Recent Swatch info (Last updated: 17-JAN-2021)

• WANTED! Mimmo Paladino (#021/100). I am asking for your help:  The Mimmo Paladino Swatch (#021/100) has been stolen on its way from the UK to Germany.  Apparently, the package was opened during transport (with TNT Express) and the watch (incl. the metal box) was taken out of the parcel.  If this watch shows up somewhere or is being offered for sale:  Please inform me so that I can forward the info..... This watch has been STOLEN!  Back to the regular news service:
• SwatchXYou at Macau.  Macau's first SwatchXYou Pop-Up store has opened its doors at Macau Galaxy Fashion Place Shopping Center (until 06-MAR).  Six different local Macau artists have created special SwatchXYou canvases which are only available at the SwatchXYou Pop-Up store.  One of the designs is by Designer & Illustrator Kay Tung:  Only you in my eyes (眼中只有你).  Update:  Here is a nice online report (google translate) showing the different SwatchXYou designs and the artists who created these designs:  1. Time Creator by Kun Lam;  2. Only You in My Eyes by Kay Tung;  3. Walk through Macau by Vitorino Vong;  4. Stars Journey by Tramy Lui; 5. Smiling Star Generator by Mcz_Thomas; 6. Hourglass No. 5 by PIBG 2038.
  
• Laax Open 2021 special.  The Laax Open snowboarding event takes place from 17 to 23-JAN in Laax, Switzerland.   A special Big Bold RIDEINTO2021 (SO27B119C, 115 CHF) has been issued.  The watch is available in the Swiss Swatch Online Store.
• Valentine 2021 specials.  The Swatch Valentine special for 2021 is a New Gent Swatch P(E/A)nse-Moi (SUOZ718, $100 US/95 EURO).  A funny play with french words: "panse moi" = "bandage me", "pense moi" = "think about me".  It comes in a special packaging with lots of band-aids ready to heal all wounds ("peeling is healing").  You can preorder it here.  Three other Valentine related watches are also available:  1. New Gent Hate 2 Love (SUOB185);  2. New Gent Beating Love (SUOW171);  3. Gent Beatpink (GW214).  Thanks to Joachim Meyer and to Roberta Kleiman for the info.
  
