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Whilst there's nothing really wrong with gold plating an Apple Watch, to me it feels on par with wearing a fake Rolex. The difference is, whilst a Rolex is rea
by kaolinite 11y ago
Whilst there's nothing really wrong with gold plating an Apple Watch, to me it feels on par with wearing a fake Rolex.
The difference is, whilst a Rolex is reasonably affordable, the Edition is clearly out of the price range of most people - so wearing something like this will be so obvious.
However, I would love to see some companies coming up with custom Apple watches. Not to make them look more expensive, just to make them look different. For the first time, I might actually buy a customised Apple product if it weren't too expensive (maybe a wooden Apple watch case might look nice, for example.) We'll definitely see this with custom bands (really looking forward to that) but it'd be cool to see new watch bodies too.
As an aside, whilst I understand (and mostly approve of) the reasoning behind Edition, it's a shame that the only gold Apple watch is so expensive. I wish that Apple had created a gold coloured watch in addition to the solid gold Edition - similar to how many watch companies produce the same watch in stainless steel and white gold or platinum. Or how watch companies sometimes put a diamond on the back of the watch but none on the front.
- theluketaylor 11y agoHow much do you think Rolex's cost? Submariner, Explorer II, and Datejust (very classic go-to Rolex models) are about $7000-$8000. Daytona chronographs start at around $10,000. And that's just for stainless steel. Gold Rolex watches are much, much more. Apple Watch Edition is actually one of the cheapest solid gold watches out there
- kaolinite 11y agoI think you misread my comment. I wasn't comparing Edition with a gold Rolex, just a low-end (perhaps second hand) stainless steel Explorer / AirKing / etc. If you see someone wearing a fake stainless steel Rolex, there's a genuine possibility that it's real (assuming you can't tell it's fake). But with Edition, the chance of it being real is pretty low. Thus, wearing a gold plated Apple Watch is pretty obvious. I'm well aware of the costs of a Rolex (and most watch brands, I'm a watch enthusiast). You can pick up a Rolex for a few thousand pounds in Britain. New, they start at around £4000ish. Gold watches in general cost a lot more, especially if they have a gold link bracelet, and you're right that Edition is priced fairly competitively. A stainless steel Rolex is, whilst quite a bit of money, affordable if you decide that you want it. I don't live in a major city and yet I'll still see a few on the wrists of people if I take a trip around town. Edition, however, would be quite a sighting - similar (in terms of required wealth), in my opinion, to seeing a complicated Patek on a wrist. (Whilst the prices are different, I'm saying this because of the upgrade issue, i.e. a £100K Patek will last many lifetimes, a gold Edition will be useless in less than 5 years).
- gonzo 11y agoI own a stainless Datejust (Rolex). The MetaWatch people gave me several (10+) of various models of their watches. I wear neither, and have no plans on an Apple Watch.