Fossil Defender. It has been a minute since we’ve posted about anything related to a fan favorite, the Fossil Defender. I was cleaning out some inventory recently and came across a Defender that I completely forgot I had, a DF-5003 from the second run of Defenders.

A Fossil branded clipboard? What an oddity from the late 80’s when Fossil started placing their logo on all sorts of a things, a clipboard has survived into the 21st century.

Fossil advertising from the nineties is why I became interested in Fossil watches. There, I said it.

Launching today is a new series that we’re excited about from Fossil – the Sport Tourer. We are thrilled to see Fossil back with some racing inspired chronographs and with a Japanese quartz movement. The name of the new series makes sense given Fossil can no longer use the Speedway name.

The one and currently only line of Fossil Swiss Made watches released in 2013. Check out the beautiful artwork and specifications on the entire FSW line.

As we start another year and begin the planning process for new content and some much-needed updates to the site, I would like to highlight a few of my highs and a low from 2023.

Highlighted in a previous article were 4 known GMT watches and since then I’ve discovered a few more and coincidentally Fossil has released more. GMT for the win! One of the newly discovered watches could be categorized as World Time and not GMT, but I am including in this exclusive catalog.

The Fossil Trench LE1040 watch is our next submission in the ongoing series of limited editions you may have missed. With a run of 1054 pieces and a retail price at $225 this piece most certainly blew past many collector’s radar when launched in 2015. Over the years Fossil has released several trench style watches, but this is the only “official” piece and let’s discuss.