• Disney Mickey Mouse X Keith Haring collection by Swatch.  The long rumoured Disney Mickey Mouse X Keith Haring collection by Swatch has finally been announced by Swatch.  Starting 07-JAN-2021, four special Swatch watches (including one Maxi) will be available:  1. Gent Mouse Marinière (GZ352, limited to 25000(?) pcs, 95 EURO);  2. New Gent Eclectic Mickey (SUOZ336, limited to 2000(?) pcs, 180 EURO, special packaging / closed box, based on a large drawing from 1982);  3. New Gent Mickey Blanc Sur Noir (SUOZ337, limited to 25000(?) pcs, 120 EURO, based on a drawing from 1981);  4. Maxi Eclectic Mickey (MSUOZ336, limited to 222(?) pcs, 475 EURO).  The Gent / New Gent specials are not numbered.  Here is a photo of the back of the watches.  Note that the clothing company Uniqlo currently has a similar Mickey Mouse X Keith Haring clothing collection.  Update:  Apparently, the Disney Mickey Mouse X Keith Haring collection by Swatch collection was launched on 23-DEC at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai.  General start of sales in China is 01-JAN-2021.  In the USA and Europe, sales are planned to start on 07-JAN.  In Japan, Swatch will open a special Pop-up Store at Shibuya PARCO on 07-JAN (until 28-JAN), note the funny error in the press release!  Update 2: Similar Mickey X Haring collections were also released by other companies:  1. Luxury accessories: Disney Mickey Mouse X Keith Haring collection by Coach;  2.  Clothing: Disney Mickey Mouse X Keith Haring collection by Uniqlo.;  3. Socks:  Stance Haring Box Set (nice Haring artwork on the box!);  4. Art toy:  BE@RBRICK Keith Haring Mickey Mouse (further info).  Update 3: A lucky collector in Milan got a New Gent Eclectic Mickey.  It sold out very fast in the stores...    Update 4:  Some countries had some nice gifts with in-store purchases (of complete sets):  1. pins (Malaysia);  2. stickers (Singapore);  3. tote bag Eclectic Mickey  (USA, Switzerland);  4. tote bag Mickey Blanc Sur Noir (Switzerland);  5. tote bag Mouse Mariniere (backside, Singapore, Taiwan, France (different handle!, backside), Switzerland, Australia (3rd variant), ....);  6. cookies (for 'influencers' in the UK).  Did you get a gift with purchase?  If yes, please let me know so that I can collect the info.   Update 5: Here is a nice video from the special Pop-up Store at Shibuya PARCO in Japan. Update 6:  A special Disney Mickey Mouse X Keith Haring SwatchXYou canvas is also available, wrapped in a special sleeve with two exclusive loops.  Thanks to R.J.Valdez for the hint and to Thomas Sonneville and to Paxton Wong for the photos.
• September 1982 Swatch.  Have you ever seen a Swatch (GC700) produced in September 1982 (production code "982")?  This was recently sold in the USA, so it is one of the very first Swatch watches from the regular production for the USA test market.  Production code A82 to C82 (October to December 1982) is also very rare but it can be found with some patience.
• Scottish watches SwatchXYou.  Scottish Watches is a watch news website and a watch podcast 'With A Flavour of Scotland'.  To celebrate becoming the first watch podcast to reach the milestone of 200 episodes while also celebrating its forthcoming two year anniversary, Scottish Watches has collaborated with Swatch and they have released a nice special Scottish watches SwatchXYou (canvas) which is only available through the links specified in the news article about the special SwatchXYou (until about 23-JAN).  The canvas has been designed by Canadian artist and illustrator (and Swatch enthusiast) Diana Evans. Thanks to Ed Chung for the hint.
• True Icons Never Age special sets.  Until 31-DEC, Swatch celebrates the 20th anniversary of the legendary Gent Once Again (GB743) with three iconic sets and a free black/white strap with purchase.  Six different sets are available:  1. Gent Once Again + Black (GB743-EB);  2. New Gent Twice Again + Black (SUOB705-EB);  3. Lady Something New + Black (LB153-EB);  4. Gent Once Again + White (GB743-EW);  5. New Gent Twice Again + White (SUOB705-EW);  6. Lady Something New + White (LB153-EW).  Will this be delivered in a special packaging?  Update:  Not really.  Packaged in a generic Swatch Online Store Xmas box.
  
