Did everyone here have more than one Swatch? Like several going up your wrist? I LOVED Swatches!!
I had the coolest green one, the band was green with yellowish-green spots goinng down it.. I had several, but that one was my favorite...

Anyone know where you can get those anymore? I mean like the cool styles that we had back then...



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where I am from,Swatches were something the trendy kids wore,and we were just too cool to be trendy(We weren't smart enough to realize that what we were doing was a trend in itself)

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"My brain is hangin' upside down,and I need somethin'to slow me down"-Joey Ramone..."Bonzo goes to Bitburg"

Ahh man! I must have been trendy !! ha ha ha http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

Even when I adapted the "metal" look.. I still had my favorite green swatch!! I think I have an old school pic of me wearing it... digging through the photo albums now

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Cool,more Tina Pics!!!!!!!!

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"My brain is hangin' upside down,and I need somethin'to slow me down"-Joey Ramone..."Bonzo goes to Bitburg"

He he he... well... like I said... I'll have to dig to find them.. Culty.. when you gonna post a pic? I wanna see a then and now...

And by the way... stop changing the subject!! I want some replies about Swatches!! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif Where can I find some?

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Here ya' go. I have a Swatch reply for you right here. I loved Swatches. Guess I was trendy too. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

Matter of fact, I am sitting here looking at mine. Yup! I still have it. Here's a description:
Red plastic band with holes in it, black bezel with a black face (yellow and blue rings on it), a blue Swatch Guard and a yellow loop on the band for securing the extra wrist band. It was called the "Wind Unit". Love that watch...

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Ohhh that is so cool, Shakey!! I had forgotten about Swatch guards!!! Oh so cool!!!!

I want one!!!!! I still have my favorite green one.. but its been broken for years and years.. the band is broken in half and the face is scratched up.. I saved it though, as an 80s souvenier

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<FONT COLOR="Pink">I had a small pink one (with a guard) and a big blue and red one, it had vertical stripes that were blue & red, with a big red guard on it! I had them in jr. high I believe it was...I used to wear them both at once. Anybody else used to wear more than one Swatch once at once? And man, I thought I was so cool wearing at least 2 watches at once. What was I thinking??? </FONT c>

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Man, I would have been trendy given the chance. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//frown.gif
I wish I could haved been born sooner! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//frown.gif

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They really were the coolest of times, AstroGirl. You would have loved it. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Awesome Pebbles!! I always wore at least two to three swatches at once! Hey... it wasn't silly!! It was the style!! We were so damn cool! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//cool.gif

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Style is a funny thing to look back on.

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"My brain is hangin' upside down,and I need somethin'to slow me down"-Joey Ramone..."Bonzo goes to Bitburg"

Swatches were one thing that never caught on where I lived. Don't remember anyone I knew having them.

Jazzmyn http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//witchbroom.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//vampire.gif

I always coveted other people's Swatches. (We were too poor for stuff like that!) Nobody in my school wore more than one at a time, though... we weren't cool enough for that!

I did have a much-loved, lavender Timex watch with a hand in place of the "5." Kind of a knockoff-Swatch. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Tinajo:
Awesome Pebbles!! I always wore at least two to three swatches at once! Hey... it wasn't silly!! It was the style!! We were so damn cool! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//cool.gif

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<FONT COLOR="Pink">I remember playing volleyball for PE in Jr. High and I swear, I must have had about five watches on! Try serving a volleyball or let alone hitting one wearing that many watches on your arm! Ouch!! I used to ask people if I could wear their watch!!</FONT c>

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Me too, Pebbles!! Other people's watches were fun to wear!! Especially if it was a guys!... ooohh.. it was fun to flaunt a guys Swatch that you were wearing.. the guys always had the coolest swatch guards..

"wanna trade for the day?" that was a very common thing for me to say! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

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<FONT COLOR="Pink">My mom thought there was something wrong with me since I wore more than one watch!!</FONT c>

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Heh! My Mom & Dad thought there was something wrong with me for just about everything I did in the 80's. Could have been right, too... http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

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Never had a swatch......always wanted a swatch....maybe now I should go and get one. Saw a store in Portland that sells Swatches.....I'll have to make a trip there and check it out!

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WHAT!! A store that sells SWATCHES?!!! Are they still bright and wacky? I WANT ONE! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//00buaaah.gif



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WEll, Tinajo, I'll be heading there sometime in the next couple of weeks. I'll check it out for ya. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//wink.gif

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Very cool, Louise!! You let me know!! I WANT ONE!!

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You betcha Thelma! see what I can do!

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Tina, did you get the link that I sent to you? There is a Swatch store over in Chicago...isn't that sorta close to you? *my demographics suck* I haven't made it to Portland yet. I'm trying to find a job during the day, and I'm not having much luck. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//frown.gif

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Hey, Tinajo. I looked at a new Swatch not long ago. They don't look anything like they used to. All of the ones I saw were in monochromatic colors. Most of those seemed to be silver. Not my style at all. Maybe you'll like them though. Hope so! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Shakey.. I don't think that I would like the new Swatches.. darn!! I was hoping I could get the old style swatches!!

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Tina...check out E-Bay! They have some vintage Swatches from the 80's!!!!!! Cool!!!!!

