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Aloha , I don't know what came over me but I just picked up 2 Swatch Watches .

One NOS from 1993 , new in box , 22 jeweled ETA Movement , and another Vintage , Also ETA and just serviced .

 

Here's the NIB "Blue Chip" , ...... $33   ...   I like it   :)

 

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And heres the just serviced Vintage,..... $17

 

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Hi clockboy , I can agree that a Swatch never appealed to me either . I always thought they looked like something Peter Max would design . I guess what appealed to me was the fact that they ARE so different from anything else I have collected and worked on , the Swatch group is so impressive with their brands and movements , ETA for example , and I got a vintage watch for less then the offered price .

 

Bottom line for me is now that I have one , I like it . Now I can get back to the serious business of collecting real watches .

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Aloha , I don't know what came over me but I just picked up 2 Swatch Watches .

One NOS from 1993 , new in box , 22 jeweled ETA Movement , and another Vintage , Also ETA and just serviced .

 

Here's the NIB "Blue Chip" , ...... $33   ...   I like it   :)

 

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And heres the just serviced Vintage,..... $17

 

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Have three old Swatch watches . Just like the watch second watch you serviced . BTW .Does swatch stand for swiss watch? S watch? 

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Oh Horror...HORROR!   Sound the WRT alarm!

 

Just kidding... I actually have ONE swatch in my collection and it's a bubble domed  aluminum diving watch. I wear it when I go to the beach (yes, I wear a watch to the beach). Well they movements are legit (ETA)--I say wear them well!

 

JC

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