• 1983 collection flyers.  Promotional flyers from 1983 are very very rare.  Here is one flyer from Switzerland showing the 1983/84 collection (backside of flyer), likely distributed in fall 1983.  Impossible to find...  Even more rare:  A 1983 flyer from Switzerland showing the Fachhandellogo collection.  Thanks to Dan for the photos.
• Swatch X BAPE London special.  A new Swatch BAPE London special will be released soon:  Swatch X BAPE Conduit Street (SO27Z706) will be available at a new BAPE  boutique at 24-25 Conduit Street (Mayfair).  The watch is limited but not numbered and it is packaged in the well known Swatch BAPE box (open box).  Here is a photo of the backside of the watch, showing the "London" print on the loop around the strap.
• Xmas special 2020.  According to this news report, the Swatch Xmas special 2020 is a New Gent HohoOUCH (SUOZ717, 120 CHF / 115 EURO).  The limited watch is packaged in a nice special packaging.  "This limited edition is simple, sleek and looks great with a festive sweater too."  It will be available on 03-DEC online and in the shops.  It the ref.code SUOZ717 is correct (and the photo of the special packaging is also an indication), it would be the first unnumbered Xmas special since 1990 (Hollywood Dream).  Update:  A recent Swatch Twitter posting shows the Xmas special 2020 as well...  Update 2: Here is a photo of the actual watch in the packaging. Update 3: The Swatch website shows a variant of the Xmas special without date!  Update 4: R.J.Valdez has spotted a giant HohoOUCH Maxi at the Swatch Building in Makati City, Philippines.  Update 5: Special Swatch Club HohoOUCH Xmas cookies also exist....
• Swatch Club Xmas gifts.  In some countries, the local Swatch Club sent out nice Xmas gifts to the club members of this country:  Switzerland (cookies incl. nice quiz game [for Premium members] or workshop cookie creations [for G&P members] or gift stickers), UK (zoom gin tasting on 19-DEC!), Hong Kong (cocktail set), France (virtual Xmas dinner), Singapore (scented candle).  The Swatch Store Hamburg sent out some nice gift stickers...  Let me know if you received a Xmas gift from your local Swatch Club... Thanks to Bernd Eigler and Joachim Meyer for the photos.
• F*** 2020 SwatchXYou special.  A special F*** 2020 SwatchXYou special (canvas) is now available in the Swatch Online Store.  This will be a bestseller I guess...
• Love OK SwatchXYou special.  A special Love OK SwatchXYou special (canvas) is now available in the Swatch Online Store, maybe a bit early for Valentine's Day...
• Expo 2020 Dubai special.  The international World Exposition Expo 2020 Dubai should have taken place from 20-OCT-2020 to 03-APR-2021 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).  Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Expo 2020 has been pushed back to 01-OCT-2021 to  31-MAR-2022.  As announced on 16-OCT-2019, Swatch is the Official Timing Provider of Expo 2020 to ensure The World’s Greatest Show runs like clockwork.  The press release also announces Swatch collections inspired by Expo 2020’s subthemes:  Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability, including Swatch SISTEM51 watches, which are battery free and powered by the wearer’s movement.  On 05-DEC-2020, there are still 300 days left until Expo 2020 opens in Dubai.  On this day, the first Expo 2020 related Swatch special is available in Dubai:  A New Gent Ibtikar (SUOZ328).  The watch is packaged in a special yellow/orange paper sleeve and it costs 320 AED (approx. 74 EURO).  Update:  Here is a nice local website about the watch on swatch.com.
• Eppendorf special.  A special New Gent Eppendorf (SUON713C) has been released to celebrate the 75th anniversary (in 2020) of the German life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables, and services for liquid-, sample-, and cell handling in laboratories worldwide. The watch is packaged in a nice paper sleeve.  It is a New Gent Wave Path (SUON713) from 2019 with a special strap.  Each employee of Eppendorf (close to 4000 worldwide) received this special Swatch as a gift.
• Swatch Takes Me Places December SwatchXYou special.  A special Swatch Takes Me Places December SwatchXYou special (canvas) is now available in the Swatch Online Store.  The canvas features well known places in London, Paris, Hawaii, and New York.  Thanks to Joachim Meyer for the information.
• Chinese Year Of The Ox special.  2021 is the Year of the Ox according to the Chinese calendar.  As in the last years, Swatch will release a special Swatch: This time, it is a Big Bold  Ox Rocks 2021 (SO27Z109, 125 EURO) packaged in a nice special packaging (open box).  Note the writing ”EXIST TOGETHER IN HARMONY” on the bezel and on the packaging.  Thanks to Joachim Meyer for the hint.
  
• German Winter Season SwatchXYou special.  A special Winter Season December SwatchXYou special (canvas) is now available in the German Swatch Online Store.
• Italy Xmas SwatchXYou specials.  Three Xmas related SwatchXYou specials are now available in the Italy Swatch Online Store:  1. Natale Donne ("Christmas Women", canvas);  2. Natale Uomini ("Christmas Men", canvas);  3. Pandoro Panettone (traditional italian cake, canvas).
  
• MAXXI Museo SwatchXYou special. On 09-DEC, the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai has announced a special partnership for the next 12 months with the MAXXI (National museum for 21st century arts in Rome, Italy).  The MAXXI opened in 2010 with an iconic architecture by Zaha Hadid and is one of the most important and visited museums of contemporary art in Italy.  To celebrate the partnership, a special SwatchXYou MAXXI (canvas) is now available in the Italy Swatch Online Store. 
• Dutch Sinterklaas SwatchXYou special.  A special SwatchXYou Sinterklaas (canvas) is now available in the Dutch Swatch Online Store.  Sinterklaas is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children and he is one of the sources of the popular Christmas icon of Santa Claus.  The feast of Sinterklaas celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas on 06-DEC, celebrating with the giving of gifts on the evening before or on the morning of 06-DEC.
• SwatchPAY! now available in Portugal.  SwatchPAY! is now available in Portugal, so one more country where you can pay with a Swatch on your wrist.  Thanks to Ricardo Rocha for the information.
  
