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Warranty Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Product Information [Line Items]
Warranty period	2 years
Warranty liability activity
Beginning balance	$ 19,405	$ 15,421	$ 13,669
Settlements in cash or kind	(15,197)	(15,177)	(9,616)
Warranties issued and adjustments to preexisting warranties	18,599	19,161	11,368
Ending balance	$ 22,807	$ 19,405	$ 15,421
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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
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Amount of decrease in the standard product warranty accrual from payments made in cash or in kind to satisfy claims under the terms of the standard product warranty. Excludes extended product warranties.

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