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‘It was like a mosh pit’: Swatch closes stores as watch launch causes crowding and scuffles
The launch of Swatch's limited-edition Royal Pop timepieces, a collaboration with luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet, sparked chaos across European cities and New York, with police using teargas in France, scuffles breaking out in Milan, and stores closing in the UK, Netherlands, and US due to overcrowding and safety concerns. Many queued for days to buy the $400 watches, intending to resell them at steep mark-ups, with some fetching as much as $4,000 on the secondary market.
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‘It was like a mosh pit’: Swatch closes stores as watch launch causes crowding and scuffles
May 17, 2026, 6:50 PM
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