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9/5/2011 6:59:02 PM EDT
Deal on chronoshark link   I had to pull the trigger.

9/5/2011 7:06:49 PM EDT
[#1]
Thats nothing like I remember,looks like a nice watch
9/5/2011 7:07:46 PM EDT
[#2]
Remember them?  I still have one:
9/5/2011 7:08:28 PM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
Remember them?  I still have one:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/Fudgieghost1/Misc%20Pics1/Watches/Swatchonwrist.jpg


Wow, whats it worth?
9/5/2011 7:09:19 PM EDT
[#4]
Yeah they were stylish when I was about 13 years old.  I had one.
9/5/2011 7:10:23 PM EDT
[#5]
I had a couple of them and with the watch guard too
9/5/2011 7:11:56 PM EDT
[#6]
Used to wear Swatch from high school to mid thirties.  Watches would work, just got rid of them because the bands had issues or sick of the same thing when battery ran out.
Great watch if you can still get them, I've switched over to the Tier 1 Timexeses from Target.  I'll be 44 Thursday.
9/5/2011 7:12:49 PM EDT
[#7]
Oh yeah I had a couple.

One was kind of a tacticool watch of it's time.

That one in the pic is kind of like it. Mine was an all black case, instead of clear. And a crappy vinyl band.

(pretty good watches for the money, always were better (longer lasting) than comparably priced watches) (like timex)
9/5/2011 7:13:40 PM EDT
[#8]
Yep, if you want them you've got 48 minutes people.

$79
9/5/2011 7:16:34 PM EDT
[#9]
Swatch owns Omega and many other brands.  The holding company is huge, even though the "Swatch" brand is a cheap niche.
9/5/2011 7:24:25 PM EDT
[#10]
I always think of the Fat Boys.
9/5/2011 8:02:32 PM EDT
[#11]
Remember Swatch time?
9/5/2011 8:08:36 PM EDT
[#12]
Quoted:
Swatch owns Omega and many other brands.  The holding company is huge, even though the "Swatch" brand is a cheap niche.


They also own some movement manufacturers like ETA(nice Swiss auto movements) that are installed in many, many, different brands... I believe Swatch is the largest watch maker on the planet.
9/5/2011 8:15:42 PM EDT
[#13]
Is there a bad Swiss watch?

Rado maybe.

That's a good looking watch.
9/5/2011 8:17:15 PM EDT
[#14]
Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
9/5/2011 8:18:36 PM EDT
[#15]



Quoted:


Is there a bad Swiss watch?



Rado maybe.



That's a good looking watch.


What's wrong with Rado?

 
9/5/2011 8:20:02 PM EDT
[#16]
My best friend in LA made a huge pile of cash off the "Swatch Gaurd" the prototypes were made from some o rings that I had laying around.
9/5/2011 8:22:12 PM EDT
[#17]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Is there a bad Swiss watch?

Rado maybe.

That's a good looking watch.

What's wrong with Rado?  

They are ugly as hell.
9/5/2011 8:26:45 PM EDT
[#18]
Yeah, and the joke. What would be it's name if it were made in Croatia?
9/5/2011 8:28:13 PM EDT
[#19]
Swatch has a store in Northpark here in  Dallas.



The first time I saw it I got excited.



Then I saw a bunch of generic seiko looking watches and tag knock offs for 400 bucks.  



I repeat.  A $400 Swatch.  



I want my black mirror one with a neon orange dial protector back.  
9/5/2011 8:28:37 PM EDT
[#20]



Quoted:


Yeah, and the joke. What would be it's name if it were made in Croatia?


Crotch?



 
9/5/2011 8:31:20 PM EDT
[#21]
The time was 6 o'clock on the Swatch watch
No time to chill, got a date, can't be late
Hey, the girl is gonna do me
Move to the Jacuzzi, ooh, that booty
Smack it up, flip it, rub it down, oh, no!!!
9/5/2011 8:55:44 PM EDT
[#22]
Quoted:
Remember them?  I still have one:



RULE OF THUMB: If it takes you more than 10 seconds to decide what the dial hands are pointing to, it's a tarded design...
9/5/2011 9:02:15 PM EDT
[#23]
You were supposed to wear several, so you would know what time it is in Paris or Tokyo or wherever
9/5/2011 9:02:36 PM EDT
[#24]
Some say that Swatch saved the Swiss watch industry.

Swatch
Group






The Swatch
Group is the world's largest watch company, and the Group has accelerated
its acquisition of Swiss luxury brands in recent years. The Swatch Group owns
the following brands: Breguet, Blancpain, Jaquet Droz, Glashütte Original, Lon Hatot, Omega,
Tiffany & Co., Rado, Longines, Union Glashütte, Tissot, Calvin
Klein, Certina,
Mido, Pierre Bal-main, Hamilton, Flik Flak and Endura.



ETA / Valjoux Movements



Lemania Movements









 
 
9/5/2011 9:03:20 PM EDT
[#25]



Quoted:


You were supposed to wear several, so you would know what time it is in Paris or Tokyo or wherever


Hahah, really?  Adding and subtracting is hard!



 
9/5/2011 9:14:39 PM EDT
[#26]
Fuck Swatch.



http://epistolary.org/rob/swatch-protest/

Yeah, it's long over, but fuck them and their illegal marketing ideas. I'll never buy anything with their name on it. Hell, I wouldn't even take a free one.
9/5/2011 9:19:00 PM EDT
[#27]
Had a 1994 Olympic Centennial Commemorative. The band delaminated at the buckle holes, so it looked like ass after the first month...
9/6/2011 12:33:51 AM EDT
[#28]



Quoted:


Remember Swatch time?


Sounds kind of like a Julian Date, but for time. interesting.



 
9/6/2011 12:12:41 PM EDT
[#29]





Quoted:





Quoted:


Remember them?  I still have one:





http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/Fudgieghost1/Misc%20Pics1/Watches/Swatchonwrist.jpg






Wow, whats it worth?
Well, new ones are listed at $66 on this website. . . . http://www.squiggly.com/us/en/swatch/metropolis-gx405.htm



ETA: Hey, Skibane when I wear this watch, I really wear it more for how it looks than as a serious timepiece. . . you know, . . . .puttin' out the vibe. . . .
 
9/6/2011 12:15:31 PM EDT
[#30]
You weren't cool unless you had the scratch protector.


9/6/2011 12:20:49 PM EDT
[#31]

9/6/2011 12:23:09 PM EDT
[#32]
I had one of the first with a leather band (I hated the rubber bands) and solid silver face.

I still have it somewhere.   Great watch in the day.

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