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That's cool. Thanks, myst. Think I'll go shopping. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Don't you dare out-bid me Shakey! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif There are quite a few nice ones on there. I personally am interested in the Hello Kitty Swatches for my daughter. *well, alright...FOR ME!* http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

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~Dawn

<FONT COLOR="LimeGreen">Plus there's www.swatch.com (http://www.swatch.com) for all your Swatch needs!</FONT c> http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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okay.. I have been to that site before and was never pleased.. but they brought back the origionals...!!!!!
I mean... the old styles that we used to wear are back and you can buy them on line and view the catalogue!!!

AWESOME!!! Gotta go look at some more!!!

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Woe... I went to e-bay to check out their Swatch collection. They do have a lot of them but some of those watches are selling for as much as $215 dollars. That's insane!!! Guess I'll just stick the one I have. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif More memories with it anyway...

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really Shakey? The ones that I saw on there that I liked were $40-$60... and the ones I mostly liked were $40!!! I just like the wacky colorful ones... that you can usually see the guts of the watch on the face... they have lots of those!!

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Yeah! I saw some with those prices also, Tinajo. I was really just amazed that people were selling Swatches for $200 or more. Even more amazed that people were bidding on them.

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I never owned a Swatch back in the day. I know that every kid in school had them though.

I used to wear two Swatchs on one wrist, and one on the other... what's the logic??? A girlfriend of mine wore watches around her ankles??? Does anyone remember Digits, the ring watches... said girlfriend had a ton of those things...

Its like, fer shurr, you know?!? (http://www.SwiftSite.com/80sdude)

MDC

I wore swatches on both wrists and on my left ankle when I wore miniskirts!!! I had a bunch of 'em (I think about 10 or 12), and I had at least 3 of the smelly ones! I think I still have them packed away somewhere....*sigh*

~G

Too kewl, Gretchen!!!

I remember this one girl from school that used to buy those plastic kiddie watches and wear four or five of them on her wrists and ankles. I guess she couldn't afford Swatches or Fossils!!!

MDC: Official Stalker of DD86

I won three swatches on ebay a few months ago... all very awesome, vintage 80s swatches still in the box! (2 from 85 and the best one from 82, I think)

I got all three for $28 !!! so if you're looking for the old Swatches from the 80s... ebay is the place!

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<STRONG>okay.. I have been to that site before and was never pleased.. but they brought back the origionals...!!!!!
I mean... the old styles that we used to wear are back and you can buy them on line and view the catalogue!!!

AWESOME!!! Gotta go look at some more!!!

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I had a friend who wore a lot of those.I never did.Sounds interesting,though.

I misplaced my watch last night and as I looked for it I remembered some of the funky watches I wore in High School. My favorite was a grey one that had a black face and neon colored rectangles on the face.

Did any of you wear a Swatch? If so, could you describe it?

I had a Swatch. It was boring though. Solid black with gold hands. I did put a neon green Swatchguard on it though. :lol:

I still have it, but it's no longer in working condition. It just sits in my jewelry box because I refuse to get rid of it.

I had tons of Swatches. I remember when it was fashionable to wear two or three different Swatches on both arms. :rolleyes: I lost track of most of my watches, except for one with a paisley face and multi-colored wristband. :)

I had a SWATCH it was pink and white. It went great with all the pinks, purples, and blacks I wore back then!:D

I had tons of swatches also. My fav was probably the one that was all black and hypnotic spiral for the face, the hands were red and no numbers. Everyone would ask how can you tell what time it is on that thing. Well, they didn't have to worry about it, it was my watch. It wasn't one of those skinny ones, it was nice and big.

As I have complained about several times on this board :D I never had a Swatch, we were too poor. I almost bought one a few weeks ago, there's a Swatch store at the mall by my office!

I had about four swatches. I used to have the plastic cross protector so the surface wouldn't get scratced. I used to like to go to the store and pick out the next one i'd buy. They really had some cool designs. If I'm not mistaken, there was a Keith Haring Swatch. :)

I never had a Swatch watch. :(

But oh how I wanted one back then...

My wife (keriberri) told me she used to have one. Also a cool double handset "Swatch" telephone.

My wife (keriberri) told me she used to have one. Also a cool double handset "Swatch" telephone.

Correction hun, I didn't have a watch I just had a swatch phone. I paid $75 of my own money for that sucker. It was pink and bluish green, and two people could talk on it. I just always wore other people swatch watches. It was the big thing to get the guy you liked to let you wear his watch, I was also stuck on two or three guys so i always had two or three on. What can I say, boys just couldn't say no to me! :laugh:

What can I say, boys just couldn't say no to me! :laugh:

Now why would that be hard for me to believe????
:naughty: :biglick:

Now why would that be hard for me to believe????
:naughty: :biglick:
Gee, maybe because after all these years you still can't say NO to me! :mwaha:

Sweet, I was the winning bidder on this classic ...
http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/3b/16/41_1_b.JPG

Not to bad, $9.99

I had the same Swatch as Jen - Black Magic 1985. That was my warmup for my MOvado, which I still have somewhere.

Cool Swatch page:
http://www.squiggly.com/swatch/p/subcat/s/standard_ladies