Fossil Swiss Made Watches – Pictures & Specifications
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.
At this point it should be no secret we’re big fans of the short-lived Fossil Swiss series. Launched in 2013 at an incredibly high price point, the series came and went. In 2015 I saw this catalog at the Fossil headquarters and finally found one on eBay.
Proud to present scans from the Fossil Swiss Made catalog. The scans are also now permanently placed under Galleries in the top navigation.
Fossil: A Great Christmas Present
Christmas in the 90’s Fossil style. Enjoy this 4 page German flyer with all types of Fossil goodness from 1997.
Christmas in the 90’s Fossil style. Enjoy this 4 page German flyer with all types of Fossil goodness from 1997.
Fun Fact - Fossil Steel turned into Arkitekt shortly after 1997. A lot of the early Fossil Arkitekt are rebadged Fossil Steel.
The First Collaboration - Fossil & Batman Watches
Imagine my surprise and delight when an email from Fossil pops up saying their newest collaboration is celebrating Batman Day on September 26. Let’s roll some footage from the very first Batman/Fossil collaboration in 1989 and possibly the first collaboration ever based on the catalogs here in the office.
National Batman Day. Did you know this was a thing because I did not? Outside of Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19 – my knowledge of national days goes awry. Imagine my surprise and delight when an email from Fossil pops up saying their newest collaboration is celebrating Batman Day on September 26. I have no inside information on what this collaboration is going to look like, but let’s roll some footage from the very first Batman/Fossil collaboration in 1989 and possibly the first collaboration ever based on the catalogs here in the office.
Important to note there are many, many of these superhero watches out there and I certainly don’t know them all. Some Batman/Fossil and Superman/Fossil watches were exclusive to Warner Brothers Studios stores & theme parks and never placed for sale on Fossil.com or in any catalogs printed over the years. I could write a Buzzfeed listicle on the number of pieces I’ve been emailed about asking questions on the number of pieces actually made – certainly a very long list for another day! Meantime please enjoy some 1989 goodness from one of my favorite catalogs and accompanying price guide. $22 for Batman/Fossil watches in 1989 — those were the days!!!!!
The pictures above came from the 1989 Fall Catalog and accompanying Price Guide (2 separate books). The catalog is a beautiful 32 page full color 12”x9”.
Fossil FSL Watches - European Catalog
FSL for those of you who don’t know stands for Fossil Sport Line and was marketed as a new generation of sports watches that offered extreme performance with an unusual combination of materials and unconventional looks! Fossil did use the terms unusual & unconventional in their marketing materials and it’s something we won’t see again.
Recently unearthed in the archives is a Fossil Europe catalog specifically highlighting the FSL line of watches. FSL for those of you who don’t know stands for Fossil Sport Line and was marketed as a new generation of sports watches that offered extreme performance with an unusual combination of materials and unconventional looks! Fossil did use the terms unusual & unconventional in their marketing materials and it’s something we won’t see again.
Materials used were a removable shock absorber, silicone coated calf leather, polyurethane and nylon. The unique item about FSL (besides marketing terms) was FSL was a sponsor of many sporting events including Germany Cups supporting in-line skating and skateboarding in 1996, 1997 and 1998, which is about the time this catalog came out!
Enjoy and find this catalog permanently in the Catalog Scans section of our site.
A Fossil Defender DE Series Guide to start the new year!!!
Happy 2018! Let's celebrate by posting a 16 page guide of the Fossil Defender DE series from 1995. We have scanned all 16 pages and listed them out below individually and then uploaded the entire guide as a PDF. If you aren't from Germany, we apologize in advance -- found this in a lot of Fossil documentation found (and rescued) from Germany.
Fossil Spring/Summer 1995 Catalog
Greetings all! New catalog scan available now in the Galleries section of the site. Please say hello to Fossil's 1995 Spring & Summer Catalog....oh and did I mention it's in German? Enjoy
Fossil Defender: some DF series scans
If you've spent anytime on this site, you'll know all about our love here for the Fossil Defender series. Launched in the mid-90's the original DE series had 43 watches ranging from DE-1500 thru 1544, skipping a few in between including 1529 & 1530.
The next series of Defender watches were the DF series. In total there were 24 of these watches released and you can tell they were a different animal as far as design and build quality from the DE. In some of my research I've seen it mentioned that the Defender series was actually designed and assembled by Zodiac before Fossil bought them in 2001. Fossil was trying to have a higher end watch series to compete with a higher price point. I can't confirm it's true, but this could explain why some of the DF series watches retailed for $395, which is a far cry from the $150 for the DE-1527, which was the highest priced of the original DE series.
Of course we all know Fossil recently has relaunched the Defender series and we couldn't be happier. The interchangeable straps are brilliant and I'm always looking for the new straps to mix mine up....we'll call it the DEC series for now and later on we'll get them added to our guides.
Onto the scans! Recent events had made me realize how rare these booklets are that came in the DF series boxes. One of our Defender gurus, Adam has graciously scanned the booklet from one of his and I just love the writing on these scans -- it's so serious and reminds me of a certain catalog that Elaine wrote for on Seinfeld. Bonus bullet points below breaking down the series in case you're collecting them all.
- Spitfire 1000 Series: DF-1001 thru 1012
- Spinnaker 2000 Series: DF-2001 thru 2002
- Streamliner 3000 Series: DF-3001 thru 3004
- Avion 4000 Series: DF-4001 thru 4002
- Starboard 5000 Series: DF-5001 thru 5004
Fossil Defender pics from 1999
I posted these on Facebook last week, but here are the high-res versions in a slideshow. I pulled these images from a Fossil Book that I have from Japan. Book is dated 1999 and these pages are last in the book in a section called, The Future. Some of these I've not seen before, but I'm on the hunt now! Below the slideshow I've posted the original scans for those of you who want more details (or can read Japanese).
Fossil Winter Catalog 95-96
Please enjoy. I find this catalog very useful in research and overall nostalgia. The images are rather large in the slideshow below and I know this -- I did it to showcase the model numbers and prices that are in Deutsche Marks. I've also posted the gallery along with a few others in the main navigation of the site under Catalog Scans.
