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Any men with Apple Watch in gold?

OllyW said:
That's right, Apple certainly laid it on when promoting the watch, especially with those Jony Ive videos. 316L stainless steel is basically the bog standard case material for watches and a lot of people thought Apple were going to be the first to use a Sapphire crystal, even though it had already been used in watches for over 30 years. :rolleyes:
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Agreed. Apple has an amazing marketing team and Jobs was an testament of being a salesman at its finest.

316 L is a lower grade if stainless steel. It's fairly soft, which scratches and dings easily, but has that luster and shine mirrored to a high polish. 440 Stainless is a much more expensive stainless which is more difficult to scratch or ding, but is less corrosion resistant.

I will say, if Apple had not incorporated Saphirre into the stainless model, I would not have purchased it. That was a huge selling point for me.
 
Brien said:
They did. It was $10,000.
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No. They didn't. That was 18 Karat Gold, not
Gold Stainless. Different contrast in color and casing material. They also made a 18 Karat Rose Gold. Stainless and gold are nothing alike In terms of appearance.
 
For me I don't really have an opinion of one appearance looking more expensive than another. Stainless and aluminium to me are on a par, just different. I work with metal daily as a design engineer so stainless and aluminium are just two core materials I deal with. 316 as said above is great for corrosion resistance and is used around water like swimming baths etc. It is relatively soft in comparison though. I use 430 quite often but mainly due to customers and cost lol.

My Apple Watch is now out for delivery according to Royal Mail but I am 100 miles away on a three day training course learning a Radan module lol. Those who work with sheet metal will know what that is! I won't see the watch until tomorrow night! I know what to expect though and glad I went with the gold. :)
 
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Relentless Power said:
No. They didn't. That was 18 Karat Gold, not
Gold Stainless. Different contrast in color and casing material. They also made a 18 Karat Rose Gold. Stainless and gold are nothing alike In terms of appearance.
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Do you mean gold plated? There is no such thing as gold stainless.
 
Brien said:
Do you mean gold plated? There is no such thing as gold stainless.
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No. You're confused. Read further back, In Post #43 I indicated I would like to see a future iteration of a Rose gold Stainless Watch. I'm very much aware of the differences between Rose Gold 18 Karat and 316 L stainless.
 
Here's my gold S1 42mm with a Moko black ML.
 

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MartyCan said:
I bought a Gold Aluminum when they introduced it. I don't think it looks feminine at all. I ordered it with they yellow/blue nylon band which looks gold but then I also bought 3rd party navy sport, blue milanese and gold milanese and they all look good with it.
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I'd love to see a pick with the blue milanese and find out what brand it is.
 
I got a gold 38mm series 1 aluminum- I love it! Looks great and matches my gold iPhone. And size wise, 42mm hangs off each side of my wrist- way too big, but the smaller size is not feminine looking at all, either.
 
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Relentless Power said:
No. You're confused. Read further back, In Post #43 I indicated I would like to see a future iteration of a Rose gold Stainless Watch. I'm very much aware of the differences between Rose Gold 18 Karat and 316 L stainless.
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I'm still not following. AFAIK the only way to make stainless look rose gold is to plate it.
 
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Brien said:
I'm still not following. AFAIK the only way to make stainless look rose gold is to plate it.
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I'm not trying to make this difficult for you. But you seem not to understand anything I've been posting to you, I was only iterating that I would like to see a stainless rose gold watch in the future. Rather that happen or not, it's irrelevant. It was just a thought or idea I had a discussion with another forum member on here. That's all.
 
No you just refuse to answer a simple clarification. I'd have taken this to PM but you seem to have either blocked me or made it so your entire profile is locked down. I'm not sure why this is such a big deal.
 
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I'll answer the question. If somebody wants a stainless watch with the appearance of Rose Gold, it will be plated or perhaps anodised with a preferred colour. Anodising is done to aluminium but with 316 it's not really needed at a corrosion resistance level. Plating is more likely.

