Virtual Swatch Museum

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Swatch Access Specials and Specials with a new strap

I am trying to compile two lists of special swatches:
• A list of all swatch access specials released so far. The 'generic' access swatches Freeride (SKK100) and Clearance (SKK103) have been released with many different straps for various occasions. But there are other access specials as well.
• A list of swatches that have been rereleased by swatch with a new strap. This is probably very incomplete.
If you have any additions/corrections, please email. PLEASE! Don't be lazy. Contribute. I know that there are a lot of things missing.

First room: Access Specials list

Second room: Information about Access Swatches by Chris Johnson

Swatch has released many different special packagings for their watches so far. Many of them were only available in local markets or they were made for special events. For those of you who think that they own everything:  Please take a walk through the following pages and see what you are missing. The photos below were taken by the Swatch collector Jirco Bondy and appeared in the German magazine Creativ Uhr (1/97). They are used without permission.

First room: Older Specials

Here is an overview of the reports about different Swatch events that I have attended or at least written or published a small report about:
 

Luzern auctions	early 90s	luzern_auction.html
net.hunt, the first ever online game	APR-1996	http://home.arcor.de/folon4/nethunt.html
Luzern Access To Space event	5+6-OCT-1996	http://luzern1996.home.pages.de
EXPO'98 Lisbon	20-23-AUG-1998	http://lissabon1998.home.pages.de
Laax'99 Boarder X finals	8-11-APR-1999	http://laax1999.home.pages.de
Jungfraujoch event	25-27-JUN-1999	http://jungfraujoch1999.home.pages.de
Grenchen club swatch launch	12-MAR-2000	http://grenchen2000.home.pages.de
David LaChapelle signing	25-MAY-2000	lachapelle.html
Paris event	23-25-JUN-2000	http://paris2000.home.pages.de
Kiruna Xmas event	16-18-DEC-2000	http://kiruna2000.home.pages.de
ZEIT IST GELD exhibition opening	3-MAR-2001	http://zeitistgeld2001.home.pages.de
Barcelona club swatch launch	30-MAR to 1-APR-2001	http://barcelona2001.home.pages.de
Biel Goldmember event 2001	7+8-JUN-2001	http://biel2001.home.pages.de
Munich club event	8-10-JUN-2001	http://munich2001.home.pages.de
Modane event (launch of skin chrono)	11-JUN-2001	http://modane2001.home.pages.de
German Halloween event 2001	26-OCT-2001	http://halloween2001.home.pages.de
Wristory Swatch Auction New York	3-DEC-2001	http://wristory.home.pages.de
James Bond Event Frankfurt 2002	10-MAR-2002	http://bond_frankfurt2002.home.pages.de
Gold & Pioneer Club Event Biel 2002	17 to 18-JUN-2002	http://biel2002.home.pages.de
James Bond Club Event London 2002	26 to 28-JUL-2002	http://london2002.home.pages.de
Shaqtacular Event Santa Monica	21-SEP-2002	http://shaqtacular.home.pages.de
Tribute To Style Event Los Angeles	23-SEP-2002	http://tributetostyle.home.pages.de
Munich Xmas Gold and Pioneer Event	3 to 4-DEC-2002	http://munich2002.home.pages.de
World Museum Opening Milano	13 to 16-MAR-2003	http://milan2003.home.pages.de
Travelling Kaleidoscope Event Munich	11-APR-2003	http://munich2003.home.pages.de
Melting Pop Event Siena	12-APR-2003	http://meltingpop.home.pages.de
Milano F/W 2003/04 collection launch	3-JUL-2003	http://milanlaunch.home.pages.de
FIVB Beach Volleyball Event in Los Angeles	18 to 21-SEP-2003	http://losangeles2003.home.pages.de
Train Your Touch Offenbach Event	15-NOV-2003	http://offenbach2003.home.pages.de
Dada Zürich Event	5/6-MAR-2004	http://dada2004.home.pages.de
Brussels Gold & Pioneer / Tintin Event	6 to 9-MAY-2004	http://brussels2004.home.pages.de
Cow Exhibition, Place Vendôme, Paris	16-JUN-2004	http://cow2004.home.pages.de
Saint Tropez Swatch Launch Event	19-JUL-2004	http://sainttropez2004.home.pages.de
Ionic Center at Athens Olympic Games 2004	AUG-2004	http://ionic2004.home.pages.de
Athens Olympic Games 2004 Event	25 to 30-AUG-2004	http://athens2004.home.pages.de
La Samaritaine Swatch Exhibition Paris	22-SEP to 23-OCT-2004	http://samaritaine2004.home.pages.de
Paparazzi Launch Event, New York	19/20-OCT-2004	http://paparazzi2004.home.pages.de
Swiss Lighting Place Vendôme Paris	25-NOV-2004 to 5-JAN-2005	http://swisslight2004.home.pages.de
St. Moritz Xmas Event	10 to 12-DEC-2004	http://stmoritz2004.home.pages.de
Nobody's Perfect by Gaetano Pesce Paris	25-MAY-2005	http://pesce_paris2005.home.pages.de
Berlin Gold & Pioneer / Beachvolley Event	22 to 26-JUN-2005	http://berlin2005.home.pages.de
Istanbul Xmas Event	1 to 4-DEC-2005	http://istanbul2005.home.pages.de
Paris Flashmob Event	9-DEC-2005	http://paris_flashmob2005.home.pages.de
Lugano Splashtival / Gold & Pioneer Event	31-MAY to 2-JUN-2006	http://lugano2006.home.pages.de
Shanghai Splash Mob Event	30-SEP to 1-OCT-2006	http://splashmob_shanghai2006.home.pages.de alternative link
Basel Paint In Blue Presale Event	4-NOV-2006	http://paint_in_blue_basel2006.home.pages.de alternative link
Saalbach Hinterglemm Xmas Event	6 to 10-DEC-2006	http://saalbach2006.home.pages.de alternative link
Duisburg CollectoMania Event	10-FEB-2007	http://collectomania2007.home.pages.de alternative link
Tokyo Nicolas G. Hayek Center Opening Event	24-MAY-2007	http://hayek_center_tokyo2007.home.pages.de alternative link
Gstaad Be Swiss Event	27 to 29-JUL-2007	http://gstaad2007.home.pages.de alternative link
King & Emperor Xmas Event Budapest	30-NOV to 2-DEC-2007	http://budapest2007.home.pages.de alternative link
Red Bull X-Fighters Event Madrid	17 to 18-JUL-2008	http://madrid2008.home.pages.de/ alternative link
Bregenz Gold & Pioneer / James Bond Event	7 to 10-SEP-2008	http://bregenz2008.home.pages.de/ alternative link
Club'Art The Graphics Collection Tokyo	4-OCT-2008	http://clubarttokyo2008.home.pages.de/ alternative link
Illustrative Club'Art Event Zürich	17 to 18-OCT-2008	http://illustrative2008.home.pages.de/ alternative link
Time Of Exploration Xmas Event Lisbon	12 to 14-DEC-2008	http://lissabon2008.home.pages.de/ alternative link
Club Special Launch Event Paris	2-APR-2009	paris_2009.html
Gold & Pioneer / CreArt Event Venice	28-JUN to 1-JUL-2009	venice_2009.html
Illustrative 2009 Event Berlin	17-OCT-2009	illustrative_2009.html
Frankfurt Ice Dunes Store Opening Party	30-OCT-2009	frankfurt_2009.html
New York Xmas Event	18 to 21-DEC-2009	new_york_2009.html

