Fiorenzo Barindelli's First Museum in the World Dedicated to the Swatch Watches

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2003 in Cesano Maderno, a town lying in the Region of Lombardy, just at about 20 km to the north of Milan, Italy.


The architect Fiorenzo Barindelli has gathered together some 4,000 Swatches in the past 20 years Soccer Jersey Supplier, year by year, piece by piece organizing the precious private collection exhibited inside the restored rooms of "Palazzo Arese Jacini". The World Museum was established in the prestigious seventeenth-century building that recently became the representative office of the Cesano Maderno Municipality Cheap Watches, owner of the structure.

Fiorenzo Barindelli's idea of creating a Swatch Museum was inspired by a strong wish to have an opportunity to demonstrate one's own collection, to draw the attention of other interested collectors and international experts, and to meet old friends. Fiorenzo managed to found the first and unequalled Public Museum in the world for it plenitude and exhibition capacity of Swatch production.

The collection was recognized as the most essential, large and complete in the world. It has been honored to be cited for five years in a row in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest such collection in the world and entered the international issue of the celebrated "International Guinness World Records" of London with distribution in around one hundred nations.

The assistance of the Cesano Maderno Municipal Administration contributed to the creation of a museum representing a true link for world collectors. Fiorenzo Barindelli is really thankful to all friends and collectors all over the world who have been collaborating together with the Cesano Maderno Town Council and the Sponsors making possible the opening of the "World Museum."

At the end of the millennium the "phenomenon" of the Swatch watches in its own greatness bore far-reaching profound influence on the international custom and fashion history. The appearance of the plastic fashion quartz watches turned over watchmaking and the Swiss watch industry in the 1980s.The museum's creator wants to believe that the Swatch Group's sensitivity has been providing a lot of ideas for organizing the museum in the best possible way.


The collection of exhibited watches has comprised virtually every important model developed by Swatch, including the first men's and women's Swatches, the very precise Chrono, the metal Irony, the bizarre Pop, and relatively new models such as the Square, X-Large, Turnover, and Nabab. The watch admirers will be nicely surprised to find in the collection the Scuba for underwater diving, the Beat with its digital display, the very narrow Skin, the Maxi.

The World Museum exhibition is proud of a wide range of models among the colored and originals time clocks besides 20 multicolored panels each one representing a specific year.

Inside the wide court of the building the World Museum's visitors will see a totem designed in the unique style of Sam Francis, a Californian painter who became famous for designing a Swatch watch for the "art" category. The inside part of the Museum features the blue, red and yellow tones performed in the dripping technique that create the atmosphere of a particular vigor and energy.

The collector Fiorenzo Barindelli, deviser, heart and soul of the project united his efforts with the World Museum Friends, non-profit association. For him it is a real pleasure to be able to share this magic moment with everybody eager to admire the entire historic collection and the packaging developed for particular international events. The collector also takes care of changing the exhibited watches periodically and organizing theme shows.

The World Museum debuted with exhibiting about 1000 pieces, chosen by a Scientific International Committee composed by friends, collectors and experts who have taken into the account the years, paying a particular attention to the "specials" of the year and to nine watches that are contained inside the panels' theca. All the visitors acknowledged the collection to be the exceptional one, having appreciated the enormous work done.

Having founded the World Museum Replica Soccer Jersey, Fiorenzo Barindelli has proved to the entire world that everybody is able to make one's dream come true.




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