I remember Swatch!

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    Originally Posted By HRM

    Any Swatch fans out there in LP-land? Walk past a store in South Coast Plaza while in Orange County, glad to see their still around.
     
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    Originally Posted By Disneymom443

    How funny, I dindn't know that they were still made. Remember you had to have two to three on one wrist.
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    We visited the Swatch store in Times Square this summer. Cool designs, much more spendy than they used to be. Yesterday I found an old Swatch watch from the mid 1980's. My daughter was thrilled to snag it!
     
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    Originally Posted By grlweatswchpstx

    My mom used to have a colorful pink, purple, and green one with all kinds of geometrics all over it.

    When I was in Vegas a few years ago I bought a nice black and white one, very classy and works for casual at the same time, I love it! and its durable.
     
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    Originally Posted By amazedncal2

    << oldest DD and I sported Swatch watches. Mine had a fat white band and sported purple and pink triangles on the face. DD's was neon pink. We were ultra cool :) I also didn't know they were still in business.
     
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    Originally Posted By Lisann22

    I have about 5 Swatch watches. I loved them!
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    Alive and ticking:

    <a href="http://www.swatch.com/" target="_blank">http://www.swatch.com/</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By HRM

    Found out the Swatch Group number one watch company in the world! Apparently they own the top brands such as Omega, Hamilton, Mont Blanc and others.

    All this and Swatch Guards too!
     
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    Originally Posted By friendofdd

    I remember a large swatch display towering above the worlds fair in Vancouver, BC (1987?)

    It must have been 40 or 50 feet high.
     
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    Originally Posted By DlandDug

    <<--- still has his Swatches...
     
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    Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF

    I've got two James Bond Swatches from the 40th Anniversary Collection that came out a few years ago ("The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Dr. No") and the "Casino Royale" watch from last year's Bond Villains Collection. They're very cool to look at.
     
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    Originally Posted By hopemax

    Having a Swatch watch was one of the few trends my Mom actually let me participate in when I was in middle school. Although, I only had one, not a different one for each day of the week. I still have it.
     
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    Originally Posted By BeccasMommy

    My everyday watch is a swatch, my husband bought it for me for Christmas
     
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