Swatch and Audemars Piguet Unveil Royal Pop Pocket-Watch Duo

Swatch and Audemars Piguet officially announce the Royal Pop collection, eight pocket watches inspired by the Royal Oak and Swatch’s 1980s POP line. They use a redesigned hand-wound version of Sistem51 with a 90-hour reserve, in two styles (Lépine and Savonnette), priced $400 and $420, and go on sale May 16 at 200 Swatch stores with a limit of one piece per person per day. The launch counters AI-generated fakes and reimagines the Rococo-to-modern hybrid concept as portable, non-wrist watches.