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User @0xd1namit reacts negatively to Swatch's Royal Pop Collection announcement…

2026-05-12 · 18:02 UTC ·@0xd1namit ·0 min read

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User @0xd1namit reacts negatively to Swatch's Royal Pop Collection announcement, calling the pieces "pocket watches" and "this is shit" while asking who would buy them. Swatch promoted the Royal Pop — a Royal Oak × POP collaboration using a new hand-wound SISTEM51 movement — launching May 16 at selected stores worldwide.

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Wait what, these are pocket watches?

I wonder who will buy it? This is shit

Swatch (@Swatch)

Meet the Royal Pop Collection, a groundbreaking union of AP's iconic Royal Oak and Swatch's POP watches powered by a new, hand-wound version of SISTEM51. Available as of May 16, at selected Swatch stores worldwide. #RoyalPop

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— https://nitter.net/Swatch/status/2054258629314826508#m