Recent Swatch info (Last updated: 21-JAN-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.  The strap and the loop are different compared to the NOC specials.  Can you confirm the ref.code?  Thanks to Tak Lun Lee and to Daniel Licata for the photos.
• Berlin Hauptbahnhof store opening / SwatchXYou specials.  On 13-JAN, a new Swatch store in Berlin Hauptbahnhof (central train station) will be opened.  Two new Berlin related SwatchXYou specials (with lots of local specialities and tourist attractions such as Currywurst, Brandenburger Tor, Fernsehturm, ...) are now available in the Swatch Online Store Germany:  1. Berlin1 (canvas);  2. Berlin Colored (canvas)., designed by Hülpman (Felix Aaron Hülpüsch).  Six different prefabricated SwatchXYou based on his designs are exclusively available in the new Swatch store.  During the store opening celebration on 13-JAN, Hülpman will create a live painting...  Update: Here are a few photos and videos from the in-person and virtual (hybrid) store opening celebration.  Swatch Club Collectors were able to purchase a prefabricated SwatchXYou and they received one of 54 pieces of the great custom artwork, signed by Hülpman.  This is artwork 13/54.  Here is a press report about the new Swatch store in the central train station of Berlin.
• Valentine 2022 specials.  Three Swatch Valentine specials for 2022 are now available in the Swatch Online Store:  1. Bio-Sourced New Gent Half <3 White (SO29Z112, 80 EURO, packaged in a nice red box, glowing in the dark);  2. Bio-Sourced New Gent Half <3 Red (SO29Z113, 80 EURO, packaged in a nice red box, glowing in the dark); 3. Gent Love O'Clock (GW718, 70 EURO, packaged in a nice red box).  A special packaging for the two New Gent specials seems to be available as well.
• Laax Open 2021 PAY! special.  The Laax Open snowboarding event takes place from 11 to 15-JAN in Laax, Switzerland.   A special limited edition Big Bold SwatchPAY! Laax PAY! (SO27B120C-5300, 130 EURO) has been issued, it has an extra long oversize strap for a comfortable fit over ski/snowboard jackets (great idea! why not earlier :-)  A free regular-length watch strap is also included with the watch.
• Beijing 2022 Olympics SwatchXYou specials.  Six SwatchXYou watches are now available for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in February:  1. Alpine Ski (canvas);  2. Cross Country (canvas);  3.Hockey (canvas);  4. Skating (canvas);  5. Sled (canvas);  6. Snowboard (canvas).  Additionally, three of the SwatchXYou designs are presented as prefabricated SwatchXYou on a special Beijing 2022 Collection section on the Swatch website (104 GBP each):  1. Ice Hockey (SUOK136-028);  2.Snowboarding (SUOK145-013);  3. Ice Skating (SUOK147-004).
• Clear collection.  As a fresh start to 2022, Swatch is hinting at a new Clear Collection with a new teaser website "Reset. Go Clear".  The collection has been launched on 05-JAN-2022 and it includes the Jelly Fish New Gent Swatch watch that was available for sale (by mistake?) in very very limited numbers in OCT-2021: 1. Bio-sourced Gent Clearly Gent (SO28K100);  2. Bio-sourced New Gent Clearly New Gent (SO29K100, already available in Japan in OCT-2021);  3. Big Bold Clearly Bold (SB01K100) [note the semi-transparent strap and compare to the earlier Big Bold Jellyfish (SO27E100) from JAN-2020];  4. Bio-sourced Skin Clearly Skin (SS08K109);  5. Big Bold SwatchPAY! Clearly Pay! (SB01K102-5300).  The watches are available in a new kind (restyled again!) of eco-packaging which looks good and fits nicely to the "Clear" theme:  Gent/New Gent;  Big Bold (closed box).  The Clear Collection contains four more clear Gent and New Gent watches "with a touch of color":  6. Gent Clearly Yellow Striped (GE291);  7. Gent Clearly Red Striped (GE292);  8. New Gent Clearly Blue Striped (SUOK156);  9. Gent Clearly Black Striped (SUOK157).  Fun fact:  During the "early" release in OCT-2021, the planned name of the collection was "Hard Core" and the planned name of the watches was:  Gent Jellyfish Revisited (SO29K100) and Gent Jellyfish Again (SO28K100).  So a lot of work for Swatch marketing in the months between October and January 2022.  Thanks to Tak Lun Lee and Chi Kuen Yuen for the photos.
