Recent Swatch info (Last updated: 12-AUG-2022)

• 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.....
• WANTED! Perfect Timing Swatch (#332/700). I am asking for your help. The following bad incident has happened to a friend of mine without internet access: The Perfect Timing Swatch (#332/700) has been stolen on its way from the USA to Germany. Apparently, the package was opened during transport and the watch (including the plexi glass tube) was taken out of the parcel. The outer white cardboard tube was still in the parcel and can be seen here. If this watch shows up somewhere or is being offered for sale (remember that it will come without the white paper tube), I would be VERY happy if you could inform me about the seller. This watch has been STOLEN!  Back to the regular news service:
• Beijing 2022 Olympics Volunteer / NOC specials.  For the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in February, NOC (National Olympic Committee) specials have been issued as usual: A (so far unknown) Bio-Sourced Gent Beijing 2022 NOC Hong Kong (SO28Z104D) in a special red paper sleeve.  For Germany, we have: Beijing 2022 NOC Germany (SO28Z104C) with no special loop around the strap but a nice pin.  If you know of any other NOC Beijing watches, please let me know.  Update:  A Bio-Sourced Gent Beijing 2022 Volunteer special (SO28Z104) is distributed to volunteers at the Olympics, 30,000 pcs have been produced, so it should not be too hard to get.  It is packaged in a special red paper box. The strap and the loop are different compared to the NOC specials.  Update 2:  Beijing 2022 NOC Liechtenstein (SO28Z104E, loop).  Thanks to Tak Lun Lee, Thomas Chan, and to Daniel Licata for the photos.
• Long interview with Nick Hayek.  A long and interesting video interview with Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek can be found on the blick.ch website.  In the 23 minutes interview (in [Swiss]German), Nick talks about the success of the MoonSwatch, the independence of the Swatch Group (enabling such bold decisions as the MoonSwatch), his former career as a film director, and the situation in different watch markets around the world (Russia, China, ...).  Really interesting.
• The Joy Of Swatch.  Hodinkee has published a nice report How Swatch Went From Disrupter To Iconic Brand.  A great read (although nothing really new for the die-hard Swatch collectors :-)
• New Swatch store Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.  A new Swatch store will be opened soon in Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (main train station in Hamburg, Germany).  That's good news after the closure of many Swatch stores in Germany in 2020/21.  Thanks MoonSwatch :-)    Thanks to Fabien Perissinotto for the photo.
• Crankworx Big Bold special.  Crankworx, the world’s biggest gravity-fuelled mountain bike festival, descends on Innsbruck (Austria) from 15 to 19-JUN.  A Big Bold Bioceramic Crankworx Special Edition is now available onsite at the event in the Swatch truck.  Update:  A similar Big Bold Bioceramic Crankworx Whistler (SB03B100E, $175 CAD) is now available in the Swatch Canada Online store, released for the Crankworx Whistler festival (05 to 14-AUG).  Thanks to Thomas Chan for the information.
  
• Neptune MoonSwatch available again.  It seems that the Mission To Neptune MoonSwatch is available again in the shops.  Only very very few pcs of course (a Swiss MoonSwatch store got 1 per day recently).  Mission To Neptune MoonSwatch was withdrawn from sale immediately after the launch on 26-MAR as the blue case was "bleeding" blue a little bit on the wrist.  Now a new mixture for the Bioceramic has been found and an updated version of Mission To Neptune MoonSwatch is available for sale again.  This second version should be optically identical to the first version available at launch.  Hopefully, the crazy prices for Mission To Neptune MoonSwatch will come down a bit.  But it may take some time as tourists and swiss people in (eg.) Zurich are still queuing for the MoonSwatch after all these months....
• Swatch Ballon up in the air.  The well known Swatch Balloon (code HB-BHC, featuring the 80s Gent Nine To Six and the Lady watch Neo Quad) went off for the first flight after many years on 01-AUG in Switzerland.  Here is a photo of the start.  In the 80s, there were four similar Swatch balloons in existence.  Today, one of these is located in England and two of them in Switzerland (owned by a Swiss collector).  The fourth balloon is missing. Thanks to Antonio Greco for the information and photos.
  
