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42mm Space Grey May 13 - 27
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Before I list my info, I'd just like to clarify that I'm NOT one of those people freaking out at Apple about how long my order is taking. I was never promised day 1 delivery. That being said, I AM checking this thread regularly to see if anyone is having any luck because I am REALLY excited to get my watch. So here goes:
42 mm SG
confirmation email: 2:05:24 CST
charged: No
status: Processing Items
One thing I have found helpful to keep myself from having to open a million things--the Deliveries app by JuneCloud. It gives you the status of the order directly from Apple's site, the tracking info as it happens, and also a direct link right to your order without asking you to log in to Apple's site every time. That and Mint have saved me a lot of clicking and tapping and logging in to websites this week.
42 mm SG
confirmation email: 2:05:24 CST
charged: No
status: Processing Items
One thing I have found helpful to keep myself from having to open a million things--the Deliveries app by JuneCloud. It gives you the status of the order directly from Apple's site, the tracking info as it happens, and also a direct link right to your order without asking you to log in to Apple's site every time. That and Mint have saved me a lot of clicking and tapping and logging in to websites this week.
This thread started with folks noting their "email confirmation time" xx:04 but seems to transition over to "order time" with xx:xx:xx (to the second).
Where are people getting this order time? I can pull xx:xx:xx from the header of the confirmation email I received. Is that where everyone is getting it? I don't see anything anywhere showing a "order time".
So I went ahead and ordered a 42mm Sport watch with the blue band, which was my backup watch if the SG model had been sold out on April 10. I don't really care which one I get, so if I can get the blue one a few weeks earlier I figure what the hell. I'll cancel the one that doesn't ship first; no skin off my nose.
Be interesting to see if it does come faster.
Be interesting to see if it does come faster.
Thank you - that makes more sense. This is just an email confirmation time, not an order time.
Mine showed the pre-order hold for many days, then when it shipped it disappeared altogether. It only showed up again as a real charge many hours later.
Here's my info... looks like I ordered a little bit late (and by late I mean a minute or two later lol) compared to most other people in the group:
42mm SG
Confirmation email: 03:06:56 EDT/00:06:56 PDT
Estimated delivery: 4-6 weeks, May 13-27
Status: Processing
CC charged: No
Destination: Charleston, SC
All this waiting has me thinking... is it even worth it? I don't even wear a watch, and I have never regularly worn a watch! I wonder if the Apple Watch will change that? The main reason I bought it is because I love having Nike+ on my phone when I run but it always bothered me how you would have to buy another bluetooth heart monitor if you wanted HR information while you were running. Having it all in one device now should be nice, but working out is the only time I can really see myself using it.
Also, space gray with the black strap isn't even really the color combo I wanted, so it's funny that this is the one sport model that seems to have the most supply issues. I originally wanted a silver aluminum sport with black strap, but Apple for some odd reason doesn't offer that. I toyed around with the possibility of buying an aluminum sport of any color and then just buying a black strap to go with, but I just could not bring myself to spend another $50 on a first generation product that I'm not even sure I'm going to like just to compensate for the fact that Apple doesn't offer what I'm sure would be a very popular color combination.
/Sorry about the rant
//It was actually very therapeutic, so thanks
///Really excited about this watch, but I'm still not sure why
42mm SG
Confirmation email: 03:06:56 EDT/00:06:56 PDT
Estimated delivery: 4-6 weeks, May 13-27
Status: Processing
CC charged: No
Destination: Charleston, SC
All this waiting has me thinking... is it even worth it? I don't even wear a watch, and I have never regularly worn a watch! I wonder if the Apple Watch will change that? The main reason I bought it is because I love having Nike+ on my phone when I run but it always bothered me how you would have to buy another bluetooth heart monitor if you wanted HR information while you were running. Having it all in one device now should be nice, but working out is the only time I can really see myself using it.
Also, space gray with the black strap isn't even really the color combo I wanted, so it's funny that this is the one sport model that seems to have the most supply issues. I originally wanted a silver aluminum sport with black strap, but Apple for some odd reason doesn't offer that. I toyed around with the possibility of buying an aluminum sport of any color and then just buying a black strap to go with, but I just could not bring myself to spend another $50 on a first generation product that I'm not even sure I'm going to like just to compensate for the fact that Apple doesn't offer what I'm sure would be a very popular color combination.
/Sorry about the rant
//It was actually very therapeutic, so thanks
///Really excited about this watch, but I'm still not sure why
Its understandable so no worries. I'd say I'm excited for the watch because I wear one already and the Watch will give me the same functionality with a lot of added benefit. I originally wanted the SS w/ leather loop but after seeing the prices (especially in CAD for me), I couldn't bring myself to spend that much on a first-gen device. But come 2nd-gen, I'm going all in with the SS model. The SG Sport I have on order will help me decide between now and then if the SS is really worth my money or not.
I'm 3:17:26 42mm SG BSB, still processing, no charge, May 13-27 window. I assume I'm not getting my watch for several weeks now 
I have to admit to being miffed that Apple did such a poor job of anticipating demand and building supply before the so-called launch. Not to mention the fact that they still haven't done a good job of addressing server capacity for launches - just like the iPhone 6 launch it took me a long time to access the online store, which is why my Watch order time is so late.
I have to admit to being miffed that Apple did such a poor job of anticipating demand and building supply before the so-called launch. Not to mention the fact that they still haven't done a good job of addressing server capacity for launches - just like the iPhone 6 launch it took me a long time to access the online store, which is why my Watch order time is so late.
I ordered the 42SG at 00:06:04 then a 42SS BSB at 00:07:45. SG gave me the 5/12 shipping window but the SS gave me the 4/24 shipping window. SG seems to be charged/shipped up to order confirmation 00:04:30 while SS is only at 00:03:30. At this rate I'll get my SG which wasn't supposed to ship until after 5/12 before I get my SS which was supposed to ship before 5/8. In other words, if you're waiting on a 42SG they are moving faster than other models.
April 13th? Get to the back of the line buddy. And sit down. Save your energy. It's gonna be a while.
I was (am) part of that group, it's just hard to keep track of when people actually see charges and if it's after planes land. Just wondering if anyone else had a better grasp on it.