• Expo 2020 Dubai January SwatchXYou country specials.  As you may know, Swatch has held a design competition (some months ago) for each country participating at Expo 2020 Dubai.  Now the fourth round of SwatchXYou designs has been released for January:  1. Boleh (We Can) (canvas) by LengHuat Lee (Malaysia);  2. Fado (canvas) by Policarpo Rodrigues de Brito (Portugal);  3. Bojagi (canvas) by Baewoon (Korea);  4. Sola Melite (canvas) by Andre Farrugia (Malta);  5. King of Jakrav (canvas) by Lisa Mam & Peap Tarr (Cambodia);  6. Holi of colours (canvas) by Syed Oosman (India);  7. Picturesque Slovakia (canvas) by Veronika Barrera (Slovakia);  8. Exit (canvas) by Andre Beaulieu (Canada);  9. Karijini Bliss (canvas) by Iwan Isnin (Australia).  Additionally, there are two more SwatchXYou: 1. Israel (canvas);  2. China (canvas).  I am not sure if these two additional designs were also part of the design competition.  Thanks to Joachim Meyer for the hint.
• Swatch collection book / download.  Pioneer Club member Hans van Buuren is planning to offer his huge Swatch collection for sale.  You can now download a big catalogue of his collection with tons of photos for free from his website (1GB download!  712 pages!).  Lots of great, unseen stuff.  The next best thing to a new Swatch Clopedia I guess.  Update:  At the end of DEC-2021, the printed Thirty Years Of Swatch Collecting book became available in a numbered and limited first edition of 40 pcs.  It is thick and heavy (more than 3 kilograms!).
• Mika wearing a Swatch Snoopy Xmas special.   (Swatch related) pop star Mika is wearing a Snoopy Xmas special Chomp! in his Instagram Xmas post.  Here is a comparison, looks identical to me.  Update: Earlier in October, Mika shared an Instagram post wearing a MoMA New Gent The Dream by Henri Rousseau (SUOZ333).   Thanks to 서승우 for the hint.
• Snow Rodeo World Cup SwatchXYou special.  The Snow Rodeo FIS Slopestyle and Freeski Halfpipe World Cup presented by Swatch takes place at Winsport in Calgary, Canada from 27-DEC-2021 to 02-JAN-2022.  Exclusive to the New Year’s event, Canadian freeskier Max Moffatt has designed a special SwatchXYou Snow Rodeo Final (canvas, $160 CAD), available only in Canada.  As announced in this email, prefabricated SwatchXYou are available in the Swatch stores in Canada (eg. SUOK145-011).  Here is a closeup of the watch face and the back has an imprint SNOW RODEO 2021.  Update:  1. a huge Swatch Big Bold Bioceramic Whice can be spotted outdoors on a snowboard ramp at the Winsport  skiing area.  2. According to Alain Choisy, it is not possible to generate the prefabricated SwatchXYou interactively (impossible zoom level).  Thanks to Thomas Chan for the photos.
• Sinterklaas SwatchXYou special.  A special SwatchXYou Sinterklaas (canvas) is available in the Netherlands Swatch Online Store.  Sinterklaas or Sint-Nicolaas is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children.
• Sting wearing a Mimmo.  In this #tbt instagram post (screenshot) by his wife Trudie Styler (going back to 1989), musician Sting is spotted wearing his super rare Mimmo Paladino Oigol Oro (GZ113, 1988) Swatch special.  Here is an enlarged version of the photo.  I think that Sting was given Mimmo #026/100.
• Big Bold Snowboard watch.  A new Swatch Big Bold Bioceramic Whice (SB03N103) is now promoted on the Swatch website by the Swatch Proteam member, 13-time X Games champion and Olympic medalist Max Parrot (Snowboarding). 
• More Expo 2020 artist specials.  Five additional SwatchXYou specials by local artists are now available in the EXPO 2020 Dubai section on the Swatch website:  1. Allam (canvas);  2. Albanna (canvas);  3. Ebtisam (canvas);  4. Mezaina (canvas);  5. Suwaidi (canvas).  Does anyone have more information about these watches or the artists who designed the canvas?
