As much as I love the original 44GS case - which measures more like 36mm - I didn’t love the upsized 40mm version on my wrist. The titanium case shape is inspired by the original 44GS, created in 1967 and the first real “Grammar of Design” case from GS and designer Taro Tanaka. Movement: 9S86 Hi-Beat Caliber (36,0000 bpm)Ī case to be made. The above photo is a prototype with a non-functioning movement. Weaving through the influencer photoshoots in the Lamborghini-laden neighborhood, I made my way to the boutique to try on the brand-new SBGJ255 Heritage Collection Mechanical Hi-Beat GMT 44GS 55th Anniversary Limited Edition. I was actually in Miami this week and visited the Grand Seiko boutique in the Design District. Another week, another Grand Seiko release. (Last week, it was the new White Birch.) Two weeks into Week in Watches, and we've already got inside jokes, dear reader. Check out the Swatch Clear Collection on. Now though, you can snag a new Swatch Jellyfish with the click of a button. It took me a good 6 months of searching and eBay notifications to find an NOS example with the original retailer tag still on it (a Marshall Field’s tag at that, catnip to a Chicagoan!). On most original examples, the clear case and band have aged to an absolutely disgusting yellow. Not for any horological feat, but just because it’s a cool object of the 80s. I do think the vintage Jellyfish is somewhat “collectible”, as are many of Swatch’s artist collabs - as much as any battery-powered piece of plastic can be, I suppose.
In that ACM article John Goldberger himself also refers to Swatch as the “last great innovation in horology,” a sentiment from the great mechanical watch collector that I love.
#Swatch jellyfish skin#
There’s also a Clearly Skin, the Jellyfish form packaged up in Swatch’s super-thin classic Skin form.Īccording to A Collected Man, Swatch produced only 200 examples of that original limited-edition Jellyfish run. Sure, there’s also the Modern Gent (41mm) and the Big Bold (47mm), but to me a classic watch deserves a classic size. Even better, Swatch has one model in the original Gent size, a cool 34mm.
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