Segment Information (Schedule Of Revenue For Each Class Of Similar Products) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total	$ 642,910	$ 523,825	$ 1,736,546	$ 1,329,614
Total percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Watches [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	464,438	372,036	1,236,774	914,749
Revenue percentage	72.20%	71.00%	71.20%	68.80%
Leathers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	108,628	86,728	290,867	229,500
Revenue percentage	16.90%	16.60%	16.80%	17.30%
Jewelry [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	46,943	41,925	127,592	108,119
Revenue percentage	7.30%	8.00%	7.30%	8.10%
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 22,901	$ 23,136	$ 81,313	$ 77,246
Revenue percentage	3.60%	4.40%	4.70%	5.80%

Percentage of product revenue to total sales revenue.

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Total percentage of revenue.

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Aggregate revenue recognized during the period (derived from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an entity's earning process). For financial services companies, also includes investment and interest income, and sales and trading gains.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Article 5

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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