• Swatch monogram design competition.  Swatch and PROSPECT 100 are inviting young designers to respond the brief, 'What if... Swatch were to have a monogram'.  You can participate at this global design competition until 10-DEC.  The design competition winner gets $10000 US prize money and can work on an official collaboration with Swatch.  Read all the details here.  "Design a Swatch monogram (motif/pattern) that could not only be applied on watches, but present as well on digital platforms, shopping bags, retail environments, uniforms, etc. Please do not feel like you should create a monogram just intended for watches. Please do not create a watch."  Update: The winner of the design contest has been announced on 19-DEC:  Christopher Sardo.  Here is his Swatch monogram design, great choice, I love it!
• Burgenland special.  Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria.  A special New Gent Burgenland (SUOJ100C, limited to 300 pcs) has been issued by the Burgenland Tourismus GmbH.  Is this the first B2B special in the new style ecological packaging?
• Canada Snowboard Team Big Bold special.  A new Big Bold special Canada Snowboard Team (SB03B100C, $180 CAD) is now available in the Swatch Canada online store.  Does it have a special packaging?  The watch is a Big Bold C-Black (SB03B100) with a special strap.  Previously in early 2021, a first special New Gent CS x Swatch Watch - Downhill Sideways (SUOB719D, $115.00 CAD) had been released by the Canada Snowboard Team.  Here is a photo of the box of the new Big Bold special.  Thanks to Thomas Chan for the hint and the photo.
  
• Snoopy Xmas special.  As announced here, a 7th watch will be added to the Swatch X Peanuts collection soon:  A cute red New Gent Biosourced Snoopy Xmas special Chomp! (SO29Z109, 140 EURO) will be available in early December, with a special Xmas red dog food bowl.  Unfortunately, the Xmas special is not numbered.  Update:  An unexpected early Xmas surprise was unveiled on 12-DEC (surprisingly, this info was not leaked earlier):  The Chomp! special contains a small NFC chip!  If you approach the watch with your NFC enabled smartphone, a hidden website with many Peanuts comic strips is unveiled... What a nice early Xmas gift and a totally unexpected bonus with your Snoopy Swatch!  The NFC antenna ring in the watch is visible (not easily).  Update 2:  The Swatch website has a detailed FAQ about Swatch X Peanuts - NFC.  The Peanuts comics will be available online until the end of 2023.  Thanks to Sascha for the photo.
  
• Swatch X Peanuts collection.  Swatch is hinting at an upcoming Swatch X Peanuts collection, to be released on 04-NOV.  Update / Spoiler:  Eric Bressoud saw this advertisement in a store in Sion (Switzerland). And you can find all the details of the collection (incl. photos) here in this press release.  Update 2:  The Swatch X Peanuts collection is now available for sale.  It consists of six colourful and cute Bio-sourced Swatch watches (not limited):  1. Gent Grande Bracchetto (SO28Z107, paper sleeve, "Snoopy");  2. New Gent Pow Wow (SO29Z101, paper sleeve, "Charlie Brown"); 3. New Gent Smak! (SO29Z108, paper sleeve, "Peanuts Comic Strip");  4. Gent Klunk! (SO28Z106, paper sleeve, "Lucy") ;   5. New Gent Hee Hee Hee (SO29Z106, paper sleeve, "Snoopy and Woodstock");  6. New Gent First Base (SO29Z107, paper sleeve, "Peanuts Gang").  If you buy all six watches in your local Swatch store, you might be able to get a super nice gift with purchase (not too many pieces per country!):  A wooden frame that can hold all six Swatch X Peanuts watches.  In Asia, a cute Swatch X Peanuts shopping bag and gift packaging (XMas theme?!?) is available.  A limited Maxi Hee Hee Hee (MSO29Z106, 380 EURO, 444 pcs(?)) was sold online only on 09-NOV.  It sold out instantly worldwide (still available in Poland and Russia after several hours).  The Maxi is packaged in a special blue Peanuts design Maxi box, wonderful!  For a short time, the Swatch website had an error, listing 41mm Gent (not New Gent!) Swatch watches.  Esquire magazine talks about a seventh Peanuts Swatch watch, packaged in a "red Snoopy dog bowl" (Christmas related?).  Update 3: Starting 18-NOV, several cute Peanuts SwatchXYou (canvas 1, canvas 2, canvas 3) will be available as presented here and here.  The SwatchXYou packaging also has some "Peanuts" attributes:  An enclosed small Peanuts card and a Peanuts print around the box. Update 4: In addition to the three "custom, individual design" Peanuts SwatchXYou, six "prefabricated" Peanuts SwatchXYou are available (scroll down!).  These prefabricated Peanuts SwatchXYou are sold with a special sleeve and postcard!  The "Drive Through" Swatch store at the Swatch HQ in Biel now has a huge inflatable Snoopy on its roof! and the Pbillboards eanuts Gang is in Swatch HQ too! You can print your custom made SwatchXYou also instore (eg. Japan).  Update 5:  It seems that the marketing budget for SwatchXPeanuts is a bit bigger than usual:  1. A nice SwatchXPeanuts display at the Oxford Circus tube station in London.  2. SwatchXPeanuts ads on several NYC subway trains running across one side of the entire subway car.  3. A huge SwatchXPeanuts ad on the on Times Square, NYC.  Update 6: There is a rumor that Swatch has gifted a Peanuts Maxi to the Swatch employees for Xmas:  300 pcs? 400? (in addition to the 444 pcs that were sold).  Switzerland only as far as I know.   Thanks to Alexandre Brunner, Tak Lun Lee, and Roberta Kleiman for the photos and to Thomas Töpler for the update.
