Every Swatch Collab Explained: MoonSwatch, Scuba Fifty Fathoms & Royal Pop

Over the past few years, the most hyped watches in the world haven’t been prestige haute horology masterpieces, rare limited-editions or unusual complications. Instead, collectors have queued for 24 hours or more to get their hands on accessible, colourful Swatch collaborations where the masters of accessible have teamed up with legendary houses from both within and outside the Swatch Group.

It all kicked off in 2022 with the now-famous MoonSwatch and since then has ushered in two more editions based on iconic watches. So that you’re in the loop – and can save yourself a place in line when the next collab is inevitably hinted at – here’s everything you need to know about Swatch’s three collaborations with Omega, Blancpain and Audemars Piguet.

What is Swatch Bioceramic?

As we’ll be mentioning it a lot, it’s worth looking into what Swatch Bioceramic actually is. It’s basically the two-thirds house between ceramic and plastic, in that it’s made using two-thirds ceramic powder, one-third plastic from natural sources, specifically castor bean oil.

The combination of these two means it’s very hard, very light and much easier to work with than traditional Zirconium Oxide ceramics, with a silky touch to it. It also has a matte finish that really shows off the bright colours Swatch like to use.

The result is a material that is significantly lighter than stainless steel, more scratch-resistant than conventional plastic, and  highly compatible with the vivid colours the brand is known for.

Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch

The Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch is a bioceramic quartz chronograph launched on 26 March 2022, available from £240 in a wide range of colourways inspired by the solar system and beyond, sold at Swatch boutiques.

The Omega Speedmaster Professional – dubbed the MoonWatch – is, other than the Rolex Daytona, the single most iconic chronograph watch ever built. It’s not just been to space; it was instrumental in getting the Apollo 13 team back to terra firma in one piece. And while there have been countless variations over the years, it’s black dial, white indexes and black bezel have become an Omega signature.

It was a shock to see those signature elements on a Swatch. A prestige chronograph with historical heft pairing with a brand best known for cheap, funky quartz? Sure, they’re in the same business group, but they work in completely different realms. But opposites attract and on 26 March 2022 we got the MoonSwatch, and with it queues around the block outside Swatch stores and a new level of horological hype normally associated with streetwear drops.

MoonSwatch Original Launch Editions

The one that started it all. The MoonSwatch is the iconic, NASA-approved Speedmaster rendered in Swatch’s own Bioceramic case material in a number of different colours. The initial launch slate had a whopping 11 different colourways inspired by the various celestial bodies in the solar system, starting with the Mission to the Sun.

This, of course, an eye-catching combination of yellow and white. Then comes Mercury in a deep grey and black, sleek and monochrome. Venus took the Roman goddess of love theme with pastel pink and white; Earth tinted things in mint green with a dark blue dial in a nod to the seas and landmasses from space.

The Mission to the Moon was the closest to the original Speedmaster, with a classic black dial and high-contrast white numerals, while Mars not only evoked the red planet’s signature colour, but referenced the near-mythical Speedmaster Alaska Project. The Mission to Jupiter also had a nod to Omega history, pairing dusty bronze with ‘Ultraman’ orange hands and lettering, inspired by a watch worn in 1970s Japanese TV series “RETURN OF ULTRAMAN”.

Saturn also opts for brown, but a more chocolate colour, and includes the rings of Saturn on the 6 o’clock subdial. Uranus takes the Venus route and goes back to the Greek god of the sky in pale blue and white. Neptune goes deep, freezing blue and finally Pluto opts for a handsome grey, cream and burgundy colourway.

It was a seriously ambitious release slate, but every watch has the same dimensions: a 42mm wide, 13.25mm tall bioceramic case equipped with a quartz chronograph movement. The whole thing is water resistant to 30m, so don’t plan on diving with it. That comes later.

At first, you couldn’t get these for love nor money (unless you wanted to pay five or six times the asking price). Now, they’ll set you back a reasonable £240 (approximately $260 USD). Limited to Swatch boutiques.

MoonSwatch Mission to Moonshine Gold

Are you looking at those fun, colourful Moonswatches and thinking: if only it had some gold? Then the Mission to Moonshine Gold is for you. Each watch in this collection is defined by a gold chronograph seconds hand plated with Omega’s own Moonshine gold. More than that, each is dedicated to the month that particular gold was made.

