a watch with an integrated heart rate monitor because I’m a grown-up athlete now and apparently grown-up athletes pay attention to stuff like that. But then today I was reading Fat Cyclist and I came across an ad banner for Freestyle watches. Holy cow, Shark watches are back? Man, I had the coolest purple and turquoise Shark watch when I was younger – with the Velcro fabric strap! – and I wore it with my Hang Ten t-shirts and Adidas winter jacket with the three stripes down the sleeves like every other Middle School student. So if anyone out there would like to fund my nostalgia, this purple/orange/yellow baby has JackieOh written all over it. Now if only I could round up a functioning Hypercolor t-shirt and some reruns of Hey Dude…
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I think the Hypercolor shirts may still be in the attic, although you may not like the effect quite as much now that you have the body of a 24 year old, rather than that of a 6th grader. Your shark watch is probably around somewhere too, and since they have lifetime warranties, we could probably get that up and running, too! We do have a couple SWATCH watches that might be coming back in style too! It all comes back in style, the trick is to figure out how long to hold onto it.
haha i do indeed remember your purple shark watch. I remember that I got a pink one because I wanted to be like you. hmm... not much has changed since them.. except that my blue iron man watch has clearly outdone your pink one. haha.
Hi this is Chad from Freestyle, stoked on the great mention, thanks! If you end up picking up a new shark let us know if it's still as rad as you remember. Cheers! Chad
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