• Beijing 2022 Olympic specials.  The first three Beijing 2022 Olympic specials are now available (in some markets delayed until JAN-2022):  1. New Gent Biosourced Red Rivers And Mountains (SO29Z105);  2. New Gent Biosourced Chinese Winter Scenery (SO29Z700);  3. Gent Biosourced Charm Of Calligraphy (SO28Z105).  These watches are packaged in a nice paper sleeve and they are not numbered.  The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics take place from 04 to 20-FEB-2022.
• Expo 2020 Dubai December SwatchXYou country specials.  As you may know, Swatch has held a design competition (some months ago) for each country participating at Expo 2020 Dubai.  Now the third round of SwatchXYou designs has been released for December:  1. Genesis (canvas) by Sebastián González Paul (Chile);  2. Ogorod (canvas) by Andrew Levinsky (Russia);  3. Sacred Tattoo (canvas) by Paramita Chatkoon (Thailand);  4. Simplest Thing (canvas) by Iwona Castiello d’Antonio (Poland);  5. Mesopotamia (canvas) by Noorhan (Iraq);  6. Japanese Scenery (canvas) by Ouma (Japan);  7. A Circle And A Square And A Heart Of The City (canvas) by Jann Lipka (Sweden);  8. Ogossagou (canvas) by Daouda Traore (Mali);  9. Rivers And Valleys (canvas) by Tarik Arnautovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina);  10. Gamésou -Il Est Temps (canvas) by Tesprit (Togo).
• Chinese New Year 2022 special.  2022 is the Year of the Tiger in China.  A Bioceramic Big Bold Tiger Power (SB03Z102) is now available in the Swatch online store.  The watch is packaged in a nice special Tiger packaging (open box).  Thanks to Joachim Meyer for the information.
• UAE 50th anniversary SwatchXYou specials.  2021 is commemorated as The Year of the 50th in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the nation was founded in 1971.  Three different SwatchXYou are now available in the UAE Swatch Online store:  1. 50 Jubilee (canvas);  2. Jubilee 2 (canvas);  3. Urbanite (canvas).  Thanks to Joachim Meyer for the information.
• Sixth Hodinkee Swatch special.  On 29-NOV, the sixth Hodinkee Swatch special has been released:  It is a limited edition SISTEM51 again: SISTEM51 Hodinkee Stoplight Neon Remix (SO30Z402, $175 US).  The design of the watch is based on the Gent Stoplight (GY402/03) from 1990.  You can buy the SISTEM51 watch at Hodinkee.
• SwatchXYou Black Friday Retail collection.  The pre Xmas shopping event Black Friday is 'celebrated' on 26-NOV.  Swatch Germany sent out an email with details about a SwatchXYou Black Friday Retail collection (will be available in selected Swatch Stores in Germany).  By mistake, this email was also sent to collectors in Italy and USA.  12 different SwatchXYou watches (3 different canvases with 4 watches each) will be available in a special "Black Friday" packaging:  1. Shopping Mall will be available in eight different Swatch stores in Germany;  2. Der Knaller! ("the blast") in six stores;  3. Schöner Kleben! ("glue more beautifully") will be the most rare as it will be available only in Frankfurt and Hamburg.  These watches are 'extremely limited' and they will be available only on one day only:  Black Friday (26-NOV).  Update: Here is a photo of the actual Shopping Mall and Der Knaller! watches.  The watches are packaged in a special black "26.11.2021" paper sleeve.  Here is a photo of two specials from 2020 and 2021 with the packaging.