• Carlo Giordanetti interview.  Here is an interesting recent interview (in German) with Carlo Giordanetti (Member of the Product and Design Committee Swatch) about MoonSwatch and the recent success of Swatch.
• MoonSwatch Summer Tour.  A MoonSwatch Summer Tour has just been announced on Fratellowatches and Watchpro.  Nick Hayek had hinted at such mobile sales locations in Europe in a recent interview.  Known dates / locations so far:  Biel (12-JUL), Amsterdam (14-JUL), Paris Montmartre (15-JUL), Isola Di Ré (hint).  The teaser photo hints at:  Barcelona, Ibiza, Locarno, London, Marbella, Mykonos, Porto Cervo, St. Tropez and further cities in France, Germany (CW29), Greece, Portugal...  Update:  It is unclear if the watches will be available directly on the location or not (maybe they are shipped later).  Watchpro has some new info:  "Swatch is promising to have MoonSwatches available to buy at each pop-up.".  On the other hand, the Fratellowatches author comments: "Also, I think only pre-orders are available from the cars themselves, no actual watches will be available to purchase directly. Whether it’s home delivery or pick-up at the boutiques, we also don’t know.".  Update:  A special MoonSwatch Summertour webpage on the Swatch website, not much info though unfortunately.  It seems as if Swatch wants to keep the exact dates / locations secret...  Update 2:  Additionally, several new MoonSwatch stores have been opened recently (in Canada, China, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, and USA).  Update: The special MoonSwatch Journey webpage on the Swatch website about the MoonSwatch Summer Tour now shows a huge number of photos of the different stops across Europe.  Amazing!
• Locarno Film Festival 2022 special.  A special New Gent Swatch Locarno75 (SO29Z702, 100 CHF) for the 75th Locarno Film Festival 2022 (03 to 13-AUG) is now on sale in Switzerland, also in the Swiss online store.  The special is packaged in a yellow paper sleeve.  A great watch, finally a real special Swatch.  The cool watch design is by Italian artist Vito Manolo (@vitomanoloroma).
• Swiss Destination specials available online.  On 01-AUG, Switzerland celebrates Swiss National Day.  10 different Swiss Destination specials are available in the Swatch Online Store until 02-AUG.  Additionally, two special SwatchXYou watch are available online in the Swiss Online Store:  1. Festanew (canvas);  2. La Suisse (canvas).
• Swatch at Biennale Arte 2022 / special Swatch watches.  The 59th International Art Exhibition Biennale Arte 2022 will take place in Venice, Italy, from 23-APR to 27-NOV.  As in the last years, Swatch is a main sponsor of the Biennale (for the sixth time) and will present five artists from the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai at the Arsenale venue in Venice (Swatch Faces 2022):  1. Landi (China);  2. Xue Fei (China);  3. Tang Shu (China);  4. Shin Hoyoon (South Korea);  5. Marcelot (Switzerland / Brazil).    Additionally, Swatch has invited Thai artist Navin Rawanchaikul to the Giardini, where he will create The Description of The World, an installation created specific to that place.   Swatch will also release a Swatch artist special by Navin Rawanchaikul in September as well as a watch inspired by the graphic identity of the Biennale Arte 2022.  Carlo Giordanetti (Swatch Management and CEO Swatch Art Peace Hotel) presented this information during the online press conference for the Biennale Arte 2022 in February.  Hopefully, Swatch Club will offer the possibility of visiting Biennale Arte 2022 as in earlier years.  Update:   The Description of The World at the Giardini has been unveiled at a press event before the official opening of Biennale Arte 2022 (video).  Swatch has released two specials for Biennale Arte 2022, both available in the shops:  1. Gent White Dream by Swatch (GW151R, 75 EURO);  2. New Gent Black Milk by Swatch (SUOB720R, 85 EURO).  Here is a picture of the packaging of the watches, new eco packaging with special sleeve.  Update 2:  A special Biennale SwatchXYou Milk Of Dream (canvas) is now available in the Swatch Italy Online store.  Preprinted Milk Of Dream SwatchXYou watches are available in the Swatch store in Venice.
• Destination specials Pop-up store at Geneva airport.  Until 01-AUG, Swatch is selling many Destination specials at a Pop-up store in Geneva airport (airside, so you need a flight ticket).  Now is the time to complete your collection.  Here are photos of the available Destination Swatch watches (I counted 53 different ones) in the Destination Pop-up store.
• Hors Du Temps Swatch exhibition.  500 Swatch watches will be on display in the Hors Du Temps Swatch exhibition at the Boutique Hors Du Temps store ("out of time") in Champéry (Switzerland) from 17-JUL to 30-AUG.  Swatch watches by artists such as Keith Haring, Folon, Mordillo, Enki Bilal, Hergé, Mimo Rotella, Mika, Rankin, Sam Fancis, ... and early Swatch watches from 1983 onwards (incl. prototypes and Original Jelly Fish will be on display.  Additionally, about 600 Swatch watches will be available for sale.  Update:  Carlos Zanotelli send me photos from the exhibition during the exhibition pre-opening event for Swatch Club Gold & Pioneer members on 16-JUL.
  
