Swatch 4 1st June 2006

On the 1st June 2006 Swatch will celebrate with a huge party in Switzerland the production of its 333rd millionith watch. Central to the party are the Blue Man Group who will 'manufacture' a very secret limited edition watch live on stage.

The Blue Man group are huge in Las Vegas. A photo can be found on the www.buyaswatch.co.uk website. Official details of the party are below.

SPLASHTIVAL is the name of the spectacle in Lugano to which Swatch is inviting everyone on June 1, 2006 to celebrate its 333 millionth watch and its new product line. Since the “Swatch Jelly in Jelly” collection is (re)uniting Swatch with art, the world-famous Blue Man Group will be creating the latest watch model during their performance on stage. The SPLASHTIVAL promises Swatch and art, a huge show for the public, an act of creation, and an extraordinary live experience.

Interview with Swatch Boss

Interesting article with the boss of Swatch today in the on-line Independent. Covers some of Swatch's history and thoughts about the future.

The article can be found here http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article620592.ece.

New Summer Range Now In

Have just finished publishing all of the Swatch watches from the summer collection, they can be found here http://www.buyaswatch.co.uk/categories.php?cat=189. They fall into Fashion Fun, Fancy Fun and Summer Sport. There are some cracking watches in the range. Will publsh notes on my favourites later.

On the 1st June Swatch will have a massive party to celebrate the manufacturing of the 333rd millionith watch! There will be a launch of a special new range to mark this event but all details are top secret until 1st June. More later on this.