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Warranty Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Warranty liability activity
Beginning balance	$ 13,500	$ 15,658	$ 13,383
Settlements in cash or kind	(9,310)	(12,313)	(10,672)
Warranties issued and adjustments to preexisting warranties	9,435	10,155	12,607
Liabilities assumed in acquisition	44	0	340
Ending balance	$ 13,669	$ 13,500	$ 15,658
FOSSIL watch products
Product Information [Line Items]
Warranty period	11 years
RELIC watch products
Product Information [Line Items]
Warranty period	12 years
Other non-watch products | Minimum
Product Information [Line Items]
Warranty period	1 year
Other non-watch products | Maximum
Product Information [Line Items]
Warranty period	2 years

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Liability for a standard product warranty acquired in a business acquisition. Does not include any liability for an extended warranty acquired in a business acquisition.

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