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Warranty Liabilities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2015		Dec. 28, 2013		Dec. 29, 2012
Warranty liability activity
Beginning balance	$ 15,658us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual		$ 13,383us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual		$ 10,996us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual
Settlements in cash or kind	(12,313)us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualPayments		(10,672)us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualPayments		(6,945)us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualPayments
Warranties issued and adjustments to preexisting warranties	10,155fosl_WarrantiesIssuedAndAdjustmentsToPreexistingWarranties	[1]	12,607fosl_WarrantiesIssuedAndAdjustmentsToPreexistingWarranties	[1]	8,737fosl_WarrantiesIssuedAndAdjustmentsToPreexistingWarranties	[1]
Liability assumed in acquisition	0us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualAdditionsFromBusinessAcquisition		340us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualAdditionsFromBusinessAcquisition		595us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualAdditionsFromBusinessAcquisition
Ending balance	$ 13,500us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual		$ 15,658us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual		$ 13,383us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual
FOSSIL watch products
Warranty Liability
Warranty period	11 years
RELIC watch products
Warranty Liability
Warranty period	12 years
Other watch products
Warranty Liability
Warranty period	2 years
[1] Changes in cost estimates related to preexisting warranties are aggregated with accruals for new standard warranties issued and foreign currency changes.

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Amount as of the balance sheet date of the aggregate standard product warranty liability. Does not include the balance for the extended product warranty liability.

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