Whats so special?
I will be going to Lebanon in two days so a couple of weeks ago I called up my mum to ask her if she needed anything from here. She told me that there was a golden unisex Swatch watch that she’s been wanting for quite a while but that it’s been out of stock in Lebanon for a while now and people are placing special orders for it like 2 months ahead.
According to my mum this Swatch was the latest craze in Lebanon and all her friends and cousins bought one. So, I went to marina mall the next day to check it out, they didn’t have it on display but turns out they had 10 of them available hidden in a drawer underneath the counter. I was like cool, it doesn’t seem to be very popular here so I’ll just wait and get it before I travel. Big mistake.
We passed by the shop last week and they told us they had run out of it but that they were supposed to get more on saturday (2 days ago). I called them up on saturday and turns out there had been a delay and they are not supposed to get another shippment till the middle of the month. What’s fucked up is that I had already told my mum I had found it here and she was thrilled! What I still don’t understand is what’s soo fucking special about this watch that is making everybody want it??
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52 Comments, add your own...
1. Frankom | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:08 pm
:: Nat, some how it looks like a Rolex or something ! i dunno but if u still looking for one just open Alwaseet you might see a small adv. about someone selling all kinds of watches .. 50 KD for this watch from swatch
2. Yazeed | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:09 pm
my sister asked me to order her one of those and aramex it to her a couple of weeks ago. I dont really see a reason for people to get crazy about it. I wasnt suprised with it being run out in kuwait, but its reached lebanon too!!
there is something weird here.
3. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:09 pm
At Swatch it was costing 35kd when I asked.
4. Mansour | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:10 pm
Me too, i don’t know its secret yet! it doesnt look so nice. I have a Swatch Torino way prettier than this!
by the way, did you check with Swatch shop in Alfanar complex?
5. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:11 pm
Weird indeed, my cooworker just told me she had ordered one from Dubai for her cousin here.
6. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Yeah Al fanar is the one I just called up. The guy told me they wouldnt have it in their other outlets either including the airport:( I guess I’ll have to look for it when i go down to Lebanon in 2 days.
7. Fonzie | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:14 pm
Actually its out out stock from UAE, Bahrain , Qatar, Syria and KSA as well ;)
And here in Kuwait men are wearing it now !!!
8. Fonzie | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Actually its out of stock from UAE, Bahrain , Qatar, Syria and KSA as well ;)
And here in Kuwait men are wearing it now !!!
9. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:18 pm
Wow It’s more popular than I thought. It’s considered to be Unisex by Swatch but I think it looks rather Feminine.
10. Sakta | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:22 pm
it has been out of stock in Kuwiat for 5 months now, ppl were selling it for a 100 kd and 80 kd USED!!!! i dont even like how it looks, anyways i saw a few ads about it in the advertisment newspapers as waseet and 9adaa..they still have ads for it,
11. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Yeah well regarding the demand I’m actually surprised now that the Swatch dealer was only selling it for 35kd. I don’t like how it looks either.
12. Fonzie | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Nat…My friend told me that she has a brand new one that she got from Dubai and she want to sell it for KD 50…so tell me if you are interested
13. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Thanks for your offer Fonzie but I’d rather wait till I go down to Lebanon and try finding one there. I’ll let you know if I change my mind though:)
14. Marzouq | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:37 pm
There isnt any in lebanon from what my friend told me. He looked all over lebanon for it.. and he called me up so I called swatch here and sent him 5 of them a little while back.. They are nuts about it over in lebanon. Nat Im pretty sure you wont find any there.
15. Marzouq | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:39 pm
sakta.. its not really out of stock for the past 5 months.. I have bought about 12 of these for friends in lebanon over the past 5 months.. the thing is the swatch people hide them for customers.. that is what they kept doing for me when I order more then three.. Im just happy i wasnt paying for it.. and it didnt look like anything special to me!
16. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:42 pm
Exactly it’s not anything special:S
I’ll probably give my mum a call tonight and see how bad she wants it, maybe I can convince her to ditch this watch and get something better:)
17. Sakta | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:47 pm
heheh ya you should do that ;), Khalas Marzouq u can be our Swatch wastaa ;p
18. Stafa | July 3rd, 2006 at 3:54 pm
shit man yeah, back in school I remember seeing a guy wearing it i was like ‘wtf..ghey watch!!’ next month i see like every1 wearing it, its such a stupid golden watch, reminds me of those 2kd fake golden watch u can buy from the ‘basta’
Btw Nat, ur travelling on wednesday to lebanon?! MEA or jazeera?! cuz im travelling tht day to Beirut !!
19. Mark | July 3rd, 2006 at 4:18 pm
There is one on ebay with a buy it now price of KD27
The item number is 250001275246
20. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 4:27 pm
I wish we looked that one up earlier, it’s too late now, it won’t get here on time. Stafa I’m going with al Jazeera afternoon flight.
21. Stafa | July 3rd, 2006 at 4:33 pm
somehow it reminds me of the livestrong fashion that boomed Kuwait…
22. Sakta | July 3rd, 2006 at 4:39 pm
Oh…Kuwait has alot more fashion booms then livestrong and Swatch..Its like everything is a fashion boom here, and as spoilt as we are we have to have everything, even if its ugly
23. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 4:40 pm
Or maybe because we have nothing better to do:)
24. Purgatory | July 3rd, 2006 at 4:40 pm
everyone wants that one, each time I go somewhere they ask for it and I never find it!
25. Cece DeSouza | July 3rd, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Oh my God! The same thing in Bahrain too!! I don’t understand what’s the mystery behind this watch. Makin’ me go crazy… Nat, ask your mum why… I honestly think it looks uncool ;s
26. CyberRowdy | July 3rd, 2006 at 5:24 pm
is it really a unisex watch? it doesnt look like…
27. Mo Hat | July 3rd, 2006 at 5:25 pm
I know, people have lost their taste in watches and are buying these. wtf i wouldnt pay 5kd for this watch.
28. Marzouq | July 3rd, 2006 at 5:34 pm
Like u guys said.. Kuwait goes through different crazes to the point they make you hate a brand!
I remember when everyone had Von Dutch! EVERYWHERE! It was annoying!
Hey Nat do you really want that watch? I will ask for you 2moro morning .. I will talk to the manager if they got one Im guessing you need it by tuesday at the latest.. I will see what they can do… and if they have it and I will tell them to hold it and I will email you or mark.
29. Nat | July 3rd, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Hey Marzouq that would be great since you have a special relationship with them, hehe:))
Yeah latest tuesday night if possible so that I go can buy it. Wednesday I have work and I’m off to the airport right after that so I won’t have time..
30. Marzouq | July 3rd, 2006 at 7:13 pm
They might send it to my work in the morning if they have it in stock.. i will email you whenever I find out anything..
can u just email me the model number i dont where it is anymore..
31. Flippa X | July 3rd, 2006 at 7:15 pm
I think this is a feminine watch, and it ain’t unisex. I guess this watch is proof that more men are becoming gay.
32. Fonzie | July 3rd, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Marzouq…its cold swatch “full blooded”
model # SVCK4032AG
33. Fonzie | July 3rd, 2006 at 7:18 pm
Marzouq…its called swatch “full blooded”
model # SVCK4032AG
34. Marzouq | July 3rd, 2006 at 7:28 pm
I remember the name.. but they ask for the serial number!
Flippa when has something being feminine stopped people in Kuwait or the middle east!! hehehe!
35. SWOS | July 3rd, 2006 at 10:59 pm
it looks like an a$$ don’t get it , every1 has 1.
