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Swatch closed UK stores and cancelled London’s launch amid safety concerns after crowds queued for the limited Royal Pop pocket watch, a collaboration with Audemars Piguet. Stores in several cities remained shut, long queues drew police attention, the eight-model line is priced from £335 with online resale bids up to £16,000, and the Dubai launch was canceled due to turnout.
Swatch teams with Audemars Piguet for the Royal Pop, a playful bioceramic pocket-watch releasing May 16 in eight colorways at select Swatch stores for about $400–$420. It uses a new manually wound SISTEM51 movement with a 90‑hour power reserve and Nivachron anti‑magnetic balance, housed in a 40mm lightweight case with a removable cage and interchangeable lanyards. Swatch plans accessories (desk stands, extra straps) and says proceeds go to a horology-preservation initiative; AP benefits from broader brand reach and pop-culture appeal, while purists weigh potential brand impact. Availability will vary by store, hype may fade, and there’s no wristwatch version yet,”
Swatch teams up with Audemars Piguet to release the Royal Pop pocket watches—eight colorful, octagonal Bioceramic designs with a manual-wind Sistem51 movement, priced at $400–$420, and limited to one watch per person per store per day.
Swatch and Audemars Piguet have launched the Royal Pop, a playful line of eight pocket watches in bright bioceramic cases inspired by the Royal Oak. Available May 16 at selected Swatch stores, the Lépine (12 o'clock crown) variants cost $400 and the Savonette (3 o'clock crown) variants $420. Powered by the SISTEM51 manual-wind movement with a 90-hour power reserve, they can be worn on a clip, attached to a lanyard, or displayed as a desk clock. AP is donating 100% of its proceeds to a horology-education initiative.
Swatch is teaming with Audemars Piguet on a new collaboration called Royal Pop, widely expected to be a pocket-watch–style piece with a Royal Oak silhouette. No official images have been released yet, but teasers hint at clip-on straps and a design that could resemble a pocket watch. The first in-store drop is planned for May 16 at select Swatch locations, aiming to recreate the MoonSwatch craze. The project nods to Swatch’s 1980s Pop line and could turn the RO-inspired piece into a versatile accessory or desk/display item. Former AP CEO François-Henry Bennahmias has spoken positively about collaborations educating younger audiences about iconic watchmaking, and anticipation suggests long lines and strong hype around the reveal.
A rare menu from the Titanic's first-class restaurant, dated April 11, 1912, sold at auction for £83,000 ($101,600), along with a pocket watch belonging to a victim of the disaster, which sold for £97,000 ($118,700). A deck blanket from the Titanic also sold for £96,000 ($117,500). The items were part of a collection of transportation memorabilia auctioned in the U.K.
A rare menu from the Titanic's first-class restaurant, showing what the passengers ate three days before the ship sank, is going up for auction along with a pocket watch owned by a Russian immigrant who died in the disaster. The menu, which has sustained water damage, is estimated to sell for 60,000 pounds ($73,800), while the pocket watch is expected to fetch at least 50,000 pounds ($61,500).