To that end, each has a little twist on the hand. September’s harvest moon includes a barleycorn pattern; June’s strawberry full moon has strawberries on it. I won’t go through them all as that would just be a list of hands, but there are some fun versions in the collection.

Most of these editions are based on the Mission to the Moon version, with a grey case and black dial. The only exception is the Blue Moon (August), which opts for the fittingly blue Neptune instead. Otherwise, same specs as the originals, though these being limited editions are all sold out now.

MoonSwatch Mission on Earth

A relatively straightforward swap in colours, the Mission to Earth models are nevertheless some of the most striking in the collection. They have the same specs as the original launch collection – 42mm cases, quartz movements – but feel a lot sportier.

The Mission on Earth is available in three versions: Lava, with a hot orange case, hands and hour markers with a black dial; Polar Lights, which swaps orange for turquoise and adds silver rings around the chronograph indicators and the Desert, all in sandy beige tones.

Each is priced at £240, with 42mm bioceramic cases and quartz movements.

MoonSwatch 1965

The heritage model in the line-up, the MoonSwatch 1965 pays tribute to the original Speedmaster cleared by NASA on March 1, 1965, to accompany all space missions. It’s the least kitsch model in the collection with its white dial, grey case and black tachymeter bezel – except for the fact that the hours indicator now reads a total of 19, while the minutes count to 65. This isn’t just swapping the numbers, this is a change in how the chronograph is calibrated.

Otherwise, the 1965 leans into the heritage look with a vintage Omega logo, typeface and hands, altogether priced at £240.

MoonSwatch Mission to the Moonphase

Using the original MoonSwatch as a base, the Mission to the Moonphase versions include, you guessed it, a moonphase indicator. They’re a bit more interesting than that however as the oddly-placed 2 o’clock complication swaps a classic moon for Snoopy.

Omega has a long history with the Peanuts mascot. Through their work with NASA they were awarded the Silver Snoopy, essentially an award of recognition from the astronauts. It’s a badge the watchmaker wears proudly and it’s fun to see here.

There were originally two versions of the Mission to the Moonphase, the black New Moon and the white Full Moon. While it looks at a glance like a simple palette swap, it’s worth noting that the moon phase on each model is oriented differently. The hemispheres on the New Moon are left and right; on the Full Moon they’re top and bottom. Either way, they’re secretly painted with lume reading ‘I can’t sleep without a night light.’ Cute.

There are also more recent versions sans Snoopy, dedicated to April’s Pink Moon in 2025 and the Super Blue Moon back in 2024. This uses a more realist moonphase – albeit one in bright pink or blue to match the hands and case. Things are toned down with a black bezel and indicators and a white dial on the Pink or blue on the Blue.

All Mission to the Moonphase models use a quartz movement and share the same dimensions as the standard MoonSwatch and cost £270.

MoonSwatch Mission to the Earthphase

This is one of the most novel pieces in the collection. It takes the Mission to Moonphase, complete with 2 o’clock moon phase indicator, and pairs it on the opposite side with the view of Earth from the moon. Paired with a grained dial inspired by the lunar surface and set on a black Velcro strap, the image of the Earth itself is painstakingly accurate and pops from the dial.

The Mission to Earthphase is currently available in two variations, the original monochromatic version and the Moonshine Gold editions. These take the same idea as the Mission to Moonshine Gold models – monthly tributes to different seasonal moons – and adds it to the moon phase indicator itself.

And so you get snowflakes on the moon for December, a partially devoured moon for November’s Beaver Moon, etc. These come in blue cases with white dial and Snoopy (who is absent on the standard Earthphase) returns at 9 o’clock. These editions are cute, but they’re all sold out.

The core collection Mission to Earthphase however will set you back £288.

Blancpain x Swatch Scuba Fifty Fathoms

The Blancpain x Swatch Scuba Fifty Fathoms is a bioceramic automatic dive watch launched in September 2023, priced at £350 (approximately $380 USD), with 300m water resistance and an automatic Sistem51 movement, available from Swatch boutiques.

Where does one go after the Speedmaster? Across all their brands, Swatch Group has maybe one or two other truly iconic watches, so choices were limited. The only other one that really sprang to mind – at least amongst well-heeled divers – was the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.