Buy a Rolex Submariner instead or something :P
36. fadibou | July 3rd, 2006 at 11:12 pm
the funny thing about this watch is the following: i land in Kuwait 2 1/2 years ago and my bro asks me if i can get him one online. then i had to carry another 4 from the US and the next year is the same story and i saw a friend 2 months ago and she was bragging how she managed to get it from nigeria with a friend. This watch is referred to as the Shaq edition refering to shaquil Oneal and 2 years when i checked for it in the US it was out of stock and in pre orders for over demand on it. I couldnt find it in any swatch shop in the US and had to make an order for it in NY and get it shipped to my aramex box.
Its just a plastic thingy in gold colors and I still don’t get why people are dying for it.
37. benyameen | July 4th, 2006 at 12:01 am
The thing that annoys me with kuwait is the serious bad taste in fashion. I see male arabs walking around at marina mall, or wherever, wearing clothes that are VERY effeminate (sp). I would never be seen wearing them, and if they were in a place like the UK, they would be a laughing stock. The trousers they wear, and jeans, are quite often, meant for females, but due to their slightly gay alignment, they find them fasionable. Quite disgusting really. I swear i need therapy after i go to marina mall. And following from a post mark put about not seeing couples together in kuwait, i had never really noticed it until i went to dubai, and then returned back to England, and jeez! in kuwait, as a teenager, it isnt that different not being in a relationship, but when i returned back to the UK, all of my friends have been in long term relationships for a year or more. Kuwait really is messed up. It fails.
38. Dudester | July 4th, 2006 at 8:19 am
That watch’s gay! Spread the word around…(grunting)DENNY CRANE!
[that last bit will be understood by those who've watched Boston Legal]
39. Nat | July 4th, 2006 at 8:22 am
I can relate with what you’re saying Benyameen. Oh well what to do:)
Oh and I hope you find it Marzouq!
40. Nat | July 4th, 2006 at 8:26 am
Wow Fadibou and that thing goes back 2 years and a half!
41. Moey | July 4th, 2006 at 9:02 am
my sister has one but it’s silver not this golden one
42. Marzouq | July 4th, 2006 at 9:49 am
Hey Nat.. ding ding ding.. email me!
43. chikapappi | July 4th, 2006 at 10:19 am
weird! Nothin’ special bout it, yet my young sister has a “crush” for the Guess watch that looks kinda same bas with more details and those too get out of stock bser3a…
44. fractal00 | July 4th, 2006 at 11:20 am
it is the same wherever you are, all my friends have one, why shouldn’t i get it .
46. omar | July 5th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
tell me about it!
mom and sisters all got ones. I don’t know why would you want the identical same watch as everbody else. I mean, wouldn’t you want to be special? HEHE
omar
47. Melena | September 12th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Tell me abt it!! Am dyin to get one!! I ordered one in leb like ages ago, nearly EVERYONE I even barely talk to knows abt and tryin get it for me… Even mom abroad is sick of this subject and not able to found the golden pretty watch :)
Mmmm what’s abt this watch… Gosh i dunno, it’s a trend and we girls well we’re jealous… But it’s beautifulllll… and with this “blocus” here in leb, things are gettin slower…
It’s silly huh? but it’s true!! I NEED THAT WATCH
Melena
48. informer | October 1st, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Well just incase any wanted to know… my mother came back from lebanon going on about the same thing…. by chance we crossed the road opposite the back of marina (where samsonite is) and to her belief she found one original i mite add in the tacky watch store… it was 40Kd so she bought 2 to take one back as a present… they did have a couple or so left…. so guys i suppose if your still afetr it its a first go first gets!!!
have fun!!
49. Melena | October 3rd, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Well i enjoyed the blooded for like 2 days till my bro decided to offer to his fiancé !!! anyway “informer” i went today to get it, found no more… i think they started to sell us fake ones :) now it’s more a challenge to get it than a desire to !!! Bianca… hope ur enjoying my watch :( hey bro… U owe me ONE… hey informer… did u have to say that onlineeeeeeeeee??? :) yalla peace
52. Karim | December 21st, 2006 at 9:25 pm
I Guess it is a trend.all Lebanese (women) presenters r wearing golden watches, i guess rolex………
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