Let's talk about the new Fossil Blue
/In the past we have covered Fossil Blue when Fossil launched the Cory Richards Blue Smartwatch way back in 2017. Ah the good old days!
A few months ago Fossil reintroduced Fossil Blue with the FB series starting with FB-01. Immediately we were in love and even better they had women’s watches too - the late 90’s were back and we’re onboard (and so was Mrs. Underground Fossil Collectors Club)
Currently in the collection we are sporting 2 FB-01 men’s watches and already eyeing up the FB-02 pieces.
A FS5652 along with it’s blacked-out Limited Edition counterpart LE1090
While they have the look of a dive watch you must know that the bezel doesn’t rotate and while not a deal breaker to most of us, it does seem to come up a lot in reviews. Overall we love this look and look forward to bringing more in the collection. A solid looking watch for less $100 that has some water resistance is always a plus. The bracelet on the stainless models is solid too and overall a nice overall weight that doesn’t feel cheap or flimsy.
The LE1090 is a blacked-out version complete with a black crocodile strap. Have I ever mentioned that black is my happy color? Worth repeating is that we love limited editions and having one of 654 in black is a moment of pride and we wear it with pride! Always a sucker too for packaging & nice collateral is how the LE1090 came.
Coming into 2020 we saw the launch of 2 new FB watches, the FB-02 and the Hybrid Smartwatch HR version of the FB-01 (you have to get a FTW Hybrid HR Smartwatch) and while neither one exists in the collection (yet), one can’t help but see some similarities to our old friend the Defender compared to the new FB-02. In fact when the FB-02 was first launched, I had a few members of our Facebook page reach out and say “did you see this?”
Here’s the new FB-02 (FS5687) compared to one of our favorite Defenders DE-1544. I am very curious to see how it compares in size and feel. 48mm is fairly large!
Below pictured is a 42mm compared to our Defender DE-1544
Welcome back Fossil Blue we are glad to see you and we’ve missed you! Way to make a re-entrance!