Vintage Swatch

Swatch Watches started off in 1983 when a Nicholas G Hayek thought that people needed a second watch, leaving their expensive watches to be worn only for very best.  These second watches were inexpensive and funky and expressed the wearers individuality.  By 2006, they had sold 333 million watches and are still going strong.   Some of the early watches are now becoming highly collectable.



The 1983 GT403 retails at $1200


1984 Grey Memphis GM100 $1200

Here are a few of my favourites:


Aqua Dream 1986





Cosmoses by Alessandro Mendini

1986 Ping Pong White


Mackintosh 1987


Tennis Stripes 1983

Hello Petula

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