{"id":38427,"date":"2026-05-20T02:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=38427"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:59:27","slug":"swatch-x-audemars-piguet-400-rug-pull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/swatch-x-audemars-piguet-400-rug-pull\/","title":{"rendered":"Swatch x Audemars Piguet, $400 Rug Pull"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/barkmeta\/status\/2055736101743022517?s=43\">https:\/\/x.com\/barkmeta\/status\/2055736101743022517?s=43<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\u2022 &nbsp;Kai_xbt shares a video clip of Threadguy recounting the chaotic Swatch x Audemars Piguet \u201cRoyal Pop\u201d drop in NYC, where 600-700 people camped for days amid drinking, weed, and rowdy scenes expecting limited $400+ watches.<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image0.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image0-9.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 &nbsp;Swatch shut down the store without sales despite visible massive demand, leading Threadguy to call it a \u201ccomplete rug\u201d and safety risk, as frustrated fans on multi-day benders posed more danger than fulfilling the drop.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image1-4.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 &nbsp;The event mirrors hype culture from sneakers and streetwear but exposed poor planning by Swatch for their accessible AP-inspired collab, with similar crowd chaos reported at other locations involving police and line rushing.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/x.com\/barkmeta\/status\/2055736101743022517?s=43 \u2022 &nbsp;Kai_xbt shares a video clip of Threadguy recounting the chaotic Swatch x Audemars Piguet \u201cRoyal Pop\u201d drop in NYC, where 600-700 people camped for days amid drinking, weed, and rowdy scenes expecting limited $400+ watches. \u2022 &nbsp;Swatch shut down the store without sales despite visible massive demand, leading Threadguy to call it a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}