We’ve had quite the watch obsession this summer as you may have noticed here and here. 

I haven’t actually worn one since sometime in the late 90s, but I’ve been going on and on about starting again for months in the form of one of these new Fall/Winter Swatch watches we just got images of.

I must, for a moment, veer vaguely off-topic to note that my friend’s aunt June (a fabulous lady in Beverly Hills whose life I liken to the fictional one Rose lived in Titanic after losing Jack—all those adventures you see in the photos) has what is very likely the largest private collections of Swatch watches in the country. No joke. She basically has a mini-museum exhibition in her house. And it’s pretty damn sweet, like a walk down memory lane, especially for an 80s kid. I wish it was open to the public.

I’m thinking a couple of these new models will end up both on my wrist and in Bev Hills with Aunt June. At the moment, I’m a bit partial to the NYC one pictured above. But I’m also digging the chainlink version, perhaps for slightly dressier occasions.

Do you remember all your Swatch watches as fondly as we do?

Well, they’re still around. And while they may no longer be covered in tulips or Batman designs, these new ones are still pretty dope.

We’ve been looking around at watch options, as we’re sick of having to sort through our bags to find our phones when we want to know what time it is.

The solution is simple but we’ve been putting off the purchase. Now Swatch has us ready to buy.

We like that there’s some heft to these, not like that dainty Coach watch with the skinny strap we used to wear years ago. It comes in four colors, all with a nature spin: blue for the sea, light brown for earth, emerald for greenery, and red for sunset.

So expect to see something new and colorful on our wrists this summer. And if we can dig up our old ones at mom and dad’s house, an old school neon version with a Swatch guard too.

—AMANDA JEAN BOYLE