Not sure why that wasn't answered and an argument was born? Chill out guys :)
 
Brien said:
No you just refuse to answer a simple clarification. I'd have taken this to PM but you seem to have either blocked me or made it so your entire profile is locked down. I'm not sure why this is such a big deal.
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I haven't blocked you. My profile is restricted. Not a big deal. I had a discussion with another forum member I would like to see a rose gold stainless watch. Rather be plated or not is irrelevant. It was just an idea that I would like to see in the future of a various tone or color.
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The-Real-Deal82 said:
I'll answer the question. If somebody wants a stainless watch with the appearance of Rose Gold, it will be plated or perhaps anodised with a preferred colour. Anodising is done to aluminium but with 316 it's not really needed at a corrosion resistance level. Plating is more likely.

Not sure why that wasn't answered and an argument was born? Chill out guys :)
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No reason to tell anyone to chill out.

It's strictly confusion. I was having a conversation with another forum member about adding a specific color. More specifically rose gold in stainless. Read further back, I tried to explain this to Brien multiple times in multiple posts. I never got Snark with him to argue. He just seem to fail to understand what I was stating. And for the record, it doesn't matter the process of how rose gold would be implemented, it's just the color I would like to see. I'm not trying to make this technical or difficult.

Some times Internet forums have views where not everybody shares or sees them the same way. It's how it is.
 
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Relentless Power said:
No reason to tell anyone to chill out.

It's strictly confusion. I was having a conversation with another forum member about adding a specific color. More specifically rose gold in stainless. Read further back, I tried to explain this to Brien multiple times in multiple posts. I never got Snark with him to argue. He just seem to fail to understand what I was stating. And for the record, it doesn't matter the process of how rose gold would be implemented, it's just the color I would like to see. I'm not trying to make this technical or difficult.

Some times Internet forums have views where not everybody shares or sees them the same way. It's how it is.
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Fair enough, I only said it because the tone in which things were written suggested things were getting heated. Sometimes it looks like individuals are being unnecessarily blunt when others have a difference of opinion and on something as trivial as a colour preference. No big deal though.

I was adding my input into how Rose Gold would be implemented as Brien was interested in this and asked you for clarification a couple of times. I didn't read further back so chipped in as its a discussion and was entitled to do. Hopefully he's cool with the answer.

A coloured Rose Gold Stainless would be nice in that it would offer a shiny finish. It would offer a harder metal, but then again the plating would determine the surface hardness anyway. I wouldn't mind betting Apple would slap an even larger premium on it though even though fashion watches like the dreadful Michael Korrs use this process in a watch that costs as little as £150. I love Apple stuff but some of their marketing angles make me cringe at times lol.
 
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The-Real-Deal82 said:
Fair enough, I only said it because the tone in which things were written suggested things were getting heated. Sometimes it looks like individuals are being unnecessarily blunt when others have a difference of opinion and on something as trivial as a colour preference. No big deal though.

I was adding my input into how Rose Gold would be implemented as Brien was interested in this and asked you for clarification a couple of times. I didn't read further back so chipped in as its a discussion and was entitled to do. Hopefully he's cool with the answer.

A coloured Rose Gold Stainless would be nice in that it would offer a shiny finish. It would offer a harder metal, but then again the plating would determine the surface hardness anyway. I wouldn't mind betting Apple would slap an even larger premium on it though even though fashion watches like the dreadful Michael Korrs use this process in a watch that costs as little as £150. I love Apple stuff but some of their marketing angles make me cringe at times lol.
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If they ever offered a rose gold in stainless, I just like the overall burnt gold tone to it. I'm a big fan of stainless steel in general, but I think would be a nice change from the regular stainless or black stainless, adding something a little bit more formal. I don't Apple whatever do this. They likely would focus on other casing options for titanium or what have you in the future.
 
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I nearly bought the rose gold this time around but the standard gold can back into stock and I liked that too. I was in a meeting yesterday with a guy who had the space black or whatever it's called on a white band. It looked nice but reinforced my own choice I think. He also had the 42mm version and it looked too big for his wrist IMO. I'm glad I went with the 38mm.
 
I like the gold color whether the aluminum or shiny (which I would prefer if I had the choice).... The only thing that's stopping me from getting the gold is that it doesn't have a sapphire screen. I'm clumsy and i'd probably scratch the Ion X glass on the sport.
 
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