Swatch: New this Week!

This week we received 3 more models from the Swatch Fall / Winter Collection 2010.
here they are.

The “Holly Grail” of Swatches

We just came across this article about Swatch and had to share it with you guys!
Great story, and great pictures.

Little is it known that the largest a most complete Swatch collection resides in Spain. In this “temple” there is not only the watches themselves but all merchandise remotely related to the brand. From matches to the Smart-Swatch car. Displays, phones, jackets, pencils, condoms, beepers, banners, stands…

More here…

swatch Clopedia Forum Update

Dear Swatch Friends,

Last week we have had some problems with the Swatch Clopedia Forum.
All problems and erors have been fixxed and we also fitted the forum with a new layout.

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La Salle Centennial Commemorative Swatches

In celebration of 100 years of Lasallian presence in the country, De La Salle University launches the very limited edition DLSU Centennial Collection in cooperation with Swatch.

The Advertisement:

The Watches:

New Flik Flak collection

This week we received 19 new Flik Flak watches, including 2 limited editions of Hello Kitty, the Hello Kitty Angelic and Hello Kitty Develish. Are you good or are you bad?

More from Hello Kitty are the Hello Kitty Flowers and the Hello Kitty Dancer, both very lovely watches for girls and of course we did not forget the boys! Beyond the Ground and Straight to the Point are very sturdy watches for the tougher guys.

We also have 2 Sewing models for girls , studded with 12 shiny crystalsand a classic “adult like” model for boys.

Finally the Romantic Cat for animal lovers, decorated with 12 crystals, the Colorful Darkness which is a very magical watch and the Ready to Sprint, a speedy race watch.

All Flik Flak watches are water-resistant and machine washable.

Rare Olympic Special spotted!

Swatchgroup has a special connection with the Olympic Comittee. Since 1984 Swatch has made special watches for the IOC. These watches were donated to the IOC. The IOC did not sell these watches but they can be given to people that have done something special for the IOC. In the end we always spot these watches and add them to the Swatch-clopedia.

This time a special version of the watch LK243 Strawberry Jam has been found.  The official code of this model is LZ108. Probably on a few hundred or even less of this model have been made. Please click the watch to see it on squiggly.com.

Swatch F/W 2010 In Stock!

We have received the collection for the F/W 2010. The collection is not yet complete. We expect the rest to drip in the the coming weeks. The collection is relatively small, but I have understood a lot of new exciting things are to come in the next months. Not just new models, but complete new designs of watches, bigger Ironies etc.

GB248    Fancy Vibes
Black and white art for the lady’s wrist. The white silicone strap of this intriguing Gent presents a fascinating ‘pied de poule’ design formed of pixillated black dots building changing patterns of illusion. The solid black plastic buckle and black silicone loop frame the solid matt black plastic case, and the white dial takes up the pattern from the strap in a subtle, tone-on-tone variation. Black Arabic numerals indicate 6 and 12 o’clock and square dots mark all other hours. Tapered black hour and minute hands and a slim black seconds hand mark the time of day.

GJ129    Spare Corners – GW157  Nibits – LK309G  Fire Point

LB169    Collar Girl
A whimsical tribute to the elegance of evening wear. The silicone strap of this mischievous Lady is fashioned of solid white silicone with a moulded black-line border and black bow ties in relief. A black plastic buckle and black silicone loop complement the solid black plastic case framing a sun brushed silver dial. Slim and stylish black Arabic numerals indicate hours 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12; black dot indexes mark all other hours. Black hour and minute hands and a delicate white seconds hand top off this delightful design and mark the time of day.

SFF118 Across Country – SFK356G Elegantly Framed – SUBK147G Hot Batik Purple

SFB140    Reflecting Stars
A delicate pattern evokes a night sky embroidered with sparkling stars. The black synthetic leather strap of this delightful Skin features an exquisite white diamond-shaped pattern highlighted with sparkling white crystals. A black plastic buckle and black synthetic leather loop complement the shiny black plastic case. Delicate black Arabic numerals mark all hours on the sun-brushed silver dial, and finely drawn hour and minute hands mark the time of day.

YCB4012 Burning Eye – YCM4000 Ray Of Light Black – YCS4051 Ray Of Light White

YCS536G    Cinnamon Eye
A man of substance and distinctive style makes a confident appearance. The bracelet and case of this impressive Irony Chrono are fashioned of brushed silver stainless steel 316L. Mounted on the case is a stainless steel 316L bezel whose silver tachometric scale emerges in relief from a cool grey resin inlay. The sun brushed silver dial presents a fine black minute ring with orange dot hour markers at all hours and black Arabic numerals indicating all hours but 6, where black-on-white date window appears, and 10, highlighted by its orange numerals. A second ring of Arabic numerals (05, 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, 40, 45, 55) frames the dial’s grey central zone with its subdials. The 60-minute and small seconds counter form a near-identical pair with cinnamon-coloured creusé dials, silver numerals and indexes. The slightly smaller decimal counter has white numerals on a cool grey dial framed by black-on-silver indexes. All counters have squelette silver hands. A slim silver chrono seconds hand registers stop-times; shiny silver hour and minute hands with white superlite highlights mark the time of day.

YCS537G Vital Spark        -  YCS538    Seaweed     – YLN4001AG Blueflash      – YRS424 Heat Energy

YOS441    Instinctively Right
An impressive timepiece for the man who’ll make his mark. The sculpted light brown leather strap of this massively elegant Irony THE Chrono features high-contrast white stitching on both the strap and the leather loop. The buckle matches the massive case, both in satin-brushed stainless steel 316L. Surrounding the white dial is a flange with both a printed black ring featuring orange Arabic numerals at 5-minute intervals (05,10, 15 …60) and a parallel black-on silver minute ring. The dial features silver hour markers with striped white highlights at all hours but 4, where a black-framed, black-on-white date window appears. The 60-minute and decimal chrono counters and the continuous seconds counter show silver imitation-creusé dials with white-on-black indexes and black numerals; all three counters are set off nicely against a silver imitation-creusé centre. A slim white central chrono seconds hand complements the tapered silver hour and minute hands with superlite white highlights to make the time easy to read by night.

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The tendency in Swatch collecting

Squiggly feels the pulse of Swatch collecting better than any company in the world. We see models get sold on a daily basis and than suddenly stop, but we also see specific models hit the spotlights two years after they were released. We also see big regional differences.

Lately we have noticed that Scuba’s from the 90′s are more and more ordered from us. Any specific reason? I think there are several reasons. Firstly there is no real Scuba series in the current collection from Swatch. Further is the current Originals (read: Plastic) collection more colorful and this could trigger people in reminiscing of the good old times and re-buy their old Swatch.

The plastic Chrono’s from 1990 and 1991 are still going strong. People still love these watches especially from Italy. Italians in general still love the old Swatch watches and they continue to buy these collectables. Could the fashion-sensitive Italian be the prelude of a revival of Swatch collecting? Can it happen again?