A crowd gathered outside the Times Square Swatch store in the lead-up to May 16. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Watch fans are camping outside Swatch in Time Square for its Royal Pop launch with Audemars Piguet. They've been lined up for days at Swatch locations nationwide. The Royal Pop pocket watches sparked opinions, excitement, and lines ahead of their release. Watch fans have turned a busy Times Square sidewalk into a campsite for Swatch's drop with luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet. When the two watch brands at opposite ends of the price spectrum said on Saturday that they were teaming up, some people jumped at the chance to buy one before they knew what the collection would be. Swatch and Audemars Piguet later revealed they are collaborating on a collection of pocket watches called Royal Pop. From Houston to New York, collectors and resellers have wasted no time lining up outside their local Swatch store ahead of the May 16 release.…