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Acquisitions, Divestiture and Goodwill (Details 3) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |  |  | 0 Months Ended |  |  | 0 Months Ended
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Jan. 03, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 29, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 Bentrani USD ($) country | Jan. 01, 2013 Fossil Spain USD ($) | Jan. 01, 2013 Fossil Spain USD ($) | Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain Accrued expenses - other USD ($) | Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain Accrued expenses - other EUR (€) | Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain Other long-term liabilities USD ($) | Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain Other long-term liabilities EUR (€) | Jan. 01, 2013 Fossil Spain General De Relojeria | Aug. 10, 2012 Fossil Spain General De Relojeria | Jan. 01, 2013 Fossil Spain General De Relojeria USD ($) | Jan. 01, 2013 Fossil Spain General De Relojeria EUR (€) | Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain General De Relojeria Minimum USD ($) | Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain General De Relojeria Minimum EUR (€) | Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain General De Relojeria Maximum USD ($) | Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain General De Relojeria Maximum EUR (€) | Apr. 24, 2013 STC Swiss Technology Holding GmbH
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Voting interest that may be acquired upon expiration of joint venture agreement (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00%fosl_VotingInterestThatMayBeAcquiredUponExpirationOfJointVentureAgreement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remeasurement of investment in Fossil Spain to fair value | $ 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeRemeasurementGainOrLoss | $ 6,510,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeRemeasurementGainOrLoss | $ 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeRemeasurementGainOrLoss |  | $ 6,500,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeRemeasurementGainOrLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 197,728,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 206,954,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 184,793,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 8,900,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_BentraniWatchesLLCMember |  | 10,600,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of net book value used in the calculation of the fixed purchase price component |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00%fosl_PercentageOfNetBookValueOfFixedPurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed portion of purchase price for the shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,800,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionFixedPurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember | 5,200,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionFixedPurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember |  |  |  |  |
Variable price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,800,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionVariablePurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember | 5,900,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionVariablePurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember | 2,600,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionVariablePurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember | 2,000,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionVariablePurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember | 4,600,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionVariablePurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember | 3,500,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionVariablePurchasePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_GeneralDeRelojeriaSAMember |
Contingent consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,900,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = fosl_AccruedExpensesOtherMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember | 3,200,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = fosl_AccruedExpensesOtherMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember | 7,900,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember | 6,600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_FossilSpainSLMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Latin American countries in which Bentrani is a distributor |  |  |  | 16 us-gaap_NumberOfCountriesInWhichEntityOperates / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_BentraniWatchesLLCMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period of partnership with Company |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition amount |  |  |  | 26,600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_BentraniWatchesLLCMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price paid in cash |  |  |  | 19,300,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_BentraniWatchesLLCMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payable forgiven |  |  |  | $ 7,300,000 fosl_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityPayableForgiven / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_BentraniWatchesLLCMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale of stock in subsidiary (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 80.00%us-gaap_SaleOfStockPercentageOfOwnershipBeforeTransaction / dei_LegalEntityAxis = fosl_SwissTechnologyComponentsAGMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fosl_SwissTechnologyHoldingGMBHMember

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