We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Why Snoopy Watches Were a Thing in 2020 The beagle was the watch world’s best friend Omega People are self-serving and mean; social interactions are torture; life is full of unrequited yearning; despair is everywhere and solitude is our only respite. It doesn’t sound like a winning pitch for anything, let alone a comic strip. But that’s Peanuts, Charles M Schulz’s deathless creation. By the end of its 50-year run (1950-2000) it had appeared in 2,600 newspapers with a readership of 335 million, across 75 countries and translated into 21 languages.