• Boreal specials.  Swatch releases two new Big Bold specials:  1. Light Boreal (SO27Z106);  2. Dark Boreal (SO27Z107).  Limited but not numbered, similar to last years Sparklebold (SO27Z102).  Price is 165 EURO.
• Canada Skateboard special.  A special New Gent Canada Skateboard Swatch Collab (SUOB720J) is now available for sale in Canada.  The strap includes silhouettes of three Canadian Skateboard athletes:  Maddy Balt, Andy Anderson, and TJ Rogers.  The watch costs C$115.00 (approx. 74 EURO).  It is rumoured that 600 pcs have been manufactured.
  
• Fifth Hodinkee Swatch special.  On 30-NOV (at 4:50 PM CET), the fifth Hodinkee Swatch special was unveiled on Instagram.  The SISTEM51 Hodinkee Generation 1990 (SUTZ408, $170 US) is now available on Hodinkee and in the Swatch Online store.  The design of the watch is based on the California dial, previously used in the Gent Stirling Rush (GX407) from 1990.  The watch packaged in a special paper sleeve.  It is not numbered as usual but quantities are limited.
  
• Sydney and Melbourne Destination specials.  Two new Destination specials (for Sydney and Melbourne, Destination Specials #72 and 73) have surfaced on Instagram.  The two watches are:  Sydeshow (SUOW137C) and Melbnificient (SUOB720I).   Thanks to Fabrizio Mazzucco for the hint and to Ines Brem for the photos.
• Pokémon SwatchXYou specials.  According to this press information from China (google translation), four different Pokémon SwatchXYou specials have been released at the end of November, available exclusively for sale in China only until 06-DEC: 1. Pokémon COMIC;  2. Pokémon PARTY;  3. Pokémon SWEET WHITE;  4. Pokémon SWEET PINK.  In addition, this Swatch X You Pokémon customized series is equipped with special watch packaging in the shape of a poke ball (closed box). Happy Pokémon SwatchXYou hunting!  Gotta Catch 'Em All!   Thanks to Sophia Chang for the photo.
• Squiggly closing down.  Squiggly, one of the most famous online shops for Swatch collectors and the "Official Swatch Vintage Dealer", is closing down after more than 30 years in the Swatch business.  Feels like the end of an era...
• Huge Swatch collection auction.  One of the world's largest private SWATCH watches collections is in auction at Lauritz until 14-DEC.  The collection comprises almost 2100 watches in a single lot, including great designer watches by Keith Haring (signed!) and Sam Francis as well as prototypes. Starting bid is 176,000 EUR (plus buyer's premium of 22.5% of the hammer price).  It seems that the collection does not include any of the "big five" watches (Original Jelly Fish, Kiki Picasso, Mimmo Paladino, Puff, Finger Nails), so good luck with the sale! :-)
  