• Zurich Flagship store.  The Swatch Zurich Flagship store is now completely "dressed up" in SwatchXPeanuts design.  Check out this great in-store video on Instagram.
• Black Friday / Singles’ Day SwatchXYou.  A Singles' Day SwatchXYou (canvas) is now available in several markets in Asia.  Update:  This SwatchXYou canvas is now also available in Europe for Black Friday 'celebrations'.  Thanks to Joachim Meyer for the hint.
• Olympic Museum special.  A nice new special Starting Block (SO29Z111) is now available at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne (Switzerland).  Here is a closeup of the nice watch face with the olympic rings.  Thanks to Fabien Zwahlen for the information and photo.
• Expo 2020 Dubai November SwatchXYou country specials.  As you may know, Swatch has held a design competition (some months ago) for each country participating at Expo 2020 Dubai.  Now the second round of SwatchXYou designs has been released for November:  1. Flat, Sweet And Famous (canvas) by Tadej (Netherlands);  2. A Mix of Contentment, the Gentleman, Cliché, the Queen In Her Prime (canvas) by Obilala Nwankwo (Nigeria);  3. Colours of Venezuela (canvas) by Carlos Almenar (Venezuela);  4. Milagritos (canvas) by Ilse Valverde (Mexico);  5. The Be-Loved Land of Senses (canvas) by Pamela Daza (Colombia);  6. Mongolian G.O.A.T. (canvas) by Jantsankhorol Erdenebayar (Mongolia);  7. Little Big Austria (canvas) by Dominik Schubert (Austria);  8. Lebanon, The Good Old Days (canvas) by Hisham Zeineddine (Lebanon);  9. A Blend Made in Italy (canvas) by Luca Vacchini (Italy);  10. A Dream of Obayyah (canvas) by Ali Al Hawaj (Bahrain);  11. I Still Believe In Miracles (canvas) by Jamie M. Lee (USA);  12. Bar (canvas) by Claudia Bläsi (Germany).
• Austria Destination specials available online.  On 26-OCT, Austria celebrates Austria National Day. The three Austria Destination specials are now available in the Swatch Online Store for a short period of time (until 27-OCT).
• Back To 1984 exhibition Frankfurt.  Swatch Club Germany has organized a small exhibition of original Swatch watches from 1984 at the Swatch store in Frankfurt, Germany (until 03-NOV).  A club event with about 30 participants was held on 23-OCT.  Here are a few photos from the event (including a few additional photos from Düsseldorf where a similar exhibition is on display).
• Bürgenstock Swatch store closed.  The nice Bürgenstock Swatch store near Luzern, Switzerland is closed (permanently) :-(  The store had a great Swatch exhibition with unique items in the first floor.
• Additional Expo 2020 Dubai SwatchXYou designs.  Several new SwatchXYou designs related to Expo 2020 Dubai are now available:  1. Africa Union (canvas);  2. European Union (canvas);  3. Union Nations (canvas);  4. Africa (canvas);  5. Americas (canvas);  6. Europe (canvas);  7. Oceania (canvas);  8. Asia (canvas).
• Halloween SwatchXYou.  A Halloween SwatchXYou (canvas) is now available in the Swatch Online store. 
• Las Vegas Destination special.  A new Las Vegas Destination special Only In Vegas! (SO29Z110, $95 US, Destination Special #77) has been launched at the Las Vegas Swatch store on 21-OCT.  Some nice gifts with purchase were available.  This is the third Las Vegas Destination special after What happens in Vegas... (SUOZ234) and Greetings From Las Vegas (SUOB716C), both released in 2016.
• Swatch Group Assembly special.  Swatch Group Assembly (previously «Groupe Habillage Haute Horlogerie (GHHH)») is the Swatch Group’s watch assembly company.  A special New Gent Swatch Group Assembly (SUON112E) is now available.  It is a Gent Clownfish Blue (SUON112) with the Swatch Group Assembly logo on the strap.
• Estonia NOC Tokyo 2020 Olympics special.  A special Estonia NOC Tokyo 2020 Olympics special has surfaced.  It is a Gent Tokyo 2020 Blue (GZ708) with the logo of the Estonia NOC embossed in the strap.  The packaging also has a sticker with the logo.
• Italy 1984 fashion workshops.  Do you want to participate at a Swatch 1984 Fashion Workshop in Rome (20-OCT), Torino (21-OCT) or Milano (22-OCT)?
