From Friday onwards, hundreds of people massed outside Swatch shops in Switzerland in the hope of being able to buy one of the new ‘Royal Pop’ watches on Saturday morning. Scuffles broke out in some places. More than a thousand people gathered in Geneva, according to a Keystone-SDA news agency photographer on the scene. They were spread out over the surrounding streets. Police were on hand to manage the situation outside the shop. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Several hundred people also converged on the “drive-thru” located near the Swatch Group’s headquarters in Biel/Bienne. In Zurich, around 400 people queued outside the Swatch shop early Saturday morning, according to a shop manager. Faced with the influx of customers, the store opened its doors earlier than planned. According to several media reports, scuffles broke out in the queues, particularly in Basel and Lausanne. The police had to intervene. Given the turn of events, Swatch announced on …