New Swatch in Stock: GZ216 – Carri Munden
This model we did not stock before. The model was introduced earlier this year with the artist collection of the Spring / Summer collection 2010.
Offer of the Week: Maxi Swatch Watches
We are clearing out our Maxi Swatches. Nowadays they have become quite rare. So if you are interested in a LARGE piece of Swatch History, act quick and check out the Offer of the Week: Maxi Swatches!
Click here to go the Weekly Offers!
Win a Swatch! Find the Easter Eggs on Squiggly.com
During Easter Squiggly is going to have an Easter Egg search on Squiggly.com. The eggs will be hidden on Squiggly.com and the answers have to be given on Twitter. The places the eggs will be hidden can be anywhere our website. It can be on the front-page, any information page like warranty, the Swatch Collections page… anywhere… That’s why it’s a Easter Egg Search!
Date:
Monday March 29 till Friday April 2
Where:
www.squiggly.com & Twitter
How:
During this 5 day period, we’re going to hide one Easter Egg every day on www.squiggly.com. On twitter we will announce when the egg is hidden. The first one to reply to @squigglyswatch on Twitter with the right URL where the egg is hidden will win a Swatch! So be sure to follow @Squigglyswatch on Twitter!
Pricez:
As Easter Eggs have many beautiful colors we are going to give away 5 Full Blooded Swatches. Each day a different color.
For Now:
Make sure you follow @squigglyswatch on Twitter. We will let you know in time when we are going to start the Easter Egg search!
During Easter, Squiggly is going to have a Easter egg search on Squiggly.com. The eggs will be hidden on Squiggly.com and the answers have to be given on Twitter. The places the eggs will be hidden can be anywhere on Squiggly.com. The front-page, an information page like warranty, the Swatch Collections page… anywhere… That’s why it’s a Easter Egg Search! J
Date:
Monday March 29 till Friday April 2
Where:
www.squiggly.com & Twitter
How:
During a period of 5 days, we’re going to hide one Easter Egg everyday on www.squiggly.com. On twitter we will announce when the egg is hidden. The first one to reply the right URL where the egg is hidden to @Squigglyswatch on twitter wins a Swatch!
Prices:
As Easter Eggs have many beautiful colors we are going to give away 5 Full Blooded Swatches. Each day a different color.
Swatch Colour Codes Commercial
Swatch released a commercial to promote the new Swatch Colour Codes collection. Here it is!
Come Together event Swatch, The Club Austria
The annual Come Together from Swatch, The Club Austria took place on March 1 in Vienna. Just like other years a special was released during this event. The watch is a Jelly in Jelly Access special with a special strap. The Special is limited to 85 pcs.
Swatch & Art Collection launch event
Preveous years Swatch hosted Club events to present their new Club Swatch. This year things are different. Swatch is going to launch their new Club Swatch (probably called Playa Look) during a bigger Swatch & Art Collection launch event in London.
Artists present at this event will be Ivan Navarro, Cassette Playa, Manish Arora (already famous in the Swatch world 
and Enki Bilal. Club members participating at the event will be invited to an international press conference and a Swatch & Artparty in the evening.
- Club Watch in a limited special packaging and exclusive loop (incl. annual Club Membership)
- Exclusive event Welcome Package
- Meet & Greet with Artists, VIP’s & Celebrities
- Participation at the international press conference
- Premier access to the SWATCH & ART exhibition
- VIP Access to the SWATCH & ART party
- Reception, dinner, and accommodation (incl. breakfast)
Source: Andreas Wiethoff and Swatch The Club
How limited are the Swatch Specials ?
How limited are Swatch Specials?
Some Swatch models have limited production numbers and therefore are called Specials. They are easy to recognize as the reference code usually includes the “Z” as the second letter (example : GZ nnn, or LZ nnn). Art specials have been released by the Swatch company almost every year since 1985.
Other specials are usually introduced to the public for a certain occasion. For promotional events or for the Olympic Games, or for Christmas, etc etc.
Many specials that Swatch has released are numbered, so we know how many they have made from this model. This number is imprinted on the back of the watch case followed by the total number produced.
But in addition to the numbered pieces, which match the official declared production, other watches of the same model are often in existence without any numbers on the case. This leaves the answer to the question of the open production wide open to speculation.
In case of the rarest Swatch models that were produced in very low numbers (Kiki Picasso, Puff And Mimmo Paladino ), a few additional issues do not affect the collector values al all.
They are extremely desirable and demand is many times higher than the supply. The Kiki Picasso was officially produced 140 times, but at least 200 prototypes have been made. The puff had an output of 20 pieces per color, but we know there are unnumbered prototypes. Not as many though as with the Kiki. Maybe again 20 per color have been made. These models come without the special packaging. Of the Mimmo Paladino 120 watches exist, but there are a few EA(Epreuve d’Artist) pieces.
Other low production models (Original Jelly Fish and Velvet Underground) lost some of their value over the last time as collectors realized that they are offered more frequently. Also I found out that one out of two Keith Haring models only have the regular manufacturing code stamped on the case. It seems appropriate to conclude that the production of these four watches was at least twice as high as the 9999 pieces officially declared for each model.
The Rorrim5, produced exclusively for the Japanese market, has an official limitation of 5000. But we know from some Italian publications that the amount produced is at least 9,999 as some of the original packagings have a sticker saying xxxx/9999.
Is this reason to worry?
Even if the the production numbers are higher than officially declared, it still is considerably lower than the regular line output. These models have been on the market now for more than 25 years and the extra pieces that have been produced are calculated in the value showed in specialist websites like Squiggly. The market is dictated by supply and demand.
Value wise, it is more important to have the original special packaging, because those very unique items make the limited Swatches even more special.
happy collecting
Swatch Summer with trendy new Chrono Plastic models
Swatchpresents a stylish range of monochrome colours and winsome designs for the popular Swatch Chrono Plastic Collection, with ten new models built for sports and fashion-minded men and women of all ages. Five new models feature a bright monochrome dial set off by a pure white plastic case and an adjustable bracelet fashioned of solid white plastic links. The all-white look lends an elegant touch to an otherwise rugged and fashionably sporty line. Five additional models feature tough structured white or coloured silicone straps and solid plastic cases. All models present the Swatch Chrono Plastic’s characteristic moulded plastic rotating bezel and easy-to-read dials and chrono counters.
