Traditions have dictated the use of either precious metals like gold for watch cases. This eventually extended to include technical materials like steel and titanium. But more recently, we have seen the use of innovative and novel materials. Some are metal alloys like bronze and aluminium. Others are composite materials like carbon fibre, ceramic and [...]

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Swatch release four new references in Bioceramic in a square case in black, gray, green and beige (blue dial). The new collection is known as BIOCERAMIC WHAT IF? Press Release information with commentary in italics. New: Swatch BIOCERAMIC WHAT IF? in square case The retail pricing for the Swatch BIOCERAMIC WHAT IF? in square case [...]

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The popular Swatch Big Bold family of watches gets the stainless steel case and joins the Irony family with 5 novelties available now, and 5 more in September. Press Release information with commentary in italics. New: Swatch Big Bold Irony The price for the new Swatch Big Bold Irony models in the first lauch are [...]

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Christmas is around the corner once again! For this festive season, we have decided to start a little early, with a series of watches that one might want to consider as gift ideas for their friends and loved ones. Our selection today will focus on the masses – with modest pricing as the main criteria [...]

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Swatch collaborates with French art museum – the Centre Pompidou to create 6 new art themed watches. Press Release information with commentary in italics and additional photographs of the Swatch Boutique in Ion Orchard, Singapore. Commentary Swatch is no stranger in incorporating art of the masters into their watches. Their Swatch Art Special watches has [...]

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Christmas is around the corner again, after a pretty eventful (or uneventful, depending on your perspective) 2021. For watch enthusiasts and collectors, nothing makes us more happy to receive a timepiece during this festive period. Interestingly, some of us would also want to purchase a timepiece as a gift for our loved ones – as [...]

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Swatch watches are taken over by Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Woodstock, and the rest of the Peanuts gang! Available now from your nearest Swatch Boutque or online! Six new watches are introduced in this latest Swatch Collection. Relax and chillout this Friday with the new Swatch x Peanuts Collection, now out! Press release information. Swatch X [...]

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Swatch makes a colourful extension to their popular Big Bold Collection with four funky colours with cryptic names to make up the new Planets line.

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August 9, 1965. When Singapore became a nation. This year, we celebrate 56 years tomorrow. And here are our suggestions of 6 watches to enjoy the holiday. From our review archives and one new release. Suggestions for watches to wear on Singapore National Day! Yes, its a big thing. Those who do not live in [...]

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It is summer once again. Northern hemisphere, we know it’s winter in good old Australia. This is certainly one occasion that is celebrated by many, especially by our counterparts in the West, who had to endure a muted season last year when the COVID-19 situation hit one of its peaks in the region. Summer time [...]

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Swatch introduces a new bio-ceramic material for their Big Bold NEXT. Available from April 2021 in 5 colours – basic white and black, as well as the spring colours of pink and light blue, and grey – the Pantone colour of the year. We look at this new watch in detail. Swatch has been an [...]

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Swatch announces the launch of special edition designs with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as part of its Museum Journey series. The watches will be available at Swatch stores worldwide and swatch.com as well as global MoMA Design Stores and store.moma.org, starting on March 4, 2021. Press Release with pricing information. Retail prices, inclusive [...]

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On the 12th of February this year, the Chinese had celebrated the start of the lunar new year. Dubbed the Year of the Metal Ox, the new year begins on February 12th 2021, and ends on January 31st 2022. Over the years, we have seen a myriad of brands introducing many new special edition watches [...]

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New and in time for the Chinese New Year of the Ox (Feb 12!) Swatch releases the Big Bold “Ox Rocks 2021!”. Now available in stores. This extension to the Big Bold collection is now dressed in loud red and gold, traditional Chinese auspicious colours. Press Release information with commentary in italics. Retail price SGD [...]

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Last week, we covered six watches with a vibrantly coloured dial to add into a watch collection. This week, we decided to take it up a notch. Instead of looking just at coloured dials, we will be focusing on watches with a coloured case instead. This means that instead of the usual case variants, we [...]

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Swatch introduces a new collection “1983” – a contemporary interpretation of an iconic watch design, using bio-sourced materials and innovative technologies: Born in 1983. Made in 2020. New models are added to the Originals Collection – Gents and New Gents line, as the 1983 BIO-RELOADED. Here is a run through of the 6 new models [...]

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A fun watch by Swatch (is there any other Swatch?), see-through case, semi-transparent straps, with vivid new colors – from electric yellow, neon green, orange fluo and azure blue. This is the Chief Editor’s personal watch – in azure blue, which Swatch calls BLUEINJELLY. He talks about it. Swatch Big Bold Jelly BLUEINJELLY The message [...]

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The Story of Breguet – Part 2 With his brilliant mind, talent, and entrepreneurship, Abraham-Louis Breguet’s watchmaking firm brought about the golden age of horology. For the longest time, Breguet had peaked with the life and death of its founder. This was hardly surprising as Abraham-Louis Breguet is widely considered the greatest horologist of all [...]

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This week, we explore recommendations for the entry level collector. We make the distinction of an entry level collector. First this is someone looking to start out a “career” in collecting watches, and not someone looking to buy a one off entry level watch. Here we go, in order of increasing prices. Swatch 007 Series [...]

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For the new Bond movie “No Time to Die”, James Bond wears his iconic Omega wristwatch, but what does the techie brains behind MI6 wear? Well Q wears a Swatch. We explore Q’s watch in detail here. Swatch released a total of 7 watches for this latest Bond movie. The first six are modelled after [...]

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