• Black Friday 2020 specials.   It seems that Swatch will release something special for Black Friday (27-NOV)...  Only available for one day?  SwatchXYou?  Special sleeve [as seen on Instagram...]?  Update:  12 different pre-fabricated SwatchXYou watches will be available, only instore (3 different canvases with 4 watches each), and only on one day:  27-NOV.  Price is 120 EURO, ref.code is SUOK136-001 to SUOK136-012.  The watches are packaged in a special paper sleeve.  The canvases are:  1. White writing on black (rare);  2. Black writing on white (more rare);  3. White graphics and writing on black (ultra rare). Update 2:   Here are some of the specials in a Taiwanese Swatch store.  In each Swatch store, only one watch per design is available:  Up to 12 different ones, some stores get less (4 or 8 only).  Once a watch is sold, a special "sold out" sticker is applied...  All the Black Friday specials have the words "One of a few..." on the back.  It is rumoured that in total 768 pre-fabricated SwatchXYou Black Friday watches are available, with the four watches from canvas 3 being the rarest...
• Swatch X Dorothy M. Yoon artist specials.  A new Swatch New Gent artist special by Korean artist Dorothy M. Yoon is now available in the Swatch Online store:  Time's Magic (SUOZ330, 85 EURO).  The watch is not limited and it is packaged in a nice paper sleeve.  A second limited and numbered artist special dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai is called Power Of Magic (SUOZ331S).  This special is now available in Swatch stores in Japan.  The watch is limited to 1976 pcs and it is packaged in a very nice colourful box, it costs 14300 JPY (approx. 115 EURO).  Between AUG-2017 and FEB-2018, Korean visual artist Dorothy M Yoon (@dorothymyoon) started her project This Moment is Magic during her residency at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China.  This Moment is Magic was also shown as part of a @Swatch collaboration during the Venice Biennale in 2019.  The official launch of the two Swatch watches took place on 05-NOV (2pm) in Korea (Seoul I guess).  Here is an extensive interview with Dorothy M. Yoon about her project with Swatch and the difficult times for her before her time at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel.  Update: Here is a nice video from South Korea with an interview with Dorothy M. Yoon.  The video also shows four different, probably unique This Moment is Magic Maxi watches in a Swatch store.
  
• Swatch wins against Lewis Hamilton.  Nobody can beat Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton on the racetrack but Swatch [Group] (Hamilton brand) has just won a three-year legal battle with Lewis Hamilton who acted against Swiss watchmaker Swatch after it registered the name “Hamilton International” as a trademark.  Hamilton has been an iconic name in precision watchmaking since its founding in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1892.
• Big Bold Chrono special.  On 19-NOV, Swatch will release a limited (not numbered) edition Big Bold Chrono special Checkpoint Gold (SB02Z400, $195 US).  You can find more information in this french report.  Here is a picture of the actual watch in the open box packaging (closed box).  It is rumoured that 3020 pcs have been manufactured.  The sticker is labeled "Bio-source", so the watch is also part of the "bioreloaded" collection I guess.  The Swiss price sticker (200 CHF) does not show "Bio-source".  Strange...   Thanks to Ines Brem for the photo.
• Australia Santa SwatchXYou special.  A SwatchXYou special Santacrash (canvas) is now available in the Australia Swatch Online Store.  In Australia, you can easily spend Xmas on the beach...
• Swatch phone holder.  This phone holder is one of the first Swatch items to feature the new promotional claim / hashtag #TIMEISWHATYOUMAKEOFIT (last used in the mid 90s).  The phone holder is currently available as a gift with purchase of a Big Bold Swatch in Taiwan.   Thanks to Sophia Chang for the photo.
  
• BER Delayed special.  In order to add "yet another joke" about the non-opening of the Berlin airport in the last nine(!) years(!!), Swatch Germany issues a special New Gent Delayed (SUOW141C) on 31-OCT, the opening day of the new BER airport.  The special is available at the new Swatch store at the airport (in 2011 Swatch store design!).  It costs 79,83 EUR during the first nine days after the opening (from 31-OCT to 09-NOV) and 87,73 EURO afterwards (one percent reduction for each year of the delay).  The watch is a New Gent Go To Gate (SUOW141) from 2017 with a special strap.  It is rumoured that the limitation is 300 pcs (not numbered).  Update:  A Zeitkapsel special packaging ("time capsule") containing the Delayed special has surfaced, it is a special packaging for the press.  Besides the Delayed special, the box contains a newspaper reprint and a CD from 2011.
  
