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2024 is perfect to bring back Swatch Internet Time

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Mar 13, 2024
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Could this pic get any more 90s?

The year was 1998

The dotcom bubble was in full swing, Swatch was celebrating its fifteenth birthday, and they’d just introduced a novel concept to the world which aimed to redefine the way we perceive and measure time for the new millennium.

Swatch Internet Time

The long forgotten Swatch Internet Time was poised to change t…

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