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Wise to street signals and signs of change, Swatch delivers a wide-ranging array of intriguing new models for its Fall Winter Collection 2013. The new collection explores themes and variations trending now: contemporary colours, patterns, textures and shapes capture culture emerging in the streets. A dazzling retro interlude sees streamlined forms paying homage to the legendary Années Folles. In Urban Expression, writers and artists turn streets into galleries, taking tags, bright freestyle graphics and sharp street wit to the wrist. The art of deception takes a playful turn in Trompe l'Oeil, and for the holiday season, Swatch turns on the glam in black and white for Late Night Glam—sparkling entertainment after hours. All in all, a stylish sampling of the times in more than 90 new models. Highlights from the Swatch Fall Winter Collection follow. CLASSIC A SWATCH FOR ALL SEASONS The classics are back. The classics never leave. They lie in wait in the wings until it's time to walk on, just in time and with an eye for the colours and styles of the scene. A confident display of invisible class, the slim, lightweight look of SATRE (YSS283H A/B) offers silvery elegance for all evening affairs. Similar and complementary is NOFRETETE (YSG132H A/B), evocative and elegant with golden surfaces; both models feature transparent white crystals on the bangle. YSS283H A/B - SATRE Model: Irony Lady Lady Dial: sun-brushed black with silver hands Case and bezel: polished stainless steel 316L Bracelet: open bangle in polished stainless steel 316L with transparent white crystals on both sides YSG132H A/B - NOFRETETE Model: Irony Lady Lady Dial: sun-brushed black with gold-coloured hands Case and bezel: polished stainless steel 316L with gold-coloured PVD Bracelet: open bangle in polished stainless steel 316L with gold-coloured PVD and transparent white crystals on both sides AND JUST A TOUCH OF NOSTALGIA THE PRINCE OF RED STRIPE (YGB7000) traces the subtle shades of fashion, offering a look around the bend ahead to where the road curves gently back to the 50s, back to school and college years and the innocent sense that all's well with the world. The big colour is burgundy, calling up memories of wine and roses. Indulge in a glance at the way we were, a vision of how we dream to be. It's all there in the look and feel, the sculpted form and the textured weave of the fabric strap. A companion piece, LE COMPTE DE LIGNES (YGS4033), offers a variation in black and light brown. YGB7000 THE PRINCE OF RED STRIPE Model: Irony Big Dial: sun-brushed black with burgundy indexes and day/date window at 3 o'clock Case: black aluminium Bezel: black aluminium with engraved line filled in burgundy Bracelet: black fabric with vertical burgundy stripe and burgundy stitching YGS4033 LE COMPTE DE LIGNES Model: Irony Big Dial: sun-brushed black with light brown indexes and Arabic numerals and day/date window at 6 o'clock Case: silver aluminium Bezel: aluminium with black detail, light brown Arabic numerals and indexes Bracelet: black fabric with vertical light brown stripes and light brown stitching TRENDING NOW IN OUTER SPACE A flash of blinding light in the sky descends to Earth and is suddenly everywhere in the streets. Space invaders have landed, occupying time and electrifying space. These latest Touch models feature advanced and enhanced Swatch tech—big chrome numerals and a sleek new screen that offers one-touch access to six digital functions. The big, brash look takes Swatch to the very edge of time today. Three models, in gold, silver and deep space black. SURC101 GOLD BUMP Model: Swatch Touch Dial: black with big chrome coloured digits Case: transparent dark brown plastic Bezel: mat gold-coloured plastic Bracelet: gold-coloured silicone Buckle: anodised gold-coloured aluminium SURM100 SILVER BUMP Model: Swatch Touch Dial: black with big chrome coloured digits Case: transparent mat dark grey plastic Bezel: mat silver plastic Bracelet: silver-coloured silicone Buckle: anodised silver-coloured aluminium SURB112 BLACK BUMP Model: Swatch Touch Dial: black with big chrome coloured digits Case: mat black plastic Bezel: mat black plastic Bracelet: mat black silicone Buckle: anodised black aluminium LES ANNÉES FOLLES ISN'T SHE LOVELY? She takes delight in all things bold and beautiful, especially such wonderful things as these. Their elegance has never been matched, their style still captures the eye and heart. Tortoise shell bracelets and stylish forms pay homage to those crazy years—les années folles—when elegance was an artful game that everyone was free to play. Inspired by the decorative arts of the time, three Swatch tortoise shell models—a Gent, a Lady and a Square—present contemporary variations. A fourth presents a refined selection of pearls. GC113 A/B - ECAILLE Model: Gent Originals Dial: black with golden Arabic numerals Case: plastic with tortoise shell effect Bracelet: closed, plastic with tortoise shell effect LC105 A/B - TESTUDO Model: Lady Originals