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Article summary

Swatch is a Swiss watch company founded in 1983 by Ernst Thomke, Elmar Mock, and Jacques Müller. It is a subsidiary of the Swatch Group. The Swatch product line was developed as a response to the "quartz crisis" of the 1970s and 1980s, in which inexpensive, battery-powered, quartz-regulated watches were competing against more established European watchmakers focused on artisanal craftsmanship producing mostly mechanical watches. The name Swatch is a contraction of "second watch", its concept of "low-cost, high-tech, artistic and emotional" watches marketed as casual, disposable accessories.

Key claims

1. P12521: .swatch — source: Wikidata · confidence 0.95
2. P31: Q14296 — source: Wikidata · confidence 0.95
3. P4839: Entity["TopLevelDomain", "SWATCH"] — source: Wikidata · confidence 0.95
4. P5914: swatch — source: Wikidata · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the P12521 is ".swatch". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the P31 is "Q14296". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the P4839 is "Entity["TopLevelDomain", "SWATCH"]". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the P5914 is "swatch". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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