This Jacques Cousteau favourite was a technical and design marvel when it was launched back in 1953, a collaboration with the French navy’s combat divers unit. It’s curvaceous, tactile bezel, streamlined dial designs and titular fifty fathoms of water resistance – equating to 300m – set it apart from the overly rugged tool watches it was competing with.

And so, it was less of a surprise than the original MoonSwatch when, on 13 September 2023, we got the Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathoms.

Scuba Fifty Fathoms Original Launch Models

When Swatch tried to make lightning strike twice they didn’t quite get the same fanfare as their Omega collaboration. While collectors of a certain calibre adore the Fifty Fathoms, it just doesn’t have the mainstream appeal of the watch that landed on the moon. Swatch did however up the watchmaking considerably for this Blancpain collab.

Not only are the Scuba Fifty Fathoms models larger at 42.3mm wide and 14.4mm tall, they all have an automatic movement in Swatch’s Sistem51. This is a movement that’s part-and-parcel of the case and designed to be an incredibly affordable calibre, entirely assembled by machine. To that end it has just 51 parts, 90-hour power reserve and even has an anti-magnetic hairspring.

Sistem51 is Swatch’s proprietary in-house automatic movement: 51 parts, assembled entirely by machine with no human hands, an anti-magnetic hairspring, and a 90-hour power reserve. It is remarkable value for an automatic calibre at this price point, and makes the Scuba Fifty Fathoms genuinely wearable every day.

The movement is protected by a case with a professional level 300m water resistance (which is the same as an actual Fifty Fathoms) and the dials have a gradient. The diving bezels with their tactile curves are taken directly from the famous Blancpain. All-in-all, there’s a lot more going on with the Scuba models.

Of course, the main draw is colour and there are five initial launch pieces, each dedicated to one of the world’s oceans. There’s the cool grey and white of the Arctic Ocean; the lush green of the Indian Ocean; the deep blue of the Atlantic Ocean; a vibrant bumblebee combination of yellow and black for the Pacific Ocean and orange for the Arctic Ocean, which also includes a no-rad symbol at 6 o’clock.

That last colour might sound odd but ties into what else these watches have going on. For each ocean, Swatch and Blancpain picked a nudibranch, a type of sea slug. You can see these rendered on through the exhibition casebacks directly onto the movements. In the case of the Arctic Ocean, that shell-less mollusk is the Dendronotus Frondosus, a bushy-backed orange chap.

The movements are also decorated with digital prints of the namesake oceans which, combined with the automatic movements, improved water resistance and far greater attention-to-detail, justify the slightly higher £350 price tag.

Scuba Fifty Fathoms Ocean of Storms

The bridging watch between the MoonSwatch and the Scuba Fifty Fathoms, the Ocean of Storms’ stark black colourway is inspired by the largest lunar sea, Oceanus Procellarum, spanning over 2,500km.

This of course warrants a very different picture on the back, that of the lunar surface, but what of its nudibranch? Well, Swatch went for something with a fitting name rather than location, South America’s Okenia Luna.

Set on a black NATO strap with white stripes, the Ocean of Storms otherwise has the same specs as the core Scuba Fifty Fathoms line-up and costs the same at £350.

Scuba Fifty Fathoms Pink Ocean, Blue Lagoon, Green Abyss

If the Scuba Fifty Fathoms wasn’t saturated with colour enough for you, here you go. On the one hand, the Blue Lagoon in bright shades reminiscent of shallow tropical waters; on the other, the Pink Ocean, inspired by the delicate shades of pink sand. This incredibly bright double-act have 42.3mm bioceramic cases, 300m of water resistance and automatic Sistem51 movements with 90-hour power reserves. Thanks to their lume, they work just as well in less bright conditions as they do full, glorious sunshines.

Finally, a haunting tribute to the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean, Green Abyss is all black, dark green and beige. On the back is a digital print of the ocean floor and the Felimare picta nudibranch, which is the most sea sluggish of them all. This edition was technically released as a standalone launch after the Pink Ocean and Blue Lagoon, but is conceptually similar.

All Scuba Fifty Fathoms models are available at Swatch boutiques only and are priced at £350 each.

