Recent Swatch info (Last updated: 26-JAN-2020)

• 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:
• Tokyo 2020 Olympic specials.  Three new Tokyo 2020 Olympic specials are now available in Japan:  1. Gent (GZ708);  2. Big Bold (SO27Z100);  3. Big Bold (SO27Z101).  These three watches will be available worldwide in March. Thanks toMano Akihito for the photo.
  
• Swatch Xmas Market.  The first Swatch Xmas market was held on 14-DEC at the Swatch Drive Thru Store in Biel, Switzerland.  Christine Tanner has sent me a few photos from the Xmas market. Several rare Swatch Season models no longer available in the shops were available, including Hollywood Dream (GZ116, 1990, 10 pcs were available at 105 CHF only!), Jingle Jangle (2003, GZ408), Star Edition (GZ199, 2009), Hocus Pocus (GZ122, 1991), Magic Spell (GZ148, 1995), ...  It was also possible to create a special SwatchXYou Drive Thru Xmas market.  Update:  The number 00,001/10000 of Star Edition was available for sale at the Xmas market.  This is very very unusual, as the number 1 of each special edition is usually reserved for Nick Hayek's personal collection, the Planet Swatch museum etc.  Does anyone else own a #1 of any official Swatch special?  If yes, please send photos.  Update 2: Rainer Haas owns the Mimmo Paladino artist special Oigol Oro #001/100 (GZ113, 1988), presented to the Dalai Lama (together with the original correspondence / envelope).   Update 3: Here is the Xmas special Red Knit 00001/14999 (back of the watch). Update 4:   820. Hafengeburtstag Hamburg Club Event Special 01/100 (from 2009) and FIVB Berlin Skyball 2003 001/111.  Thanks to Rainer Haas for the information and photos and to Alexandre Brunner and Wolfgang Seiler for the photos.
• Laax Open 2020 special.  The Laax Open snowboarding event takes place from 13 to 18-JAN in Laax, Switzerland.   A special New Gent Laax Open 2020 (SUOB714C, 90 CHF) has been issued, it is packaged in a nice paper sleeve.  It is New Gent Gaet (SUOB714) from 2014 with a special strap.  The winners of the Laax Open received a nicely packaged Big Bold Swatch.
• Dry January SwatchXYou.  A special Dry January SwatchXYou (canvas) is now available in the Swatch Online Store.
• Fake Big Bold.  Swatch Big Bold is still a very young product line but you can already find fake Big Bold watches on Instagram.
• Don't Be Too Late reissued / new Gent product line.  Another famous Swatch from the 80s has been reissued:  DB2L (SO28B102) is a Gent(!) Swatch (34 mm), with a GREEN Swatch logo on the watch face, packaged in an eco-friendly red pasteboard packaging.  Note the lower green part on the seconds hand and the different hour and minute hands compared to the original Don't Be Too Late (GA100) from 1984.  From the production code SO28B102, we can deduce that there is a technical difference to the Gent Swatch watches we all know and love (a new product line!), otherwise, the ref. code would be GBxxx.  Hopefully that technical difference will be unveiled soon.  