Hi guys, already did a search and found no official Lowyat Swatch enthusiast thread so here we go.
As a child of the 80s (Gen-X) The Swatch craze came to Malaysia at the right time for me as I was in my teens and Digital watches were thought as watches for kids (time to grow up and read analogue watch dials haha). Swatches were (and still is) the "IN" thing back then with its funky design and other features like "alarm", "music" "one-button chrono" etc...
Having said that, I kind of ignored the earlier swatches as the plastic design did not inspire confidence and thus My very first swatch was a swatch scuba which had a 200m water resist value.
Soon after the Swatch "Irony" series made its debut and I was sold. I had to get one. I got one with a "Loomi" kinda like indiglo night light feature.
The night light didn't last very long and after sending it back to Swatch (at Lot 10) they replaced it with another model (I didnt mind coz I got a newer watch)
Both these watches are now lost but I have never stopped being a fan of swatches. I have made it a point to own at least one swatch watch as I find that they are nicely built, fresh design and last quite awhile. Heck Swatch Ironys made "unibody" design watches even before steve jobs used them of his Macbooks
I also love the fact that swatch straps are user replacable and interchangable
Currently The swatch That I am using at the moment is an ordinary Swatch Irony Aluminium "Blue Chess" ( I love how lite it is) with a custom black aluminium bracelet which I bought wayyyy back in 2002, (had a battery replacement once) and still going strong for almost 10 years already.
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This post has been edited by fariq_azad: Nov 2 2011, 10:31 AM
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