Dial: black with golden Arabic numerals Case: plastic with tortoise shell effect Bracelet: closed, plastic with tortoise shell effect SUBC101 A/B - MANOURIA Model: Square Dial: brown with golden Arabic numerals at 3, 6, 9 and 12 Case: plastic with tortoise shell effect Bracelet: closed, plastic links with tortoise shell effect LK336 - PROHIBITION Model: Lady Originals Dial: sun-brushed silver with white Arabic numerals at 6 and 12 and white indexes Case: transparent clear plastic Bracelet: closed, plastic beads with mother of pearl effect URBAN EXPRESSION STREET CULTURE TAKES OVER Life in the cities begins and ends in the streets, in the non-stop rhythms and noise of the night. Street culture is catching, contagious, viral. GENERATION 27 (GB276) takes its inspiration from the popular notion of the 27-hour day, variously said to be the number of hours it takes a man to do what a women accomplishes in 24, or the extra-long day a woman creates by doing several things at once. Urban legend also has it that 27 is in fact a reference to the exclusive « 27 Club » whose membership is apparently limited to musicians who passed away at the age of 27, among them Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse ... A second model inspired by tag-writers and street culture is THIS MOMENT (SUOW106), with its call to mindfulness in the form of a two-part zen-script that writes and unwrites itself as time passes: BE HAPPY FOR THIS MOMENT — THIS MOMENT IS FOR LIFE. GB276 - GENERATION 27 Model: Gent Originals Dial: red with black Arabic numeral 27 and minute ring with 27 spaces separated by 28 black points Case: mat black plastic Bracelet: black silicone SUOW106 - THIS MOMENT Model: New Gent Dial: mat orange with white words: BE HAPPY FOR THIS MOMENT and THIS MOMENT IS FOR LIFE Case: transparent mat white plastic Bracelet: semi-transparent white silicone TROMPE L'OEIL THE ART OF DECEPTION TAKES A PLAYFUL TURN “Trompe l'oeil” turns heads. This art demands a double-take, a second look that belies the first glance and rewards the viewer with a smile. Swatch celebrates this playful tradition with image-watches that pretend to be one thing and turn out to be another. FOLLOW UP (GO701) appears to be a zipper ready to unzip, while SVEGLIA (GT105) is an old-fashioned alarm clock (not). STOP THINK TALK (SUOG104) offers a word to the wise, its advice appearing on the dial one word at a time. Friends of the art of haute couture will delight in the visual sleight-of-hand that turns leather, metal and pearl bracelets into playful tributes to legendary brands—and they tell the time, too: FEEL MY SOUL (LK330), SOUL2WATCH (LK333) and SEE MY SOUL (LK332), respectively. GO701 - FOLLOW UP Model: Gent Originals Dial: white with black indexes and multi-coloured detail, day/date window at 3 o'clock Case: mat orange plastic with multi-coloured detail Bracelet: black silicone with multi-coloured detail GT105 - SVEGLIA Model: Gent Originals Dial: light brown with black Arabic numerals and indexes Case: light brown plastic with black detail Bracelet: light brown plastic with black buckle and loop SUOG104 - STOP THINK TALK Model: New Gent Dial: multi-coloured lenticular dial Case: mat olive green plastic Bracelet: olive green silicone structured LK330 - FEEL MY SOUL Model: Lady Originals Dial: mat white with printed red leather strap graphic Case: transparent glossy clear plastic with printed red leather strap graphic Bracelet: transparent clear plastic with printed red leather strap graphic LK333 - SOUL2WATCH Model: Lady Originals Dial: mat white with printed chain graphic Case: transparent glossy clear plastic with printed chain graphic Bracelet: transparent clear plastic with printed chain graphic and 2 metallic charms LK332 - SEE MY SOUL Model: Lady Originals Dial: mat white with printed pearl graphic Case: transparent glossy clear plastic with printed pearl graphic Bracelet: transparent clear plastic with printed pearl graphic LATE NIGHT GLAM ESSENTIAL GLAMOUR IN DAZZLING NIGHTS For the holiday season we light up the nights with sparkling stars and a sprinkling of snow. Two New Gents take up the season's colour themes with shimmering gold and black surfaces, dazzling and mysterious at once. An original Square offers a new form of elegance dressed in black lace, an unspoken promise of what the night may bring, enticement embedded in a transparent bangle. These three are the epitome of style for the holidays. Essential elegance and glamour in black and gold. SUOK702 A/B - DAZZLING LIGHT Model: New Gent Dial: gold-coloured sun-brushed dial with black indexes and day/date window at 3 o'clock Case: glossy transparent plastic Bracelet: glossy gold coloured flex SUOB708 A/B - MYSTERY LIFE Model: New Gent Dial: sun-brushed black with black detail day/date window at 3 o'clock Case: glossy black plastic Bracelet: glossy black flex SUBK153 NIGHT LACE Model: Square Dial: black Case: glossy transparent plastic Bracelet: transparent plastic bangle with embedded black lace
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