Swatch has always made good and sometimes funny advertisements for their watches (remember the excellent How Long Is A Swatch Minute? ad campaign from last year?).  So it is time now to archive some of the ads...

First room: Old Swatch Ads from the 80s

The following page contains pictures of several autographed swatches. Have a look!

First room: Autographed Swatches

Lionel Vasselle maintains a list of the designers / artists who have designed a swatch. A very handy list if you collect autographed swatches (see above). Don't forget to come back to this site :-)

First room: Swatch Designers

The following pages contain pictures of the Atlanta medalist packagings and the swatch gold member card. Thanks to you-know-who :-)

First room: Medalist packagings

The next pages contain pictures of some nice swatches that everyone is trying to obtain... Nothing too interesting, you have been warned. Browse at your own risk.

First room: Click here, Jerry!

In 1993, Swatch released a so called Production Box. Hans van Buuren has a page which explains quite a lot about this box so I won't repeat it here. I just want to show my box here since I had to scan it for a different purpose.

First room:  Here is my box

An asian swatch collector friend has sent me a very complete list of swatch specials ever produced. If you browse through the list, you'll see that there are a lot of things missing in Bonello!

First room:  List of swatch specials
 
 

Here are some swatch sites:

  (best non-commercial picture site by Michael, highly recommended!)

http://vendomestore.free.fr/  Pictures of Vendôme swatches
Yasuhiro Minato (a good friend from Japan)
Lyndon's Swatch Corner (Singapore)
Patrick von Dach's Swatchlover's site (Switzerland)