• Inside the MoonSwatch production facilities.  Fratello Watches has published a nice exclusive report:  Inside the MoonSwatch production facilities.  Additionally, they recently conducted an interview with Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek about the MoonSwatch where Nick shared some stories about the time before and during the MoonSwatch Launch (some of these stories were shared with the Swatch Gold & Pioneer members earlier during the MoonSwatch Experience in Biel in May).  Here is a short Instagram Reel with a few impressions from the production facilities.  Update:  Wired Magazine also has a nice long report about the MoonSwatch and how it came to life.
  
• Chinese Valentine specials.  Chinese Valentines Day (Qixi) is celebrated on 04-AUG.  Swatch has launched two special watches to celebrated Chinese Valentines Day:  1. Gent Red Heart By Swatch (SO28Z111, special packaging);  2. New Gent Heart In Blue By Swatch (SO29Z701, special packaging).  A special set (SZS37, 185 EURO) containing both watches will also be available.
• Beach Pro Gstaad special.  The Swatch Beach Pro Gstaad will take place from 6 to 10-JUL as a tournament in the highest category of the Beach Volleyball Pro Tour.  A special SwatchPAY! Super Power Volleyball (SVIB107C-5300) has been released for this event (with a paper loop around the sleeve), it is also available online on the Swiss Swatch Online store.  Update:  Swatch Club Switzerland invited 20 Club members as VIP Guests to the tournament.  Here is a nice report with a few photos by Christine Tanner.
• Swatch Group Apprenticeship Graduation special.  For the Swatch Group apprenticeship graduation 2022, each apprentice received a nice Big Bold Swatch (looks like Big Bold Bioceramic C-White (SB03W100)) with a special apprenticeship graduation 2022 display.  If I counted the list of apprentices correctly, 156 displays were distributed.
• Paris Megastore reopening event.  On 02-JUN, the Swatch Paris Champs-Élysées Megastore was reopened after a long redecoration period.  Thomas Sonneville sent me photos and infos from the Swatch Club reopening event on 02-JUN.  Two special SwatchXYou by Decktwo (aka Thomas Dartigues) will be available:  Decktwo produced 2 canvases: one will be available worldwide (right) and the other one is exclusively available at the Megastore (left). No special watches were produced for this event.  Update:  On the day of the reopening event (02-JUN), the printing machine for the SwatchXYou was not usable, so it was impossible to print the special Decktwo canvases for a few days.  Meanwhile, the printing machine was repaired so Thomas met again with Decktwo for a special signing session.  Update 2:  The worldwide SwatchXYou Decktwo 2 (canvas) is now available in the Swatch Online Store.  Update 3:  Swatch has published a nice video about the Paris Megastore reopening event.  Update 4:  The second "exclusive" canvas is now available in the Swatch France Online store:  Decktwo1 ok (canvas).  A preliminary version of the canvas had an issue with the "2DS" company logo on a truck in the picture...
• MoonSwatch will be available in more locations.  Some interesting MoonSwatch info in a recent interview with Nick Hayek:  1. Swatch plans to introduce "11 flexible retail locations during the summer" in Europe where the MoonSwatch will be sold (I guess popup stores, sales trucks etc.).  2. Swatch will add additional 25 stores selling the MoonSwatch in July and August, including new locations in Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia and the U.S.   3. The sales of Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch (the expensive original!) have increased in Omega stores by more than 50% since the launch of the MoonSwatch in March.  So I guess that the risk of introducing the MoonSwatch pays off...
• French Destination special available online.  As part of Swatch Celebrates France (14-JUL, Bastille Day), the Bisous De Paris Destination special is available online.
• "iSwatch" Big Bold.  In addition to a "Tick Different" Skin Bioceramic, Swatch has now released a Big Bold in order to further protect the "iSwatch" claim (trademark?):  Big Bold Iswatch Blue (SB01N102).  No "iSwatch" imprint on the watch or strap or loop, though.  Thanks to David Rippmann for the hint.
• Swiss Music Festivals SwatchPAY! specials.  SwatchPAY! is accepted at several Swiss Music Festivals (Openair Frauenfeld [06 to 09-JUL] and Gurtenfestival Bern [13 to 16-JUL]) during this summer and Swatch has now released two SwatchPAY! Swiss Music Festivals specials: 1.  Headtailspay! Openair Frauenfeld (SO32B112C-5300, 100 CHF);  2. Blackback Pay! Gurtenfestival Bern (SVIB105C-5300, 100 CHF).  These specials are only available onsite at the festivals and in three Swatch stores in Switzerland. Thanks to Ines Brem for the information and pictures.
  
