...to dig around in one of my boxes of old watches and watch parts (many would call it junk, but I'm not having that!) to see if I could find that old Swatch. And lo and behold, find it I did! Slightly the worse for wear (being loose in a box did it no favours) with the plastic "crystal" looking all of its 24 years but there nonetheless. I know it's 24 because Swatch handily copyright each watch design and put that date on the dial, and that design was new when I bought it in 1987. And that is Base 30 too, scaled down to 40 bpm.

It's paired in the photo with a panda chrono Swatch marked in km/h for some reason, rather than being unit agnostic as it should be. It's in an aluminium case, which appealed to me as I like unusual case materials and was one of my inspirations to start collecting "real" chronos from a "real" tool watch manufacturer.

Now I have to go and quietly contemplate what a terrible hoarder I am, having lugged a plastic watch around with me for 24 years across a couple of countries!!!