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Acquisitions, Divestiture and Goodwill (Details 2) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |  |
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Jan. 03, 2015 | Jan. 03, 2015 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Dec. 29, 2012 | Apr. 02, 2012
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 197,728,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | $ 197,728,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | $ 206,954,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | $ 184,793,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |
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Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 3 years |  |  |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 20 years |  |  |  |
Customer lists | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 5 years |  |  |  |
Customer lists | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 10 years |  |  |  |
Patents | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 3 years |  |  |  |
Patents | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 20 years |  |  |  |
Noncompete agreement |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 6 years |  |  |  |
Skagen Designs |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  | 140,400,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes | 133,800,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember | 133,800,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember |  |  |
Purchase price adjustment |  | $ 6,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentConsiderationTransferred / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = fosl_SkagenDesignsMember |  |  |
Skagen Designs | Customer lists | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 3 years |  |  |  |
Skagen Designs | Customer lists | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 9 years |  |  |  |
Skagen Designs | Patents | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 3 years |  |  |  |
Skagen Designs | Patents | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 9 years |  |  |  |
Skagen Designs | Noncompete agreement | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 3 years |  |  |  |
Skagen Designs | Noncompete agreement | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price: |  |  |  |  |
Amortization period | 9 years |  |  |  |

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