Rare Vintage Swatch Swiss Watch from the Originals Scuba 200 Happy Fish Collection Released in the Spring/Summer of 1991. Pre-Owned in Excellent Condition. Collectors Alert: Extremely Hard to Find Vintage First Edition Swatch Swiss Watch Especially in this condition. Worn sparingly (maybe a few times). This vintage Swatch watch from 1991 is in excellent overall condition. The clear case is plexiglass/resin and has no noticeable surface scratches. There are no fading or discoloration issues on the face, crown or on the band. The band is in excellent condition. The back of the watch looks great and appears to have no scratches or blemishes. This is a beautiful rare vintage Swatch watch. This is a brand new Swatch watch from 1991. It has only been worn a few times. The watch is an older model from a non-current Swatch collection (30 years old), known as Happy Fish. This item is considered a vintage collector’s item. This means that it may be fragile or discolored. Wearing this item is at your own risk. The watch is in working order, however, it needs a new battery. As a « scuba 200″ model from Swatch, it is Water-resistant to 656 feet (200m). Other desirable features include: Quartz precision, Shock-resistant and a rotating bezel to keep track of elapsed time. Year: 1991 Spring Summer Collection. Water Resistant: 20 Bar (Dive). Color of the dial: Red. Hand Colors: (h, m, s) White, White, black. Diameter: 38.3 mm. Case Thickness: 13.8 mm. Case Material: Plastic / Resin. Back Case Material: Plastic/Resin. Back Case: Case with Battery Hatch. Movement Type: Quartz Swiss. Band length: 150 – 200 mm. Band Width: 17.0 mm. Original strap: Swatch Strap ASDN101 Happy Fish. The first Swatch collection was unveiled March 1, 1983, in Zurich, Switzerland. The brand combined an aggressive marketing campaign with a reasonable price and made Swatch popular in in its home market. Compared to traditional Swiss watches, a Swatch was 80 percent cheaper to produce because the assembly was fully automated rather than handmade. They soon became a staple of 1980s fashion, with endorsements from celebrities The Thompson Twins, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins, and others. The first ever Swatch was the GB 101 and was relatively plain; however, over the years the watches became more artistic as the brand teamed up with artists and created collections inspired by popular culture. Less than a year after the first Swatch, American painter Keith Haring created a number of prototypes, with four being produced as watches in the mid-1980s. Ever since, Swatch has produced a range of creative collaborations with artists such as Alfred Hofkunst, Jean-Michel Folon, Sam Francis, Mimmo Paladino, Mimmo Rotella, Nam June Paik, Not Vital, Akira Kurosawa, Spike Lee, Renzo Piano, and Moby. The name Swatch is a contraction of the term « second watch,  » which was coined by Nichole Lopez. Hayek’s idea was to come up with a second watch serving as a fashion accessory rather than an expensive piece of jewelry. The company revolutionized the way analog watches were made, using synthetic materials and assembly technology and reducing the number of components from 91 to 51 without compromising on accuracy or quality. With the ever-growing popularity of cheap quartz watches, engineers in Fontainemelon (Neuchatel) in the late 1970s created the Delirium Tremens, which was at that time the world’s thinnest watch at 1.98 mm. Its radical simplification removed the need for three parts (bottom plate for the movement, case, and frame) and changed it to a one-piece case, with the bottom of the case serving as the bottom plate for the movement. This discovery paved the way for Swatch a few years later. There is a legend that the name is short for Swiss watch. In fact, according to Swatch’s own history of its first 10 years, « Swatch 83-92,  » the « S » in Swatch originally stood for « second,  » i. « A Swatch for a season, not a watch for all seasons » was one. « Fashion that ticks » was another. « We thought we would position the Swatch as a fashion accessory,  » Max Imgrüth, the man who spearheaded Swatch’s success in the U. Market, told the Los Angeles Times in 1986. What we’re marketing is much more a lifestyle, an idea, rather than something that just ticks. One of the most popular watch brands in the world today, Swatch is based in Bienne (or Biel), Switzerland – the country known in the world for its timepieces. These colorful, fun and unique designs have helped Swatch find a place in the world of watch fashion. I will always try and address any criticism or complaint in a prompt and thorough manner.