Here is a picture of the actual watch in the packaging.  Update:  According to information from a Swatch Store:  The new Gent product line is manufactured (partially?) from recycled plastic, the plastic for the glass is also different, so the usual Polywatch should not be used to polish your DB2L!  Update 2: Here is a photo that illustrates the differences between the original Don't Be Too Late (GA100) from 1984 and the DB2L (SO28B102) from 2020. DB2L has a production code "IX46b", I assume that the added "b" behind the regular production code indicates the new Gent 2 product line with recycled plastic.
• SwatchXYou Pop-up store Japan.  The first SwatchXYou pop-up store will open for one week starting 25-DEC at the Isetan Shinjuku Store, Tokyo, Japan.  Six Japanese artists have been invited to create a special SwatchXYou design.  Some of the artists will also sign their watches on 25-DEC.  The designs and the artists are:  1. Chocomoo (canvas);  2. Jun Inoue (canvas);  3. Kosuke Kawamura (canvas);  4. Ouma (canvas);  5. Yoshi47 (canvas);  6. Towmei-Line (canvas).  Here is a "on the spot" paining by Yuka Chocomoo. Update:  The six special SwatchXYou designs are now available in the Japanese Swatch Online Store.  Update 2:  Since 13-JAN, the six special SwatchXYou designs are now available worldwide for a limited time, eg. US Swatch Online Store.
• Zappos special.  For the 20th anniversary of the company, a New Gent special Zappos (SUOW107I) has been issued by Zappos (online shoe and clothing retailer) in MAR-2019.
• Valentine 2020 special.  According to this report, the Swatch Valentine special for 2020 is a Gent Swatch You've Got Love (GZ707S).  It comes in a red packaging in the style of an envelope.  The watch is limited and numbered to 5020 pcs.
• Argentinia only Glitter collection.  A special limited Glitter collection is available exclusively in Argentinia.  The Glitter collection consists of five Swatch watches:  Three New Gent, one Gent, and one Lady Swatch:  1. New Gent Glittersky (SUOS400);  2. New Gent Glitterpassion (SUOR401);  3. New Gent Glitternight (SUOB403);  4. Gent Glitterespoir (GE269);  5. Gent Glitterceleste (LK392).  The Glitter collection is available since at least MAR-2019, issued probably for the opening of the Swatch Argentinia Online Store.  Other markets have different Glitter Swatch watches available (also exclusively online), eg. Germany.
• Big Bold Pay! watches.  Three different Big Bold Pay! watches are now available in those markets where Swatch Pay! is available, eg. Switzerland, Austria, Germany:  1. BBMist Pay! (SO27W101-5300);  2. BBSky Pay! (SO27N106-5300);  3. BBNyte Pay! (SO27B106-5300).  Each watch costs 100 EURO (compared to 90 EURO for the regular Big Bold watches [or 95 EURO for the fantastic Big Bold Jellyfish]).
• Swatch Essentials.  Every month, Swatch will now unveil new essential styles and the people that make it all happen every month:  Swatch Essentials.  #TeamSwatch  For January 2020, 16 different Swatch watches have been released.
  