• Porto São João special packaging.  For the traditional Festa de São João do Porto (23/24-JUN), Swatch Portugal has released a limited special packaging Swatch Porto - Ed. Sao Jao (SUOZ315SCC, 120 EURO).  The special packaging contains the Destination special Swatch Porto (SUOZ315, Destination Special #64) and is not numbered (according to rumors:  200 pcs).  The packaging is quite big (ca. 40 x 30 x 8 cm) and it is shaped in the form of the traditional funny plastic hammer ("One of the main traditions of São João festival is to lightly pound the head of everyone you meet on the street with a plastic hammer.").  Click here to see a few photos from this amazing street festival a few days ago.  This new packaging is the third packaging version of the Destination special Swatch Porto (special packaging Porto Reserva (SUOZ315SC) is the second packaging version).  Thanks to Paula and Miguel for this wonderful experience.
  
• US Destination specials available online.  As part of Swatch Celebrates USA (04-JUL, Independence Day), seven US Destination specials are available online for a few days.  Additionally, the SwatchXYou Swatch Celebrates USA (4th of July, canvas) is available again too.
• Café de Flore special.  On 22-JUN, a special Swatch X Café De Flore For Not In Paris (SUOZ347) was launched on Highsnobiety (sold out).  You can find more information about this collaboration on the Swatch website.  The watch is packaged in a nice special box and it is supposedly limited to 1000 pcs.  It has a nice mirror dial.  The watch is available online and it is (was?) available in a Parisian pop-up store, located at 35 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75004.  Here is a small report by Highsnobiety.  Thanks to Thomas Chan for the hint and to David Catel for the photos.
  
