Swatch x AP Collab

[dnsfpl]

nothing wrong sell time for $$, low ses mindset

no difference from those who go msia makan, buy stuff etc

last time can queue new launch condo, now is VVIP liao

 

[chaiscool]

Perfect example why employers prefer FTs.

Can see Skye Tian is very close to his sister, interesting.

Wahh you think FT don't buy meh, levitating above locals ah fart rainbow too is it

 

[titusilvering]

Although he admitted he had not fully decided which model he wanted to purchase, he described the collection as “very niche” and a form of “subtle luxury”, adding that he was drawn to the idea of owning “something valuable”.

sub $600 item count as subtle luxury?

then those uncles auntie using xiaomi phone also using luxury items LOLL

I tot must buy one full set then got value

 

[titusilvering]

SINGAPORE – By the evening of May 15, long holding queues had already formed at Ion Orchard and The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands – a day before the official launch of the new Audemars Piguet x Swatch Bioceramic Royal Pop Collection at Swatch stores located at both shopping malls.

When The Straits Times visited Ion Orchard at around 6pm, dozens had already gathered outside Bacha Coffee on Level 1 – the designated holding area for the launch queue – with foldable chairs, portable chargers, snacks and blankets as they settled in for an overnight wait.

The collection, which merges Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet’s iconic Royal Oak design codes with Swiss brand Swatch’s colourful 1980s Pop line, comprises eight brightly coloured Bioceramic pocket watches fitted with lanyards. It is prices from $535 to $570.

While official queueing for the May 16 launch only begins at 7am, the early birds at Ion Orchard had already been given unofficial queue numbers.

One woman showed ST hers – 118 – while others said the sequence would later determine the order in which official queue numbers are issued the next morning.

Among the earliest in line was ITE College East student Aniqi Adel, who arrived at Ion Orchard at around 11am on May 15 and was second in the unofficial queue.

Mr Adel, 18, joked that his survival strategy was “100PLUS till the morning”, alongside “blood, sweat and tears”.

Although he admitted he had not fully decided which model he wanted to purchase, he described the collection as “very niche” and a form of “subtle luxury”, adding that he was drawn to the idea of owning “something valuable”.

Nearby, Republic Polytechnic graduate Lim Jun Yu, 20, had been camping at the site since 4.30pm and was 68th in line by evening.


While he acknowledged there was a possibility of reselling the watches, he said the queue itself was part of the attraction – comparing the atmosphere to the frenzy surrounding Taylor Swift concert tickets in 2023.

“The only reason I’m here is really just for the experience - this is more of a ‘want’ than a necessity,” he said, adding that he and his friends planned to collectively spend a “low four-digit” sum.

Mr Lim, who had packed books, snacks and his phone, said enduring the long hours and unpredictable weather was simply “part of the process”.
At around 6.40pm, security personnel arrived to disperse the crowd at Ion Orchard.

Over at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, the holding queue at Bayfront MRT station’s Exit B appeared even longer by around 7.30pm – stretching from one end of the exit to the other.

Unlike the informal arrangement at Ion Orchard, barricades had already been set up, with hundreds queueing in an orderly line.


Among those was 23-year-old Skye Tian, who joined the queue at around 5pm with several acquaintances.

And how does he plan to endure the night? “Not drinking too much water,” he said with a laugh, explaining that he wanted to avoid frequent bathroom trips.

Mr Tian, who is enrolling into Singapore University of Social Sciences later in 2026, said he intends to purchase the white model as a birthday gift for his sister.

The collection has been so hyped up that fans of the collabration in New York and Hong Kong lined up days ahead of its sale date.

* The Audemars Piguet x Swatch Bioceramic Royal Pop Collection launches on May 16, 10am at the Ion Orchard, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands and VivoCity Swatch stores, with purchases limited to one watch per person per store each day.


https://www.straitstimes.com/life/s...-swatch-royal-pop-launch?ref=latest-headlines

The case of the watch using simi recycle or biograde ecograde material?

If later after keep for years the case nua nua melting sticky sibei jialat

 

[toolbox03]

Although he admitted he had not fully decided which model he wanted to purchase, he described the collection as “very niche” and a form of “subtle luxury”, adding that he was drawn to the idea of owning “something valuable”.

sub $600 item count as subtle luxury?

then those uncles auntie using xiaomi phone also using luxury items LOLL

One apple watch easily $600 already

 

[batman_888]

Although he admitted he had not fully decided which model he wanted to purchase, he described the collection as “very niche” and a form of “subtle luxury”, adding that he was drawn to the idea of owning “something valuable”.

sub $600 item count as subtle luxury?

then those uncles auntie using xiaomi phone also using luxury items LOLL

he a chao flipper lah. soon after that post in carosell

 

[toolbox03]

The watch jin xpensive leh $500 plus. The vido many young ppl. Where they got money buy har

Chiu go condo showflat see, those young people have $2m to buy condo, this is nothing

 

[bombshell]

Why would ppl think they look satki with a low ses AP watch

 

[Dracky]

It's an overpriced Swatch. I am surprised that people still collect Swatch. I thought the brand is dead old.

 

[carpark]

Mean resell values very high lo

 

[Nuclear Boy]

Scalpers galore?

 

[Nymphomaniac]

Fugly arse watch. Buay gan cannot afford AP den buy tis kind of rubbish collab scums

 

[swathe]

The watch jin xpensive leh $500 plus. The vido many young ppl. Where they got money buy har

AP at $500 is cheap

 

[dereth]

How much is a typical AP watch? One of the Royal Oaks?

 

[dereth]

Top up a bit buy the real Royal Oak

How much is a typical AP watch in SG?

Maybe a skeleton type? Tourbillon?

 

[Lifeinmotion]

Raining. Got fights or they wet. Hopefully they don't their AP watch and swatch paper bag wet. Else cannot resell.

 

[halocast]

Why people want to buy when it's not limited edition?

 

[Dr Stephen Strange]

Why people want to buy when it's not limited edition?

And queue up the day before also. OMG.

 

[Ronin881]

Yes, this one sure even more jialat than the omega collab

At least the Omega-Swatch collab is a relatively decent watch.

Apparently, it is the favourite watch of the ITE grads.

 

[warboy85]

vivocity outlet closed for the day. cfm scrapler damm sad. no more quick bucks and waste their time queuing