Anaglyph Swatch watch

[P3D <baker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I attended a collector's preview of the fall/winter Swatch line last night
and was pleased to discover that a watch with anaglyph graphics is being
introduced in September.  It's called "3-D Experience" and will come with
special packaging that includes 3-D glasses.

A sample was not available; all I saw were photos.  The packaging appears
to be little more than a cardboard sleeve over the usual plastic Swatch
container, and the glasses appear to be integrated with the packaging --
perhaps like a detachable punch-out.  There are anaglyph graphics on the
box, too, so I don't think it will be as if we will look _through_ the
packaging at the watch, but who knows?

The anaglyphs are simple line drawings of space-related objects (rockets,
stars, moons, etc.) on a white band & face.  The execution lacks quite a
bit -- vertical allignment isn't square with respect to the watch (although
maybe that aids viewing the watch while the viewer is wearing it on the
left arm :-).  In fact it _almost_ looks like Swatch didn't know what they
were doing when they designed it.  But, I think this will be a great
collectible for people with either (and in my case, both) interests.

Suggested retail price is $40.

Interesting to note that I met two guys at this event who own Realists.  I
had brought along a View-Master viewer with two reels I shot recently of
Nadia Comaneci signing her Olympic Legends Swatch watch at the same store,
which were well received by the Swatch reps (several of whom appeared in
the views) and other Swatch collectors.  And to top it off, to view the
pictures of the new anaglyph Swatch, I used Reel-3D's business card -- the
one with the built-in anaglyph glasses!

Paul Baker, Naperville, IL  pebaker@xxxxxxxxxx


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