• "Swatch Celebrates" SwatchXYou available again.  Two "Swatch Celebrates" SwatchXYou are available again in the German Swatch online store:  1. Frankfurt Grüne Sosse (canvas);  2. Swatch Celebrates USA (4th of July, canvas).
• Pride month Swatch watches.  June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month.  Two Swatch Pride themed watches are available in the Swatch Online Store:  1. New Gent Biosourced Stripe Fierce (SO29K701);  2. Big Bold Bioceramic Peace Hand Love (SB03N105).  A colorful SwatchXYou Pride (canvas) is available as well.  Update:  In the German Swatch online store, a variation of the colorful SwatchXYou is available:  Köln Pride (canvas).
• Opening Event Swatch Store Berlin.  On 23-JUN, Swatch Club Germany has invited the Club members to an opening event of a new Swatch store in Berlin (Tauentzienstraße 17).  This store has a unique design which will be finished during the day by the Tape That Collective.  Update:  Here are a few photos of the new store.  Very colorful, I like it!
• Skin Classic Bioceramic / "Tick Different".  Swatch has launched a new Bioceramic product line with five new watches:  Skin Classic Bioceramic.  One of the five models is Tick Different Blanca (SS09W100).  The name of this watch contains the slogan "Tick different".  There was a long court battle between Apple (owning the "Think different" trademark) and Swatch ("Tick different").  Swatch had been sued by Apple about the use of the "Tick different" slogan.  Recently, Apple has lost yet another trademark battle to Swatch.  So the usage of the "Tick different" in the name of the Skin Swatch is surely no coincidence, strengthening the "Tick different" usage by Swatch.   Thanks to David Rippmann for the hint.
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• MoonSwatch battery cover / straps / production codes.  Finally a brave Swatch collector (Pioneer Member Tak Lun Lee) took the challenge and carefully(!) opened the battery cover of his MoonSwatch (one Swatch store in Germany told me that they haven't opened the battery cover of a MoonSwatch so far).  The battery cover (with the planet imprint) is a new construction.  The special "Planet" battery covers will (are?) be available as replacement parts.  Not surprisingly, the MoonSwatch takes a Renata 394 battery which we all know from the Swatch Plastic Chronos (MoonSwatch has a standard ETA G10.212 [slightly modified] calibre).  Additional information about the MoonSwatch straps:  All MoonSwatches are delivered with "M" straps (except for the pink Mission to Venus which is delivered with "S").  The strap size is embossed on the backside of the strap (backside of "swatch" logo).  See the red square on this photo, showing an "M" strap.  Meanwhile, replacement straps are available in S, M, L (except for the pink Mission to Venus: only available in S and M), price is 25 CHF each.  If you buy a MoonSwatch and if you need a different strap size:  You should be able to exchange the strap for free during the purchase (depending on strap availability of course :-)  Update: Tak Lun Lee sent me photos of the inside of the battery compartment where we can read the production codes (that's our guess):  Mission To Jupiter ("IC10c") / Mission To The Sun ("IC08c").  We assume that "C" stands for "2022" and that "08" is "calendar week 08" (21 to 27-FEB) etc.  This watch was bought in May.  Can you share a production code of a watch from launch day (26-MAR)?
• Four new SwatchXYou canvases.  Four new "permanent" SwatchXYou specials are now available in the Swatch Online Store:  Geometry Madness:  1. Form (canvas);  2. Puzzle (canvas);  Power Nature:  3. Camo (canvas);  4. Jungle (canvas).   Thanks to Joachim Meyer for the hint.
  
• Spanish SwatchXYou special.  A nice new local SwatchXYou special ("square periscope") is now available in the Spanish Swatch Online store:  Periscopio Cuadrado (canvas).  No further info why this watch has been released.  Thanks to Joachim Meyer for the hint.
• Expo 2020 Dubai Maxi.  A recent photo from Expo 2020 Dubai shows a (unique?) Expo 2020 Dubai Maxi Swatch.  It was used for decoration purposes and it was not available for sale.
• Tokyo Olympics 2020 IOC special.  A nice Tokyo Olympics 2020 IOC special (with the olympic rings on the dial) has surfaced:  A SISTEM51 Sistem Planet IOC (SUTZ410).  It is packaged in a nice special Tokyo 2020 paper box.   The watch is a SISTEM51 Sistem Planet (SUTW404) with olympic rings on the dial and a special imprint on the back of the watch case: "Limited Edition 2020".   Very hard to find.  The recent IOC specials seem to be much more limited compared to previous years (maybe until 2017).  The watch is listed as "Limited Edition 2020 Sistem Planet" in the Swatch database.
• Vintage Swatches in Stranger Things.  The 80s related Netflix series Stranger Things features a wide variety of vintage Swatch watches:  1. Gent Yellow Racer (GJ400, 1984);  2. Gent McGregor (GJ100, 1985);  3. Lady Dotted Swiss (LW104, 1985).  Thanks to Laurent Stefani for the hint.  Photos by @fratellowatches.
  
