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Swatch Sign Of Times 1995 Collectable Solar Watch- SRM100 - Z4344
Ref. SRM100
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Swatch produced only fourteen solar-powered models across the mid-nineties, and the SRM100 was among them — a genuinely small run for a brand whose annual output ran into the tens of millions. The movement charges a capacitor rather than a battery, drawing power from ambient light and driving the seconds hand only when illumination is present; a watch that stops in the dark and restarts in the light is an odd, quietly compelling thing to own. The dial dispenses with most decoration to let the solar cell structure show through, with six Roman numerals doing the minimum necessary work around it. At 33mm it sits where Swatch's standard Gent case always did — unobtrusive, light, period-correct in proportions. This one has remained unworn since leaving the factory, which for a thirty-year-old capacitor-driven movement with a brown leather strap is both its appeal and its caveat: the strap should be handled carefully, and the watch is better understood as an object than as daily wear.
- Reference
- SRM100
- Brand
- Swatch
- Collection
- Solar
- Case size
- 33mm
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Black
- Crystal
- Mineral
- Movement
- Solar
- Functions
- Solar powered
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Brown
- Clasp
- Buckle
- Lume
- Luminous
- Condition
- Vintage
- Retailer
- F.Hinds
Learn more about Swatch
Swatch was the Swiss industry's answer to its own near-death. By the early 1980s Japanese quartz had reduced Swiss watch exports catastrophically and employment had collapsed. Nicolas Hayek, brought in as a consultant to advise on liquidating the ASUAG and SSIH conglomerates, recommended the opposite: merge them and attack the low end.
The engineering that made it possible was radical. Ernst Thomke, Elmar Mock, and Jacques Müller designed a watch with fifty-one components instead of the usual ninety-odd, with the movement assembled directly into the injection-moulded case so the watch could not be opened or repaired. It could be made in Switzerland, by robots, for less than the Asian competition.
The first Swatches went on sale in 1983. They were cheap, plastic, colourful, and — critically — sold as fashion rather than as timekeeping. Buyers owned several. Artists including Keith Haring, Kiki Picasso, and later Vivienne Westwood designed editions, and some early models now trade for thousands.
Swatch sold over a hundred million watches within its first decade and financed the rescue of the entire Swiss industry. The Swatch Group that resulted owns Breguet, Blancpain, Omega, Longines, Tissot, Hamilton, and Glashütte Original, and remains the largest watch company in the world.
The MoonSwatch collaboration with Omega in 2022 caused queues around the world.
- 1983
- The first Swatch launches with a 51-component movement.
- 1985
- Keith Haring designs the first artist editions.
- 1992
- Cumulative sales pass 100 million watches.
- 2022
- The MoonSwatch collaboration with Omega sells out globally.
Also in 6 collections
This watch appears in Watches Under 37mm (1,746), Leather Strap Watches (1,065), Watches Under £100 (725), Dress Watches (541), Pre-Owned, Ex-Display & Vintage Watches (321) and Solar & Kinetic Watches (234).
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F.Hinds is not currently taking orders for this reference. Last listed as available on 19 August 2026. Stock is checked nightly and this page updates when it returns.
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