Swatch Sistem51 $150 Mechanical Watch To Make Its Debut In The US Soon
The Swatch Sistem51 was announced at Baselworld 2013, and as a true?revolutionary concept should,?it moved?just about any and?all watch enthusiasts on this planet. It amazed with its?futuristic, fully mechanical movement that contains only 51 parts and is fully assembled by robots from start to finish. By contrast, it upset us with its extremely limited availability mainly restricted to Switzerland. With early July, that is bound to change, however, as the Swatch Sistem51?hits the US market, first in two pop-up stores in New York and San Francisco.We see?just about all truly innovative?watches debut cursed with two key issues: their often stupendous price?premium and an?overly limited availability. With the Swatch Sistem51 and its more than competitive?150 Swiss franc price point, the former has always been?out of the equation, while the problem linked to its availability has remained. It has been more than?a year now that?Swatch announced the watch at Baselworld 2013, and yet it took?

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