Swatch x Audemars Piguet Royal Pop

The Swatch x Audemars Piguet Royal Pop is a bioceramic automatic pocket watch launched on 16 May 2026, priced from £335 (approximately $400 USD), inspired by the iconic AP Royal Oak and designed to be worn on a tether, clipped to a bag, or propped as a desk clock.

The latest Swatch Collaboration has also proved their biggest. We all wanted a more accessible Audemars Piguet Royal Oak but I don’t think anyone saw this coming. That’s because the Royal Pop isn’t just a loving tribute to the Gerald Genta-designed luxury sports watch, with its signature octagonal bezel and tapisserie dials, but it’s also a pocket watch.

The idea is that the watch itself comes with a removable frame that is in turn attached to a leather thong. So, you can either wear it, tie it to something, or take the watch out and prop it up as a desk clock – if you can read the time easily of a 40mm desk clock at least.

Once again bioceramic colour takes centre stage and, learning from the Scuba Fifty Fathoms, at the core of each is a Sistem51 automatic movement with 90-hour power reserve. But with only a 20m water resistant case don’t get them wet.

It’s also worth noting that while there are eight colours, there are in fact two different watches in the collection.

Royal Pop Lépine

Most of the watches are what in pocket watch terms you’d call Lépine. These antique pieces have the winding crown at 12 o’clock, where the watch would attach to its fob. These would traditionally have included small seconds subdials at 6 o’clock, but here it’s just central minutes and hours.

A full 6 out of 8 pieces in the collection are the Lépine and we’ll see why shortly. But to run through the colours quickly, we have the black and white Ocho Negro; the blue and orange Orenji Hachi; the Green Eight in, well, green; the Blue Acht in pale blue and mint green; the Otto Rosso in pink and red and finally the Huit Blanc, which combines crisp white with rainbow indexes and bezel screws.

In case you didn’t pick up on it, all the models have ‘eight’ in the name in various languages, followed by a colour. Though those colours aren’t arranged thematically like the solar system here. Each Lépine Royal Pop is priced at £335 (£335 / $400 USD).

Royal Pop Savonette

The traditional contrasting layout to Lépine, Savonette pocket watches have the crown at 3 o’clock. The thing is, Swatch haven’t changed the shape of the holding frame so that, when the Savonette models are popped into place, they’re on their side.

In these versions, Swatch actually decided to keep the 6 o’clock small seconds, which highlights the odd orientation. It doesn’t make these watches harder to read – you need to hold it anyway – but it does add a surprising classical touch to a watch that didn’t really need it and, in most ways, is anything but classical.

However, the two watches in this mini collection are also two of the coolest: the light and dark blue Lan Ba and the Otg Roz, the definitive watch of summer 2026 with its combination of pink case, yellow bezel and pool blue tapisserie dial. Plus, as you’re getting a small seconds on these models, you’re getting more than the Lépine models – meaning the slightly increased £350 price tag isn’t a surprise.

So where can you buy the Royal Pop? Currently available from Swatch boutiques only. The Swatch x AP Royal Pop (£335 Lépine / £350 Savonette; $400 / $420 USD) is boutique-exclusive at launch.

The Future: What’s Next for Swatch Collabs?

As of June 2026, Swatch has not announced a fourth collaboration. The following is informed speculation based on public information and industry commentary; there are no confirmed plans.

There aren’t all that many truly iconic references within the Swatch Group other than the Speedmaster and Fifty Fathoms, at least not up to that level. And everything Longines and under within the group is already relatively accessible. In fact, the only in-group option really is Breguet.

While a Bioceramic version of the legendary watchmaker’s line-up might sound impossible – guilloché and gold tend to be their hallmarks – there is one contender: the Type XX. This military heritage pilots’ watch is up there with the IWC Mk-series when it comes to cockpit icons and could make for the kind of cool, expressive yet slightly more minimal design that the collaborative collection’s been missing.

That all said, the Royal Pop opens things up to brands outside the group. So, what other watchmaking icons could be given the Swatch treatment? Rolex would never go for it so that’s a non-starter. Neither would Patek, even if the Nautilus would make a killer candidate. Something like the TAG Heuer Monaco would likely be more viable. TAG have already played around with funky colours and materials in the Formula 1. It’s an iconic racing watch and I can see the design team at Swatch making great use of that striking square case.

But honestly, who knows? The Royal Pop came out of the blue. I expect the next – if we get it – to do just the same.