• "Back To 1984" Swatch collection.  Swatch is hinting at a Back To 1984 collection to be released very soon.  On social media, Swatch is hinting at Grey Memphis, White Memphis, and Black Divers (although the "Swatch (C)" on the black clasp is not very 1984 like, this imprint was used much later...  in addition, the Swatch logo on the Black Divers (a New Gent I guess) is too small).  Update:  The Back To 1984 collection has been unveiled in Taiwan.  The collection consists for five individual Bioceramic watches:  1. New Gent Rouge & Noir (SO32B401, original from 1984: Chrono-Tech, GB403); 2. New Gent Gre Mem L (SO32M102, original from 1984: Grey Memphis, GM100);  3. New Gent Bla_Div (SO32B705, original from 1984: Black Divers, GB704); 4. Gent Yel_Race (SO31J400, original from 1984: Yellow Racer, GJ400); 5. Gent Whi_Mem M (SO31W106, original from 1984: White Memphis, LW102) and a 1984 Reloaded Special Set (SZS34, 160 EURO, 1200(??) pcs, not numbered, open box) with a New Gent Whi_Mem L (SO32W106) and a Gent Gre_Mem M (SO31M100, note the different sizes for the two watches only available in this special set!).  The five individual watches are packaged in a nice colorful 1984 paper sleeve.  Some nice 1984 merch available in Italy (for influencers only?).  Update:  In some countries, collector boxes for 3 watches are available (when a complete set is purchased), these were not easy to get in the past.
• Halloween specials.  Two special Big Bold Swatch watches are now available for Halloween:  1. Your Time Is Coming (SB01B128);  2. Run But You Can't Hide (SB01B129).  Very frightening glow-in-the-dark prints, great designs!  Thanks to Lauren Stefani for the hint.
• Stolen Diaphane One #0265/2222.  Please check out this Instagram post:   Diaphane One #0265/2222 has disappeared while being transported with UPS.  If you see this number somewhere, please inform the Instagram user @watchmetwist.
• Swatch Club Event 10th Anniversary Swatch Art Peace Hotel exhibition.  After an 18 month break due to you know what, Swatch Club organized an international Club Event for the exhibition 10th Anniversary Swatch Art Peace Hotel (01 to 24-OCT-2021) at the MAXXI Museum in Rome, Italy (the Swatch Art Peace Hotel Shanghai celebrates its 10th anniversary in OCT-2021).  About 20 Club members participated at the event.  A SwatchXYou event special (consisting of three SwatchXYou watches, with special paper loop) was released, using the previously available SwatchXYou MAXXI canvas from DEC-2020.  It is limited to 31 pcs as noted on the back. Roberto Quadrini sent me a few photos and notes from the event. 
• Expo 2020 Dubai Opening Ceremony.  On 30-SEP, Expo 2020 Dubai will be opened.  You can watch the opening ceremony here.  Three Four new Swatch watches will be added to the Expo Dubai 2020 Swatch collection:  1. Big Bold Al Joud (SB03Z101, 207 GBP, limited to 500 pcs according to rumours);  2. Skin Irony Tafa'Ol (Optimism, SYXZ103G, 207 GBP, limited to 1000 pcs according to rumours);  3. Skin Irony 42 Al Tasamoh (Tolerance, SS07Z101G, 207 GBP, limited to 1500 pcs according to rumours);  4. New Gent Biosourced SwatchPAY! Al Azeema (Resolution, SO29Z102-5300, 83 GBP).  This collection will be available worldwide starting 01-OCT.  Update:  Three new Expo Dubai 2020 specials are now available in a special premium packaging.  Expo Dubai 2020 is now officially open to the general public. Thanks to Ed Chung for the photo.
• Propose your design for a SwatchXYou - now available.  Swatch is currently running a design contest where you can submit your proposal for a SwatchXYou design:  Swatch Calling: The World's Most Inclusive Art Project.  From each country participating at Expo Dubai 2020 (OCT-2021 to MAR-2022) [194 countries in total], one artwork will be selected and be available as a SwatchXYou.  Design competition ends on 08-AUG.  All chosen artists will receive a symbolic compensation of 351 CHF and seven watches made from their canvas. Update 30-SEP:  The first six (out of around 80) Swatch Calling SwatchXYou are now available:  1. Five France(s) (canvas) by Swatch Club Pioneer Member David Catel;  2. Ukraine Pop (canvas) by Dmytro Potapov;  3. Identitad (canvas) by Amelia Luissi (Uruguay);  4. 26 Shades Of Switzerland (canvas) by Karl Gausmann (Switzerland);  5. Mami Con Diablicos (canvas) by Rolando De Sedas (Panama);  6.  Pharaoh Funk (canvas) by Maya Tadros.
