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Additionally, he says he's worried because the watch is not "the absolute best one you can buy". Well, I don't think people buying 30,000 euros watches are suc

Additionally, he says he's worried because the watch is not "the absolute best one you can buy". Well, I don't think people buying 30,000 euros watches are such a big market that Apple should worry about missing them. That includes former French President Sarkozy (he wears the same Patek Philippe watch), not really the "man with an okay job who lives in a nice apartment in some metropolitan town".

jacquesm 12y ago
Really high end watches are a signalling device, not a practical device. It tries to convey the size of the bankroll of the wearer to others rather than that there is any additional performance somehow related to the price. A $50 watch keeps time just about as good as a $10K watch. And you might even get to keep the former when you're being held up on the way to your Ferrari.
- Aloha 12y ago
  Sometimes the 50 dollar watch performs better than the 10k one - Rolexes keep lousy time. I personally am quite the fan of the Seiko 5, it works, keeps time (when I remember to set it after not wearing it for four days), and at the least it will act as a decent chronometer even if I've not set it, I can tell how much time has elapsed by looking at it twice. I don't know if I have a use case for the apple watch, I might buy one to try out, see if it works, but I will say -if nothing else, its uniformly a pretty object d'art.
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    It's a digital accessory priced-to-own. Auto playing link, don't click if your audio is loud: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101619289 http://www.cnbc.com/id/101619289 Fairly incredible, expensive watches for rent.
    - JonnieCache 12y ago
      >priced-to-own What does this phrase mean? Search engines are giving me nothing.
      - shiftpgdn 12y ago
        Affordable for the common man.
- easytiger 12y ago
  People complaining about the application of a watch for telling time and the accuracy are so disingenuous. Go an tell that to someone wearing a diamond ring. That doesn't tell the time either.
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    You are underestimating the utility value of a diamond ring. According to many action movies they serve as excellent glasscutters.

jacquesm 12y ago

Really high end watches are a signalling device, not a practical device. It tries to convey the size of the bankroll of the wearer to others rather than that there is any additional performance somehow related to the price. A $50 watch keeps time just about as good as a $10K watch. And you might even get to keep the former when you're being held up on the way to your Ferrari.

Aloha 12y ago
Sometimes the 50 dollar watch performs better than the 10k one - Rolexes keep lousy time. I personally am quite the fan of the Seiko 5, it works, keeps time (when I remember to set it after not wearing it for four days), and at the least it will act as a decent chronometer even if I've not set it, I can tell how much time has elapsed by looking at it twice. I don't know if I have a use case for the apple watch, I might buy one to try out, see if it works, but I will say -if nothing else, its uniformly a pretty object d'art.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  It's a digital accessory priced-to-own. Auto playing link, don't click if your audio is loud: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101619289 http://www.cnbc.com/id/101619289 Fairly incredible, expensive watches for rent.
  - JonnieCache 12y ago
    >priced-to-own What does this phrase mean? Search engines are giving me nothing.
    - shiftpgdn 12y ago
      Affordable for the common man.
easytiger 12y ago
People complaining about the application of a watch for telling time and the accuracy are so disingenuous. Go an tell that to someone wearing a diamond ring. That doesn't tell the time either.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  You are underestimating the utility value of a diamond ring. According to many action movies they serve as excellent glasscutters.