• SwatchXYou Taiwan Pop-up store.  Until 16-FEB, a SwatchXYou Pop-up store is open at the Taipei 101 Shopping Mall in Taiwan.  Two special Swatch SwatchXYou designs are available (also in the Swatch Taiwan Online Store):  1. Taiwan Animals A (canvas);  2. Taiwan Animals B (canvas).
  
• Virgin MiamiCentral Pop-up store.  A new Swatch Pop-up store is now open at Virgin MiamiCentral.  Until 02-FEB, you can buy Swatch watches, including the Miami Vibes Destination special.
  
• Bürgenstock Resort Destination special.  A new Destination New Gent special B-Viewtiful (SUOZ320, 90 CHF, Destination Special #66) has been released on 04-DEC at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland.  The watch is also available at the Zurich airport.  Update:  Here is some more information about the Bürgenstock Resort Destination special and the Bürgenstock Resort.  Thanks to Fabien Perissinotto for the photo.
• Zodiac / Chinese Horoscope SwatchXYou.  A special Zodiac SwatchXYou is now available in the Swatch Online Store.  So you can now check your horoscope on your wrist!  Additionally, a Chinese Horoscope SwatchXYou is available in the Swatch Online Store. 
• 2020 Emojis SwatchXYou.  A special Emojis SwatchXYou is now available in the Swatch Online Store.  It also features a "2020" on the canvas, so it has also a "Happy New Year 2020" theme :-)
• 007 special.  An interesting 007 New Gent special (surely James Bond related) has surfaced.  It is a New Gent Black Rebel (SUOB702) with a special 007 loop around the strap and a black paper sleeve with a grey, well known "007" logo.
• Art Week Lorenzo Petrantoni SwatchXYou.  During the first week of each month, Swatch will collaborate with different artists and present unique SwatchXYou canvases which will be available for one week only.  For January, Swatch presents two different canvases by Italian artist Lorenzo Petrantoni:  1. Fleur (canvas);  2. Circule (canvas).  Previously in 2012, Lorenzo Petrantoni has designed five Swatch watches.
• Swatch Art Connections.  For the eighth anniversary of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, Swatch has now created Swatch Art Connections, a virtual exhibition that presents fun, crazy and interesting projects that Swatch has developed following fruitful encounters with artists-in-residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel.
• Big Bold Jellyfish.  As a late Xmas gift, the superb new Big Bold Jellyfish (SO27E100) is now available in the Swatch Online Store for 95 EURO.  Here is a closeup photo of the watch face.
• Ski Season SwatchXYou.  A special Ski Season SwatchXYou is now available in the Swatch Online Store.
• Chinese New Year SwatchXYou.  A special Chinese New Year Rat World SwatchXYou is now available in the Swatch Online Store.
• Unknown SwatchXYou.  Do you know this SwatchXYou with lots of gearwheels on the strap?  I do not remember this one.  Was it available to the general public at some point in time?  ETA related (it is from Switzerland)?  Please email if you have more information. 
• Fourth Hong Kong Destination special.  Without a big announcement, Swatch has released a fourth Hong Kong Destination Gent special which is only available at Hong Kong Airport:  I Night HK (GB299C, 600 HKD, Destination Special #68).  Here is a photo of the actual watch.  It is a Gent Blackhot (GB299) from 2017 with a special strap.  Previously, this strap was available (at Hong Kong Airport only) with three different other Swatch watches.  The three previous Hong Kong Destination specials are:  1. Flower Bay (SUOZ232, 2016); 2. Greetings From Hong Kong (SUOB702Q, 2016, sold out);  3. Lion Rock (GZ706, 2018).
• Sardine SwatchXYou. A special Sardine SwatchXYou is now available in the Swatch Online store.  This watch is related to the "Sardines" movement in Italy (protest against Matteo Salvini’s populist politics).
• Hawaii Destination special.  A Hawaii Destination Gent special called Pau Hana Time (GZ339) has been released on 07-DEC.  The watch is packaged in the usual Destination paper sleeve. Swatch Proteam member Coco Ho was present at the Swatch Ala Moana Store to sign autograph cards.
• Swatch Club UK Xmas party.  The traditional Swatch Club UK Xmas party took place on 07-DEC at the Flight Club Victoria in London.  Pioneer member Bob Gardner reports:  "There were about 30 Swatch collectors present and everyone had a great time playing darts and the usual eating and drinking." During the Darts competition, the first prize received a Maxi Swatch in Graffiti and any Swatch from the current Xmas collection.  The last prize received a Swatch Bum Bag and also any Swatch from the current Xmas collection.  Very nice!  Bob also sent me a few photos from the event.
• Banana SwatchXYou specials.  At Art Basel Miami, a controversial spotty banana duct-taped to a wall artwork Comedian by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold for $150,000 US.  A few days later, the banana was eaten by a hungry performance artist called David Datuna from Georgia.  Swatch has taken the opportunity to release two different SwatchXYou Banana specials "DON'T TOUCH":  1. A truly minimalistic banana on an empty canvas;  2. A bananas variation (canvas).  Very funny!  Here is a photo of an actual Banana SwatchXYou.
• Glitter Online Exclusives.  Four Glitter... Swatch watches (Gent and New Gent) are available exclusively in the Online Store.
• Holiday Event 2019.  The traditional Swatch The Club Holiday Event 2019 took place in Budapest, Hungary from 28-NOV to 01-DEC.  108 Swatch Club members from 14 different countries participated at the event, including 12 (out of 15) new Gold members who were invited to the event.  Each event participant received a special limited Big Bold Light Up Your Night (SO27Z104S).  The watch is limited to 200 pcs and numbered xxx/200 on the back of the watch, on the packaging, on the outer white box and on the sticker.  Here is a photo of the watch in the opened packaging.  The best feature about the watch is the "glow in the dark" dial, packaging, and some parts of the strap (inscription).  Great watch!   Here is a detailed report with many photos from the event.

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