[Buxtehude]

Do you remember the Swatch Watch craze in the 1980s? Were you one of those people for whom Swatches were their mode of self-expression? Gosh, they were cool at the time!<br><br><img alt="" src="http://www.swissinfo.org/xobix_media/images/sri/2003/sriimg20030228_1663278_0.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"><br><br>
I remember having a pink Swatch. The problem with Swatches was that their cheap plastic watch band wore out and broke so easily.<br><br>
Ahh. The 80s!

 

[Martin]

They're still around.<br><br>
My wife bought one last year, with a cool japanese design.<br><br>
(And they're also designing cars now!)

 

[Buxtehude]

<img alt="" src="http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/video/vid_tvad_swatch.jpg" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[Buxtehude]

Do you know what I'm going to do, Martin?<br><br>
I will buy myself a Swatch next week! They're a lot of fun!

 

[Martin]

Go Bux!<br><br>
Make sure you post a picture!

 

[willrun4chocolate]

I had one that a friend bought me in Switzerland. I was the only one around to have that design. I loved that watch!

 

[Buxtehude]

You must've been the <i><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><b>coolest</b></span></i> kid on the block.

 

[caffeinated]

Funny thing is, Swatch now owns many high-end swiss watch brands. Including Omega, Breguet, Blancpain, Longines and Tissot among others. They also own the ETA company, which makes the movements that many other watch companies, like Tag Heuer and Breitling, put into their mechanical watches. In 2010 Swatch is going to stop selling it's movements to companies outside its own group. Look for that Tag to get more expensive.

 

[divaleh]

Um, they're still cool. I have one that's naughty <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"> The numbers are bunnies in kama sutra positions, and if you tap the face, the hands swirl around until they point to a position <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[runningINnyc]

There's a monster SWATCH store in Times Square, I should think about getting another one. Mine had white straps and it got pretty darn grimey after too much wearing. Good thing I also had the Swatch watch guards <img alt="thumbsup.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/thumbsup.gif">

 

[carbonfiberRibs]

my wife has a box full of them.<br>
she has three of the numbered specialty ones, like a Christmas one, and a couple of others.<br><br>
funny thing, she doesn't wear a watch now at all.<br><br>
and divaleh, where did you find that watch?

 

[bensmom243]

DH bought me one for Christmas last year. I love it!

 

[Auntie Moe]

I still wear one (only mine has a metal band) and DH has 2-3.<br><br>
I had one I bought in Switzerland when I was 16...it was so cool! I think they are still tucked away in a drawer at my parents' house...I should go find them.

 

[jacqibay]

I loved the way they looked-but I couldn't stand how loud they were. I could hear my Swatch from across the room. I had the swatch guards too!

 

[Ice Cream]

DH bught me collection of 6 for Xmas, two years ago. They are pretty, but loud...<br><br>
My favorite:<br><a href="http://www.squiggly.com/swatch/p/product/i/213/code/GG138/name/Blue%20Pasta" target="_blank">http://www.squiggly.com/swatch/p/pro...e/Blue%20Pasta</a>

 

[Gish]

I used to wear one to highschool in the late 80's, remember the ad with the fat boy's?<br><br>
swatches!<br><br>
Ha ha ha! Swatches!

 

[Gingerbread]

Heh! I've had a couple. I think they're still in a box somewhere, but I may have discarded them.<br><br>
One had no numbers. I'm not sure about the other one. They both stopped working and batteries didn't revive them. I don't have good luck with watches.

 

[triciaflower]

I think my sister had this one. We each had at least two at one point.<br><br><img alt="" src="http://www.swatchandbeyond.com/products_pictures/Raspberry.JPG" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[corrade]

Swatches were/are awesome. I had one I got in GB in '86, worked until '06. Battery cover broke. Had to keep it in another room or in the sock drawer though, to sleep.

 

[dcoroner77]

I had a pink and blue checkered one. I kept breaking the guards. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
I've been eyeing a new one for a while.. I just can't decide which one!