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Significant Accounting Policies (Concentration of Risk) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2016 factory
Watch assembly and jewelry production | Production | Production concentration
Concentration of Risk
Number of majority-owned assembly factories	2
Non-Swiss watch assembly | Production | Production concentration
Concentration of Risk
Concentration risk percentage	49.00%
Jewelry production | Production | Production concentration
Concentration of Risk
Concentration risk percentage	59.00%
Licensed products | Sales of licensed products | Licensed products
Concentration of Risk
Concentration risk percentage	51.10%
MICHAEL KORS | Sales of licensed products | Licensed products
Concentration of Risk
Concentration risk percentage	25.40%

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Represents the number of majority-owned assembly factories of the entity who accounted for concentration risk in the measurement of the Company's production.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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