[Swordmaker]

The Apple Watch Edition is also something that merges worlds that are in many historical and contemporary aspects not compatible. What happens, for instance, when you combine the notion of buying something meant to last for many years with the knowledge that what you are using is just one step in a rapidly evolving ecosystem in which you are along for the ride? What I mean, of course, is the apparent contradiction between the fact that luxury products often evoke of sense of timelessness that allows consumers to feel as though they are investing in an item that will be part of their lives for a while, and the fact that many of today’s technology products are replaced with more modern and powerful products 1-2 years after their release.

[Vaquero]

I assume the technology can be upgraded with new ‘guts’?

[Swordmaker]

A review of the Apple Watch Edition, the 18K gold version from the perspective of a reviewer of watches, looking at as work of watchmaker's art and luxury goods, also the Swiss Watch makers' reactions. Long dead but interesting. — PING!

18K Gold Apple Watch Edition Review
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[Hot Tabasco]

I have a small Timex Ironman that is approx. 20 years old that is still running after numerous battery and band replacements........

[adorno]

Paying $500 or more for a ‘smartwatch’ that isn’t smart at all, if beyond stupid.

Paying $10,000 or more for a gold version of the ‘not so smart’ watch, is beyond idiotic.

No matter what price one pays for the Apple watch, the technology becomes obsolete as soon as it’s put in stores or online for sale. So, why would anybody spend even $10 on something that is outdated right upon purchase?

My Armitron watch that I bought 7 years ago, is still functioning perfectly and with the original battery still going strong. I paid ‘just’ $42 for it back then. And, it hasn’t gone obsolete after those ‘many’ years. I see the same thing still being sold in stores, for approximately the same price I paid 7 years ago.

With the Apple watch, the old saying is most appropriate: “A fool and his money are soon parted”.

[Cementjungle]

Can these things even tell time if there’s not an iPhone nearby?