• Father's Day SwatchXYou.  A special Father's Day SwatchXYou (canvas) is now available in the French Swatch Online Store.
• Shareholder special 2022.  On 24-MAY, the annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Swatch Group was held in a virtual setup.  Nevertheless, each shareholder who registered in time received a special New Gent Bioceramic Swatch Let's Jass (SO32R100) as a gift (as every year).   The watch is packaged in a beautiful special packaging, well done Swatch!  Jass is a trick taking, Ace-Ten card game, played in Switzerland and Germany.   Thanks to Kouroche Amini, Christine Tanner, and Ivo Meier for the photos.
• Over The Moon Gold & Pioneer Event.  For the first time after 2019, the traditional Gold & Pioneer Swatch Club event took place from 24 to 25-MAY in Biel, Switzerland.  Swatch had invited(!) 130 Club members from 13 countries for an Over The Moon event at the Swatch HQ in Biel, Switzerland.  The highlight of the event was a 3 hour "MoonSwatch experience":  A presentation and a long  Q&A session with Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek and key members of the team that created the amazing Bioceramic MoonSwatch Collection.  We got unique and exclusive insights into the development process of the MoonSwatch which were not shared before.  Each invited club member received a nice special Gent Over The Moon (GZ160E) as a gift, packaged in a nice paper sleeve.  The special is the old 1999 Club Special Space Dreams (GZ160) with an additional "Over The Moon" loop around the strap and the date of the event on the back of the loop.  Additionally, the club members also received the first NFT by Swatch (MoonSwatch NFT collection OverTheMoon 24-25 May 2022 on OpenSea [not verified Swatch or Omega??!?]) and quite a few other goodies.    Update:  On 25-MAY, a special SwatchXYou G&P Exclusive (canvas), SUOK136-999, 125 CHF) was available in the Planet Swatch Museum in Biel for one day only.  Photos of finished G&P Exclusive SwatchXYou:  pic1, pic2, pic3.  Update 2:  Here is a report with many photos from two fantastic days in Biel (and a night in Neuchâtel).  Update 3:  Swatch has published a nice video from the event. Thanks to Andrea Marco Faggioli, Roberto Tintori and Roberto Quadrini for the photos.
  
• Stay Tuned To Swatch renovated.  Yes, after 26 years, my little website is a little bit more mobile friendly.  Please let me know if you find any issues.
• Biel Drive-Thru Store Destination special.  A new Biel Drive-Thru Store Destination special Biel-Bienne (SO29Z118, 125 CHF, Destination Special #78) has been launched at the
  Biel Swatch Drive-Thru Store on 24-MAY.  The watch is packaged in a unique special packaging resembling the Biel Drive-Thru Store.
• "Rings" New Gent / SwatchPAY! Swatch watches.  Swatch has introduced several nice "Rings" New Gent / SwatchPAY! Swatch watches in the regular collection:  1. New Gent Purple Rings Yellow (SO29J100);  2. New Gent Blue Rings Red (SO29R103);  3. Swatch PAY! Blue Ringspay! (SO29N103-5300).  Thanks to David Rippmann for the hint.
  
• New Swatch store in Munich / opening event / SwatchXYou specials.  On 24-MAR, a new Swatch store has opened in Munich, Germany in the center of the city (Sendlinger Straße).  The store already shows the Omega X Swatch suitcase in the shop window.  Update:  A Swatch Club opening event for the new store will take place on 20-MAY.  Two Munich artists (Nadja König und Michael Wiethaus) have designed new Munich SwatchXYou specials.  Both artists will be present during the opening event.  Update 2: Three Munich SwatchXYou specials are now available in the German Swatch Online store:  1. München BW Michael (designed by Michael Wiethaus, canvas);  2. München C Michael (designed by Michael Wiethaus, canvas);  3. München Nadja (designed by Nadja König, canvas).  wristory (Dino) has some impressions from the Munich Swatch Club store opening event.  Here is an overview of the goodies given to the event participants in Munich.  Thanks to Wolfgang Seiler for the photos.
• Father's Day special 2022.  The Father's Day special 2022 is a Biosourced New Gent Star Dad (SO29Z119, 105 EURO), packaged in a special packaging with additional removable transparent loops with white and green print with the emojis heart, chef, hero and friendship.

• Older swatch news. Click here to read older swatch news with more pictures and info. Check it out if you haven't!
• I am currently looking for:

• Kiki Picasso (poster piece)
• Kiki Picasso poster (original only)
• Mimmo Paladino
• Helmut Newton Fingernails
• Prototypes, variants, hybrids, test models
• 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, especially US and "Personaldienst" blister
• Folders, brochures, documentation, advertisement material 1982-86.

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