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Over the weekend, Swatch released limited-edition “Royal Pop” timepieces made in collaboration with the Swiss luxury brand Audemars Piguet. Chaos erupted at stores worldwide, where people had begun lining up days before.

The Best Of Watches And Wonders 2026 Anniversary releases from Rolex and Patek Philippe, skeleton watches galore and timepieces built for space travel at the world’s biggest watch show. Read more: Photo: Cartier

The TW Steel VS128 TT Isle of Man Races Special Edition isn’t just built for speed, it lives in it. With a carbon dial, bold orange accents and VK64 chronograph movement, this 45mm timepiece brings the energy of the world’s most legendary road race to your wrist.

SIX NEW MACHINES ARE LIVE ON FLETCHER Today we are expanding the rip floor with six new gacha machines, including two categories Fletcher has never carried before. Completing the Pokémon ladder Two new tiers close the gaps in our existing lineup. Bronze at $100 sits between Elite and 151 & Friends. Hyper at $500 bridges Legendary and Grail. If you have been skipping a tier because the next step up was too large a jump, that step now exists. Both carry a 90 percent instant buyback. All-Star Sports at $500 Our sports lineup previously topped out at $250. It now runs to $500, backed by a 93 percent instant buyback, the same rate as our grail-tier Pokémon packs. Anime Pop Culture at $75 A new category and a deliberately accessible entry point, with more than 3,900 slabs in the pool. Watches, and this one is a first Two machines at $250 and $500, holding authenticated graded timepieces. This is the first vertical on Fletcher that is not a trading card, and it behaves exactly like everything else here: rip the pack, then claim the piece or sell it back instantly. Watch Elite carries a 93% buyback. We have also retired the Fire & Grass and Water $100 packs. Collector Crypt removed both from their catalog, so they are gone from ours. Six machines. Two new categories. Same rails, same guarantees.