• "Jelly Fish" reissues available by mistake.  Two Jelly Fish Swatch watches were now available again as Biosourced Swatch watches for a very short period of time (in Japan, Italian and US Swatch stores, anywhere else?):  1. Gent Jelly Fish Again (SO28K100);  2. New Gent Jelly Fish Revisited (SO29K100, already available in Japan).  Fun fact:  I cannot see a "(c) Swatch AG 1985" at the 12 o'clock position on the silver ring of the Jelly Fish...  Update:  It seems that Swatch shipped these Jelly Fish reissues by mistake to the stores.  Planned release date seems to be 22-JAN-2022.  Apparently, there was a mixup with New Gent Random Ghost Again (SO29K104).  So for now, these reissues are very rare!  This will change in a few months.  Update 2: The "(c) Swatch AG...." has now moved to the 6 o'clock position and is printed silver on silver (as it is done in the last years, invisible copyright info)... Thanks to Marcello Concialdi for the photo.
  
• Biosourced classic reissues.  Several "classic" bestsellers are now available again as Biosourced Swatch watches:  1. New Gent Random Ghost Again (SO29K104);  2. New Gent Black Lacquered Again (SO29B107).
• "Crossing Over Yellow And Black Lines" artist special.  Swatch Philippines is hinting at a New Gent Bioceramic "Crossing Over Yellow And Black Lines" / "Under Construction" artist special to be released on 23-SEP.  The watch is designed by Philippines artist Jose Santos III (#SwatchJoseSantos).  Update:  The New Gent Bioceramic special Crossing Over Yellow And Black Lines (SO32Z100, 3000 pcs, 7500 PHP, $150 US) has been unveiled by Swatch Philippines with a great video on Instagram.  The packaging represents a piece of tarmac, giving the impression of having been picked from a construction site.  The watch and packaging are not numbered.  The watch is inspired by the huge artwork Crossing over yellow and black stripes (2 panels 46 × 366 cm) from 2016. A giant maxi of Crossing Over Yellow And Black Lines by José Santos III can be seen outside of the Swatch HQ along Arnaiz Avenue, Makati City, Philippines.  The special is now available at the Philippines Swatch stores (with special working gloves as gift with purchase [are these available anywhere else?]).  It will be launched on 25-SEP in the USA and in October in Europe.  The packaging also includes additional information about the artist and the artwork.  Thanks to R.J.Valdez for the photos.
• San Francisco Destination special.  A new San Francisco New Gent Destination special Gates Of Love (SO29Z103, $95 US, Destination Special #76) has been launched on 23-SEP.  Here is a photo of the packaging.  Gates Of Love is available in the Swatch US Online store until 26-SEP.   Thanks to Ed Chung and to Roberta Kleiman for the information.
• Team USA 2020 Olympic Games special.  A special Swatch One Team One Dream (SUOZ716, $74.99 US, backside) is now available in the Team USA shop, right in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.  Update: A strap variant of this special was issued for the US Paralympics Team at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games:  One Team One Dream Paralympics (SUOZ716C, backside).  The difference is the inscription "2020 United States Paralympic Team" on the back of the strap and the US Paralympics Team on the frontside of the paper sleeve.  Thanks to Thomas Chan for the hint and to Tak Lun Lee for the photos.
• Oktoberfest SwatchXYou.  As in 2020, the traditional Oktoberfest in Munich is canceled in 2021 as well due to you know what :-(  Nevertheless, a special SwatchXYou Oktoberfest (canvas) is now available in the Swatch Germany Online store. 
• Supriya Lele Skin specials.  Supriya Lele is a British-Indian fashion designer.  She has now created five different very nice and colorful Biosourced Skin specials. Lovely!  The watches are packaged in a nice paper sleeve (matching design).  The Swatch X Supriya Lele collection is now available in the Swatch Online Store.  Update:  On 21-SEP, Supriya Lele signed her Swatch specials at the Carnaby Street Swatch store in London.  Thanks to R.J.Valdez for the photos.