• Swatch - The Last Great Innovation in Horology?  A Collected Man is a platform for those who love and seek rare mechanical timepieces.  Last September, they published a nice extended cover story entitled Swatch - The Last Great Innovation in Horology?  The story explains quite well the fun and the challenges of collecting Swatch watches.  Great photos, many details but also numerous inaccuracies:  "12 of the first models Swatch launched in 1983" show the wrong watches; 99 (or 100 but surely not only 27) Mimmo Paladino watches were given to VIPs; "Some of the very first chronographs Swatch released in 1990" show watches from the second collection etc.  A great read!
• No more Swatch Finder?  www.swatch.com has been remodeled / relaunched on 11-NOV.  It seems that the Swatch Finder is gone :-(((  This is really sad news for the Swatch collectors community.  Hopefully, it will be brought back soon (and hopefully improved).  You can still use it in Finnish but probably not for long...
• M.I.Q - The Secret Mission.  As part of the James Bond Swatch X 007 promotional activities, you currently can play a nice online game M.I.Q - The Secret Mission on the Swatch website. "Complete all missions to unlock the final code and win the ultimate 007 experience for two!"
• Swatch X Boa Mistura SwatchXYou artist specials.  Boa Mistura is a multidisciplinary collective of artists from Madrid, Spain.  On 06-NOV, Swatch and Boa Mistura have released four SwatchXYou artist specials, with Boa Mistura reflecting Swatch’s statement "Time Is What You Make Of It".  The four SwatchXYou watches are:  1. Time Is Movement (canvas);  2. Movement Is Change (canvas);  3. Change Is Growth (canvas);  4. Growth Is Wisdom (canvas).  Previously in 2018, Swatch and Boa Mistura joined forces to create the New Gent special Layers Of Time (SUOZ294, 1800 pcs).
• Rotterdam Destination special.  A new Rotterdam Destination special (#71) called Bridge Between Art And Water (SUON705T) is available in the Rotterdam Swatch store since 03-NOV.  The watch is packaged in the well known Destination paper sleeve and it costs 90 EURO.  If you buy it after 23-NOV, you'll get a nice gift with purchase.  Thanks to Toty Booms for the photos.
• US election specials.  Just in time for the long awaited election in the USA on 03-NOV, Swatch US is now selling two special SwatchXYou watches (non customizable, $125 US each) using the theme Red Or Blue?:  1. Red Choice (SUOK137D);  Blue Choice (SUOK137C).  I'd choose blue.
  
• Swatch Group Germany Xmas gift.  In 2013, Swatch Group Germany has distributed a special Xmas gift to the employees of the company:  It is the 2012 Club watch Open It (SUOZ157) with a special sleeve explaining the advantages of Swatch Club on the back of the sleeve.
• Halloween specials in Zürich.  The Swatch store in Zürich celebrates Halloween from 27 to 31-OCT with a special "haunted house" shop decoration.  On 31-OCT (starting at 11am), the store will sell five older Swatch Halloween specials which have been unavailable since several years.
• Swatch in the movies.  One of the main characters in the new Apple+ movie On The Rocks (recommended!) wears a Lady Swatch watch (probably Attraverso (LW166) from 2018).  Later in the movie, she swaps her Swatch against a more expensive watch....
• Halloween SwatchXYou specials.  Until 02-NOV, three different SwatchXYou Halloween specials are available:  1. Diadelosmuertos (canvas);  2. Halloween2 (canvas); 3. Halloween Tage ("halloween days", canvas).  The design for this SwatchXYou is inspired by six vintage Halloween related Swatch Gent watches:  1. Witch Party (GP900, 2002);  2. Halloween (GZS30, 1998); 3. Chauve-Souris (GB190, 1999);  4. Geisterstund (GB192, 1999);  5. Skulling Time (GB220, 2004);  6. Batsknight (GK331, 2000).

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• I am currently looking for:

• Kiki Picasso (poster piece)
• Kiki Picasso poster (original only)
• Mimmo Paladino
• Helmut Newton Fingernails
• Prototypes, variants, hybrids, test models
• BAPE boxset #1 (xx/83, w/ 6 watches, SO27ZS01)
• PunkXJob MAXI (MSUOZ280S) by Studio Job
• 1983 swatches mint only:  GG400, GT402, GB100 FHL, GG400 FHL, GN100 FHL, GN400 FHL
• "blister" plastic boxes for 1982/1983 swatches.
• original plastic boxes for Keith Haring (with correct price sticker) for:   Modele Avec Personnages (GZ100)
• Folders, brochures, documentation, advertisement material up to 1984-86.

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