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At $10k it's one of the cheaper solid gold watches out there. I'm sure for quite a few wealthy people in China $10k is a perfectly fine price point for a dispos
by Cookingboy 12y ago
At $10k it's one of the cheaper solid gold watches out there. I'm sure for quite a few wealthy people in China $10k is a perfectly fine price point for a disposable tech toy with some cool features.
What surprised me was the price for the bands for the stainless steel version of Apple Watch. Sure a link bracelet from Omega would run you upward to $1000, and I'm sure Apple's one may even match Omega's in quality, but an Omega watch starts at $6k minimum, which means a band costs at most 15% of the price of the Watch.
Where as in Apple's case those bands are priced at 40 - 80% of the price of the watch they are meant for, that's...very uncommon in the watch world.
- mmxiii 12y agoGood point, people were speculating that the innards would be swappable, but actually it looks like the model is that you keep the band, but swap the watchpiece. So when V2 comes out in 2 years, you keep your $400 band, and just pay $500 for the watchpiece.
- kayone 12y ago>people were speculating that the innards would be swappable Yup, totally sounds like something apple would let you do.
- shas3 12y agoWhy China? $10k is a very normal price for high-end watches world over. It's only a question of whether Apple has the same appeal as say, Omega or Rolex- two other watch-brands that sell in that price-range.