I think that is a blue one. In certain low light the blue looks almost black, but isn't. If I was buying a blue one, I would just get a new one. (I wear a blue one.)
Why? are they out of stock or no longer made? I guess we made a good investment, certainly better than some others I had over the past 6-7 years! PH
its not a blue one, it is black. the blue ones have a yellow start button. only the secondary black ones have the orange button.
I got mine from an off the wall website about four or five years ago for $39.99. It was at the same time they were going for $80 on OSI. The band is getting a bit worn, and I've put like three batteries in it. Still runs like a champ. I never have used the stopwatch. Always the countdown.
The stopwatch function is not good for timing a short event like a sprint, because it does not stop the tenths and hundredths of seconds. But it is fine for tracking the lost time in a match provided you remember to stop and restart it each time. Only one read-out stops and restarts. The other keeps going, so after 45 mins on the continuous read-out, the stopping one will show less time, say 42 m 35 sec, so you know to add 3 minutes. IMO this function is more useful for a 4th official, although not impossible to use while reffing, just an additional factor to think about. PH
You can use both at the same time. The stopwatch gives the count-up time, all the better to record data with. PH
I never stop my watch because I usually forget to turn it back on. I just set the time for the half length and mentally keep track of how much time to add. For NFHS, I have another watch with stop watch function that I stop and start. Only 1 out of 5 times do I remember to restart so I end up going by the stadium clock backed up by the watch with running time.
I just ordered an adidas 3127 at a pretty steep discount, I think it's the newest model (but I could be totally wrong) and I'm pretty excited to give it a try* *file under "things only a referee would say"
...well in that case, Andy is going to have to teach us all how to set an eBay product notification alert thingy...