• Swatch Popup Store Parco Shibuya.  From 17-SEP to 28-FEB-2022, a nice Swatch Popup store will be open at Parco Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.  The store is supposed to look like a normal room in an apartment and it will be remodeled several times when new watches are added.
• Unique silver James Bond Swatch suitcase.  Today, I found something interesting: A silver James Bond suitcase from 2002 that you probably haven't seen before (the "normal" silver Bond suitcase is quite easily to find)! Much more rare than the expensive leather suitcase limited to 280 pcs.  This one is a unique piece with an even more unique story (sold for 10,710 GBP in 2020).  Check out all the details at the update in Wristory Auction 2001, Lot#14.
• Mexico Destination specials available online.  On 16-SEP, Mexico celebrates Mexican Independence Day. (Día de la Independencia, Grito de Dolores).  The two Mexico Destination specials are now available in the Swatch Online Store for a short period of time (until 17-SEP).
• Planet Swatch Museum Biel Swatch Club Virtual Tour.  Swatch Club has organized a virtual tour of the Planet Swatch Museum in Biel.  About 50 participants joined the zoom meeting.  You can find a few still photos from the video tour here.  After a short introduction by Carlo Giordanetti (CEO Swatch Art Peace Hotel Shanghai), Swatch archivist Philippe Marti took us around in the museum for about 45 minutes.  The highlight of the tour were the two original dial designs by Enki Bilal:  Too Many Memories (GZ217) and Into Each Other (GZ218S).  These designs were never shown to the public before.  Also interesting:  The original strap design for The Joe Tilson Venetian Watch (SUOZ312S) and a rare Our Swatch Quattro (see www.lot7.de :-).  See more photos from the tour in the photo album.  Some interesting info:  The Swatch Finder will be back (improved!) "soon" ["the team worked hard during the summer"] and Philippe's favourite Swatch is Sam Francis (same as my favourite). Thanks a lot to the team from Swatch Club for an enjoyable remote visit.
• Swatch store Treviso 10th anniversary special.  A special limited prefabricated SwatchXYou Naombraparmienaspumapalbocia (SUOK154-004) is now available at the De Wrachien online store in Italy.  The watch is limited to 550 pcs and it costs 105 EURO.  You can find more information about the watch and the artist Juls Crivellèr (in Italian) on Instagram.
  
• Big Bold Planet watchs.  The official Swatch website has a nice teaser for a "Blue Moon" related Big Bold Swatch.  The binary code on the website translates to "Hello world. -- First contact initiated. -- Stay tuned, we're coming soon".  Update:  The teaser graphic has changed slightly:  Now the dress of the astronauts shows some colors:  orange, purple, blue and green.  I guess that's an indication of the colors of the upcoming watches...  Spoiler:  Photos of the four watches have leaked on Instagram.  Update:  The four Big Bold Planet watches are now featured on the Swatch webpage.  Available online starting 07-SEP.  Each watch is available with an extra strap in a slightly different design, packaged in a nice special box.  A strap changing tool is also supplied with each Swatch.  Thanks to Laurent Stefani for the update, to Cristiano Ianna for the instagram photos and to R.J.Valdez for the photos.
• New Swatch book by Schmid / Muller.  A new Swatch book 1981 La Route De La Swatch et après... by Marlyse Schmid, Bernard Müller and Philippe J. Silaci is now available in Switzerland. Price is 39 CHF, the book has 164 pages.  Marlyse Schmid and Bernard Müller are the first designers of early Swatch watches, starting in 1981 (without these two:  No Swatch as we know it today).  You can find more information about Marlyse Schmid and Bernard Müller here (info about the Sotheby's auction in Geneva in 2015).

• 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.
• original plastic boxes for Keith Haring (with correct price sticker) for:   Modele Avec Personnages (GZ100)
• Folders, brochures, documentation, advertisement material 1982-86.

You are visitor no.  since 15-OCT-1997. Counter stopped on 20-MAY-2018.

Usually, the number of visitors to this page is between 200 and 300 per day (a little less on weekends :-)  But sometimes, there are peaks in the traffic!  My page is also visited by Swatch employees.

Disclaimer: I am not a member of Swatch Group or Swatch, nor am I related to them in anyway, nor am I an official Swatch Dealer! I'm just a happy pioneer member of SWATCH THE CLUB. Swatch and Swatch The Club are registered Trademarks of SWATCH AG SWITZERLAND. This site is in no way, shape or form affiliated with, related to or in association with the Swatchgroup.

It is a collector site for collectors run by a collector.